Asbestos-related lung cancer
Summary
Asbestos has been recognised as an important risk factor for lung cancer for many years. However, there are a number of other agents that can cause the disease - most importantly, tobacco smoke - and lung cancers resulting from asbestos exposure are clinically indistinguishable from those caused by these other agents. This means that the total number of asbestos related lung cancers has to be derived from statistical estimates based on evidence from epidemiological studies rather than direct counting of individual cases.
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Saturday 10 March 2012
ALARP "at a glance"
ALARP and SFAIRP
“ALARP” is short for “as low as reasonably practicable”. “SFAIRP” is short for “so far as is reasonably practicable”. The two terms mean essentially the same thing and at their core is the concept of “reasonably practicable”; this involves weighing a risk against the trouble, time and money needed to control it. Thus, ALARP describes the level to which we expect to see workplace risks controlled.
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“ALARP” is short for “as low as reasonably practicable”. “SFAIRP” is short for “so far as is reasonably practicable”. The two terms mean essentially the same thing and at their core is the concept of “reasonably practicable”; this involves weighing a risk against the trouble, time and money needed to control it. Thus, ALARP describes the level to which we expect to see workplace risks controlled.
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Health and Safety and Drug Misuse
Current legal base and any legal developments
Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, section 2
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
It is an offence under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 for any person knowingly to permit the production, supply or use of controlled substances on their premises except in specified circumstances (e.g. when they have been prescribed by a doctor).
Key messages
Drug and other substance (e.g. solvent) misuse is everyone's concern. In the context of work, not only does it damage the misuser's health, but it can cost employers through absenteeism and reduced productivity.
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Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, section 2
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
It is an offence under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 for any person knowingly to permit the production, supply or use of controlled substances on their premises except in specified circumstances (e.g. when they have been prescribed by a doctor).
Key messages
Drug and other substance (e.g. solvent) misuse is everyone's concern. In the context of work, not only does it damage the misuser's health, but it can cost employers through absenteeism and reduced productivity.
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Tuesday 24 January 2012
Lead and You - The Risks
This is a useful document (INDG 305) by the UK Health and Safety Executive.
Working safely with lead
Working with lead can affect your health. This leaflet tells you about:
■ health problems that can occur if you absorb too much lead;
■ what your employer should do to protect your health;
■ precautions you should take.
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Working safely with lead
Working with lead can affect your health. This leaflet tells you about:
■ health problems that can occur if you absorb too much lead;
■ what your employer should do to protect your health;
■ precautions you should take.
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Leptospirosis Are You at Risk?
This is a useful document (INDG 84) by the UK Health and Safety Executive.
What is leptospirosis?
Two types of leptospirosis infection can affect workers in the UK.
■■ Weil’s disease:
This is a serious and sometimes fatal infection that is transmitted to humans by contact with urine from infected rats.
■■ The Hardjo form of leptospirosis:
This is transmitted from cattle to humans.
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What is leptospirosis?
Two types of leptospirosis infection can affect workers in the UK.
■■ Weil’s disease:
This is a serious and sometimes fatal infection that is transmitted to humans by contact with urine from infected rats.
■■ The Hardjo form of leptospirosis:
This is transmitted from cattle to humans.
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Gas Safety - Engineers
This is a useful FAQ Document by the UK Health and Safety Executive.
Gas safety - Engineers
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Gas Safety - Landlord and Letting Agents
This is a useful FAQ Document by the UK Health and Safety Executive.
Gas safety - landlords and letting agents
Who is a landlord?
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Sunday 6 November 2011
Gas safety - Tenants
This is a useful FAQ Document by the UK Health and Safety Executive.
Gas safety - Tenants
Who is a tenant?
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Gas safety - Home owners
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Gas safety - Home owners
What should I do if I suspect an appliance is unsafe?
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Farmwise: Essential Guide to Health and Safety in Agriculture
This is a useful document (INDG 427) by the UK Health and Safety Executive.
Injuries and illness can ruin lives and businesses. Solutions are often simple and cheap and the people best placed to make farms safer are farmers and their employees. Health and safety is a fundamental requirement of a sustainable farming business and should be regarded as an essential part of farm business management. Unwise risk-taking is an underlying problem in the industry and those working on their own are especially vulnerable.
