Weekly Digest Newsletter: 28 July 2022

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This week's news and updates about health and safety at work

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Health and safety law poster – what you need to know

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The poster explains British health and safety laws and lists what workers and their employers should do.

If you employ anyone, you must either:

  • display the health and safety law poster where your workers can easily read it
  • provide each worker with the equivalent health and safety law leaflet

There are various versions of the poster, so you can select the most appropriate for your business. You can:

HSE also provides health and safety law pocket cards. These are a legal alternative to the law poster and are easy to distribute for your employees to carry with them.


£1 million fine after electrician sustains serious burns in explosion

A retail company and an electrical contracting company have been fined after an electrician suffered serious burns when he was caught in an explosion at a warehouse.

The electrician was repairing an electrical fault at the retailer's warehouse. The metal spanner he was using came into contact with a live metallic strip linked to the power distribution, which caused an electrical explosion.

 

HSE's investigation found there was insufficient planning between parties beforehand. The retailer - fined £1 million - also failed to appoint a suitably competent person to plan and carry out the work to connect temporary generators to their distribution board at the premises.

 

Read this press release to find more details on this incident.

 

For guidance on what to consider when devising safe working practices, download our publication

Electricity at work: Safe working practices (HSG85)


Managing drug and alcohol misuse in your workplace

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Do you know how to manage drug and alcohol misuse at work?

Employers have a legal duty to protect employees' health, safety and welfare. Understanding the signs of drug and alcohol misuse (or abuse) will help you manage health and safety risk in your workplace.

 

Our website has step-by-step guidance to help you manage drug and alcohol misuse at work.

 

This includes advice on how to develop a drugs and alcohol policy and what you can do to support your employees.


Fire safety in construction – revised edition of guidance publication

HSE has published a revised version of our publication Fire safety in construction (HSG168).

This latest edition contains guidance explaining the need to eliminate, and or mitigate fire risks during the design phase (where practicable), how to prevent site fires from starting and ensuring people's safety if they do.

 

It should help you achieve good fire safety management and compliance with The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.

 

View the publication Fire safety in construction (HSG168).

 

HSE's website has further fire-related information on:


Latest job opportunities at HSE

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