HSE revises its guide to asbestos
HSE has published a revised version of HSG248 Asbestos: The Analysts’ Guide (second edition...
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Category: Health and safety
CIVC Forum produces a guide to mental wellbeing
As part of #StressAwarenessMonth the CICV Forum has produced a guide to mental wellbeing, with a...
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Poor Indoor Air Quality: confronting the invisible threat
In January 2020, the first two cases of COVID-19 in the UK were confirmed. Nearly a year later, we...
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Construction company and plastering firm fined after employee falls through plasterboard hole
Two companies have been fined after a dryliner sustained serious injuries by falling approximately...
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Silica dust is a breath of bad air
In March last year, an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) report highlighted the dangers and...
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Unite launches comprehensive Covid-19 construction guide
Unite, the UK’s construction union, has launched a comprehensive construction guide to help ensure...
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Domestic abuse support
The issue of Domestic Abuse has sadly become more prevalent during this difficult year and has...
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Can we require our staff to have the coronavirus vaccine?
At last week’s webinar a question was raised around employers requiring employees to have...
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HSE reports low levels of contagion via construction
Throughout November HSE had carried out 200+ site visits across the UK and reported that levels of...
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HSE is continuing to conduct spot checks and inspections on workplaces
HSE is carrying out spot checks by calling and visiting workplaces, often unannounced, putting...
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Working together to prevent suicide
Did you know that every single working day in the UK, TWO construction workers take their own...
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FIS releases health and safety guide on plasterboard handling
In a bid to curb the nearly seven million workdays lost annually in the UK due to musculoskeletal...
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New guidance to prevent cables from premature collapse
BEAMA publishes new guidance document to aid installers to select and erect Wiring Systems to prevent cables from premature collapse due to the effects of heat caused by fire.
See here: https://www.specfinish.co.uk/new-guidance-to-prevent-cables-from-premature-collapse/