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Injuries and illness can ruin lives and businesses. Solutions are often simple and cheap and the people best placed to make farms safer are farmers and their employees. Health and safety is a fundamental requirement of a sustainable farming business and should be regarded as an essential part of farm business management. Unwise risk-taking is an underlying problem in the industry and those working on their own are especially vulnerable.
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Choosing a Welding Set - Make Sure You Can Handle It
This is a useful document (INDG 390) by the UK Health and Safety Executive.
Manual welding can be a demanding and difficult job. It can involve precision work, with the welder’s body being in a fixed or awkward posture, often in a confined environment. This imposes high muscle loads. Welders also have to handle heavy materials and equipment.
All these factors may increase the risk of workers developing musculoskeletal disorders, such as back problems.
A study found that 51% of welders suffered at least one period of sickness over a two-year period, taking time off work due to disorders of the muscles, joints and tendons.
Welding sets are becoming smaller and lighter in weight so there is more individual manual handling, which can lead to injury if the risks are not properly assessed and managed.
This leaflet can help you identify the risks and manage them effectively. It contains an illustrated ergonomic checklist to help you make the right choice when selecting welding equipment.
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Manual welding can be a demanding and difficult job. It can involve precision work, with the welder’s body being in a fixed or awkward posture, often in a confined environment. This imposes high muscle loads. Welders also have to handle heavy materials and equipment.
All these factors may increase the risk of workers developing musculoskeletal disorders, such as back problems.
A study found that 51% of welders suffered at least one period of sickness over a two-year period, taking time off work due to disorders of the muscles, joints and tendons.
Welding sets are becoming smaller and lighter in weight so there is more individual manual handling, which can lead to injury if the risks are not properly assessed and managed.
This leaflet can help you identify the risks and manage them effectively. It contains an illustrated ergonomic checklist to help you make the right choice when selecting welding equipment.
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Why Fall for It - Preventing Falls in Agriculture
This is a useful document (INDG 369) by the UK Health and Safety Executive.
Falling from height is one of the main causes of fatal accidents in agriculture. Many accidents involving falls happen while agricultural buildings or other farm structures are being built or maintained. These jobs typically involve working at height, and require some form of temporary access to height, for example ladders, scaffolds, or other temporary working platforms.
Falls frequently occur because no precautions are taken, or any equipment that is used is defective, not appropriate, or used incorrectly. Often people about to do a job believe it will ‘only take a few minutes’, and take a risk in the hope that simply being careful will be enough.
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Falling from height is one of the main causes of fatal accidents in agriculture. Many accidents involving falls happen while agricultural buildings or other farm structures are being built or maintained. These jobs typically involve working at height, and require some form of temporary access to height, for example ladders, scaffolds, or other temporary working platforms.
Falls frequently occur because no precautions are taken, or any equipment that is used is defective, not appropriate, or used incorrectly. Often people about to do a job believe it will ‘only take a few minutes’, and take a risk in the hope that simply being careful will be enough.
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Saturday 5 November 2011
Noise at Work - Guidance for Employers
This is a useful document (INDG 362) by the UK Health and Safety Executive.
Loud noise at work can damage your hearing. This leaflet is to help you as an employer understand what you need to do under the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 (the Noise Regulations 2005) and how you can protect your employees from noise. It will also be useful to employees and safety representatives.
This leaflet tells you about:
. how loud noise can damage hearing;
. what you have to do under the Noise Regulations 2005 to protect the hearing of your workers;
. how to assess and control noise at work;
. choosing quieter equipment and machinery;
. different types of hearing protection;
. when to inform and consult your workers;
. health surveillance.
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Loud noise at work can damage your hearing. This leaflet is to help you as an employer understand what you need to do under the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 (the Noise Regulations 2005) and how you can protect your employees from noise. It will also be useful to employees and safety representatives.
This leaflet tells you about:
. how loud noise can damage hearing;
. what you have to do under the Noise Regulations 2005 to protect the hearing of your workers;
. how to assess and control noise at work;
. choosing quieter equipment and machinery;
. different types of hearing protection;
. when to inform and consult your workers;
. health surveillance.
Click here > Guidance for Employers on the Control of Noise at Work
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Diesel Engine Exhaust Emissions
This is a useful document (INDG 286) by the UK Health and Safety Executive.
Diesel engine exhaust emissions have the potential to cause a range of health problems. This leaflet is a short guide for employees to the hazards posed by the emissions, and describes the precautions that employers and individuals can take.
