Health & Safety International

A Woolwich labourer is ‘lucky to be alive’ after part of a Victorian building fell on him during demolition work in Kilburn, North West London. MAC Demolition Ltd, the Middlesex firm contracted to carry out the works, has been fined £60,000 after Tommy Brooks was left with life changing injuries. The 57-year-old had been employed on the site as a labourer for three months before the incident.

The Spanish Presidency of The European Union aims to tackle issues of workplace safety, starting with its recent event on managing psychosocial risks and preventing their impact on physical and mental health in the workplace, which took place in Toledo on 26 and 27 September. From July 1 to December 31, the Spanish government takes up office in their Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which will be Spain’s fifth time governing the EU in its rotation of presidency.

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Protective workwear would be considered as part of a suite of personal protective equipment (PPE) that may be worn by workers to further reduce the risk to their personal health and safety. The key words in the previous sentence are “further reduce the risk”.

Angelica Rutherford-Hacon, Senior Consultant at Finch Consulting, deliberates over her experience and knowledge of work at height (WAH) in the construction industry. Construction covers a wide remit of duty holders.

Whilst cartoonists like to portray a banana skin in someone’s route as an object of amusement, falling over can be injurious for several reasons. Impact forces: When you fall, your body accelerates towards the ground, and upon impact, the force of the impact is absorbed by your body. The impact forces can cause injuries to different parts of your body, depending on how you land and the surface you fall on.

Whether in their general surroundings or in the workplace, people face respiratory hazards. Those of interest to the public include air pollution, wildfires, indoor air quality contaminants (i.e. mould growth after a flood) and bacteria and viruses1. There can also be hazards associated with some hobbies or household chores, for example painting, renovating, or cleaning. Although these are not new hazards, some hazards are occurring more frequently.

Hands are not just tools in various industries, they are the catalysts for creativity and productivity that fuel our daily endeavours. From electricians, joiners, cleaners, landscapers, and AHU specialists to countless other professions, hands are at the core of human capability and craftsmanship. The multifaceted role of gloves plays a pivotal part in safeguarding these invaluable assets.

Human beings are creatures of confidence. When things are seemingly going well, we can sometimes develop ‘Invincibility Syndrome’. The thinking being that while accidents, injury, loss, and so on, happen to some people and organisations, others think “that will never happen to me”. When, lo and behold, the next day something then happens to them. Is it this overconfidence that breeds complacency?

Confined spaces are found in almost every work environment and are spaces that could expose workers to hazards related to oxygen deficiency, and toxic or combustible atmospheres.