Turn Up the Fun, Not the Volume! WHO’s New Guidelines Protect Gamers’ Hearing Hearing is one of our most valuable senses, yet it is increasingly at risk. By 2030, over 500 million people are expected to have disabling hearing loss requiring rehabilitation, and over one billion young people face the danger of permanent hearing damage due to prolonged exposure […]
Tag: Carbon Monoxide
Week commencing 8th July – In the News
WA Management release latest Research Blog To coincide with the Hazard of the Month for July, WA Management released their newest Research Blog, entitled: ‘Dust – the danger lurking in the air’. The blog takes an informative look into the hazards associated with dust, and how the risks to health can be drastically reduced through […]
Week commencing 28th January – In the News
£1m fine after failings led to worker’s death Earlier this week, SHPOnline reported that waste collection service Veolia had been fined in excess of £1 million after a worker was struck and killed by a reversing vehicle. The subsequent HSE investigation revealed that there had been insufficient understanding of the risks associated with reversing vehicles. […]
October 2015 Top News
Self-Employed Law Changes – 1st October 2015 Health and safety law will no longer apply to 1.7 million self-employed people tomorrow, following a recommendation from Professor Löfstedt in his review of health and safety law in the UK. In 2011, the Löfstedt Review recommended that self-employed people whose work activities pose no potential risk of […]