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Diesel engine exhaust emissions have the potential to cause a range of health problems. This leaflet is a short guide for employees to the hazards posed by the emissions, and describes the precautions that employers and individuals can take.
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Fatal Traction - Practical Advice on Avoiding Agricultural Transport Accidents
This is a useful document (INDG 279) by the UK Health and Safety Executive.
On average a quarter of all fatal accidents in agriculture and forestry involve moving vehicles. If you add to this the death toll from overturning vehicles then this comprises a very large proportion of all deaths in agriculture and forestry.
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On average a quarter of all fatal accidents in agriculture and forestry involve moving vehicles. If you add to this the death toll from overturning vehicles then this comprises a very large proportion of all deaths in agriculture and forestry.
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Leadership for the Major Hazard Industries: Effective Health
This is a useful document (INDG 277) by the UK Health and Safety Executive.
This booklet was originally designed for the offshore industry, but it has been revised by the Hazardous Installations Directorate of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to help industry leaders further improve the health and safety performance of all major hazard industries, both on and offshore.
The booklet is divided into four sections:
> Health and safety culture
> Leading by example
> Systems
> Workforce
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This booklet was originally designed for the offshore industry, but it has been revised by the Hazardous Installations Directorate of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to help industry leaders further improve the health and safety performance of all major hazard industries, both on and offshore.
The booklet is divided into four sections:
> Health and safety culture
> Leading by example
> Systems
> Workforce
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Safe work in confined spaces
This is a useful document (INDG 158) by the UK Health and Safety Executive.
This document is aimed at employers and the self-employed who carry out work in confined spaces, and forms part of HSE’s commitment to make simple and practical guidance available for small firms. It will help them take the necessary action to meet the requirements of the Confined Spaces Regulations 1997. It will also be a useful source of information to anyone involved in carrying out work in confined spaces.
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This document is aimed at employers and the self-employed who carry out work in confined spaces, and forms part of HSE’s commitment to make simple and practical guidance available for small firms. It will help them take the necessary action to meet the requirements of the Confined Spaces Regulations 1997. It will also be a useful source of information to anyone involved in carrying out work in confined spaces.
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No Second Chances - Farm Machinery Safety Step-By-Step Guide
This is a useful document (INDG 241) by the UK Health and Safety Executive.
Over a five-year period, HSE Agricultural Inspectors investigated nearly 7000 accidents. This guide is based on a detailed analysis of over 1000 of these accidents which involved maintenance and blockage clearing.
In this booklet you will find practical advice on working with mobile and stationary agricultural machinery – particularly machine maintenance and dealing with blockages.
Remember, the time to consider safety is before something goes wrong, not afterwards.
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Over a five-year period, HSE Agricultural Inspectors investigated nearly 7000 accidents. This guide is based on a detailed analysis of over 1000 of these accidents which involved maintenance and blockage clearing.
In this booklet you will find practical advice on working with mobile and stationary agricultural machinery – particularly machine maintenance and dealing with blockages.
Remember, the time to consider safety is before something goes wrong, not afterwards.
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Friday 4 November 2011
Preventing contact dermatitis at Work
This is a useful document (INDG 233) by the UK Health and Safety Executive.
What is contact dermatitis?
Contact dermatitis is inflammation of the skin caused by contact with a range of materials. These include detergents, toiletries, chemicals and even natural products like foods and water (if contact is prolonged or frequent). It can affect all parts of the body, but it is most common to see the hands affected.
There are three main types of contact dermatitis:
> irritant contact dermatitis
> allergic contact dermatitis
> contact urticaria
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What is contact dermatitis?
Contact dermatitis is inflammation of the skin caused by contact with a range of materials. These include detergents, toiletries, chemicals and even natural products like foods and water (if contact is prolonged or frequent). It can affect all parts of the body, but it is most common to see the hands affected.
There are three main types of contact dermatitis:
> irritant contact dermatitis
> allergic contact dermatitis
> contact urticaria
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Thursday 3 November 2011
First aid at work - Your questions answered
This is a useful document by the UK Health and Safety Executive.
This leaflet answers some basic questions about first-aid provision at work.
It is aimed at employers in small and medium-sized workplaces, but may be useful to all employers, managers and others involved in first aid at work.
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This leaflet answers some basic questions about first-aid provision at work.
It is aimed at employers in small and medium-sized workplaces, but may be useful to all employers, managers and others involved in first aid at work.
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