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Europe approves law to prevent sharps injuries
10 March 2010
EU ministers have approved a Directive aimed at protecting health-care workers from injuries and infections associated with coming into contact with sharp objects, such as needle-sticks.

Workplace support scheme targets people with mental-health disabilities
09 March 2010
Too few people with severe mental-health conditions are receiving funding from the Government’s Access to Work programme.

Worker entangled in unguarded drill
09 March 2010
A construction products manufacturer has been fined £40,000 after a worker’s arm was pulled into an unguarded rotating drill.

Worker buried alive after unsupported trench collapsed
08 March 2010
Workers at a construction site used an excavator to rescue one of their colleagues who was buried under falling debris after a trench collapsed.

International safety systems: Workin’ USA
03 March 2010
It is exactly 40 years since the United States’ OSH Act and the country’s first nationwide approach to workplace safety were introduced. The American system of workplace safety is, however, very different to that in the UK, so James Pomeroy compares the two at a time when many leading industry figures on this side of the pond are asking whether we need to change our approach.

Training: Higher education
03 March 2010
Fed up of flipcharts? Sick of slides? Training doesn’t have to be tedious, as a trio of creative and engaging new methods investigated by Tina Weadick and Vic Motune demonstrates.

Condocs: Rail safety body under review
12 March 2010
The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) recently launched a consultation on the role, governance and funding of the mainline railways industry’s safety body, the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB).

Free information: Look after your lone workers
11 March 2010
A new guide to protecting lone workers based on the British Standard for the provision of lone-worker services has been published by the British Security Industry Association (BSIA).