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The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified the popular artificial sweetener aspartame as a possible carcinogen. Aspartame is an artificial (chemical) sweetener...

13 Jul

compliance, Occupational Hygiene

A company has been fined £120,000 after worker suffers permanent brain damage

July 13, 2023
Posted by Safety First
company fine, Employee, Employee Health, employee safety, Health and Safety, HSE, Inspection, Investigation, Risk assessment, Safety at Work, Work place safety

A company been fined £120,000 after a worker suffered serious head injuries after being hit in the face with a scaffold...

11 Jul

compliance, Health and Safety, Occupational Exposure

Improving general ventilation in the workplace

July 6, 2023
Posted by Safety First
#Healthy, Air Quality, Air Testing, compliance, dust, Employee Health, Employer, Health, LEV, LEV Inspection, LEV Testing, Local Exhaust Ventilation, lung disease, Occupational exposure monitoring, Occupational Hygiene, Regulations, safety, Safety at Work, Ventilation, Workplace

Minimise damage from dust, vapour and fumes with LEV inspection, testing and good ventilation Many jobs across different industries...

06 Jul

compliance, Noise Monitoring, Occupational Hygiene, SF Protective Equipment

The link between hearing loss and Alzheimer’s disease

July 6, 2023
Posted by Safety First
#Alzheimers, #Demetia, Deaf, environmental noise, Hearing, Hearing Loss, Noise, Noise Assessments, workplace noise, Workplace Noise Assessments

Almost two million Britons already have hearing loss as a result of uncontrolled workplace noise. Although UK employers have long...

05 Jul

Uncategorized

HSE launches manufacturing inspection initiative focusing on respiratory risks from silica

July 5, 2023
Posted by Safety First
HSE Inspections, lung disease, Occupational exposure monitoring, Occupational Hygiene, Occupational Lung Disease, rcs, RCS Exposure, Silica Exposure

A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the importance and the dangers in particular of silica within specific...

29 Jun

Health and Safety, Uncategorized

Transport company fined £255,000 after worker fractures skull

June 29, 2023
Posted by Safety First
compliance, compliance solutions, Health, Health and Safety, safety, transport

Every year, there are accidents involving transport in the workplace, some of which result in people being killed. People are...

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