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Hospitality Industry Newsletter – Issue 2

Articles include: Working in Great Britain from overseas; Shattered Lives Campaign – the latest from HSE; Skin at work; Off sick and worried about your job; Workers’ health and safety; Do your...
Safety notice – Avoiding trapping/crushing injuries to people in the platform of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs)

More people die from falls at work than from any other cause. The use of mobile elevating work platforms/powered access equipment has been a major factor in the reduction in falls accidents. For...
Safety Alert – People in commercial waste containers

Commercial waste bins are emptied around the clock seven days a week, so there are millions of such operations each year. There have been many anecdotal reports from the industry and in the press of...
Shattered Lives – request a free danger sign

You can request a free copy of the A5 colour ‘Danger’ display card for your own sector. The ‘Danger’ display card can be used to remind your staff of the simple actions that...
Shattered Lives – give us your feedback

We’ve got 3 simple questions that should take you less than 60 seconds to answer. The feedback that we receive ensures that we provide you with the best information and guidance. Shattered...
Shattered Lives – Simple mistakes can shatter lives

Your actions could stop them happening, you might think you’re doing everything you can to prevent slips, trips and falls in your workplace, but everyone could do a lot more. Shattered Lives –...
Slips, trips & falls cost two South West workers their lives

Slip, trip and fall incidents in the workplace cost two workers from the South West their lives last year, HSE warned today as it launched a hard-hitting campaign. HSE figures show that slips and...
Slips, trips & falls caused 1,117 injuries to workers in the East Midlands

Slip, trip and fall incidents in the workplace caused injuries to 1,117 workers and cost a worker’s life in the East Midlands last year, HSE warned today as it launched a hard-hitting...
Shattered Lives Campaign – Phase 3 launched

Simple mistakes can shatter lives – ‘Your actions could stop them happening’. Phase 3 of the award winning Shattered Lives campaign launches today (1 February), focussing on actions...
Sign up for Safety Bulletins – email, SMS or newsfeeds

Alerts about failures in equipment, process, procedures and substances that affect your workplace. Sign up for Safety Bulletins
Free – Health and safety in catering event

Copeland Business Support Group free health and safety in catering training event, 27 October, Hensingham, Whitehaven. The event includes advice and information on accident reporting, legionella...
Safety alert – Fatal gas explosion in bakery oven

As a result on an on-going investigation into a fatal gas explosion in a small bakery, HSE is issuing an alert to all users of direct-fired batch ovens with rear-acting explosion relief panels. All...
Fatal gas explosion in bakery oven alert

As a result on an on-going investigation into a fatal gas explosion in a small bakery, HSE is issuing an alert to all users of direct-fired batch ovens with rear-acting explosion relief panels to...
Catering website – rebranded

The catering and hospitality industry covers people working in hotels, restaurants, cafes, fast food outlets, pubs and clubs and those working as contract caterers to other industries. The rebranded...
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)

Using chemicals or other hazardous substances at work can put people’s health at risk, causing diseases including asthma, dermatitis or cancer. COSHH regulations require employers to control...

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