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Burnout impacts 13% construction workers, research shows
HEALTH INSURER Vitality has revealed the findings of its latest workplace wellbeing survey – Britains Healthiest Workplace – with mental health issues having the greatest negative impact on productivity.
Suspended sentence issued after young father’s death
THE SITE manager of a waste and recycling company has been given a suspended prison sentence following the death of a young father at a site in Dewsbury.
Tata Chemicals fined following young fathers death
TATA CHEMICALS Europe Limited has been fined £1.13m after a young father died following an incident while erecting a scaffold tower in a chemical plant in Northwich.
IWFM offers next UK Government a manifesto for change
THE INSTITUTE of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) has highlighted four key areas the next UK Government needs to act on to stimulate and sustain the UKs workplace and facilities management (WFM) profession and sector.
Openreach fined after engineer dies
OPENREACH LIMITED has been fined £1.34 million after an engineer died whilst trying to repair a telephone line.
Concerning rise in construction fatalities
THE LATEST figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show a rise in the the number of work-related fatalities.
Rise in workplace deaths shows ‘lessons aren’t being learned’
THE GLOBAL body for health and safety professionals says lessons aren’t being learned after it was revealed one worker is killed every week in the UK construction industry.
Workers unconfident attending to a cardiac arrest
IN THE past year alone, 34,407 people in the UK have suffered an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Of these, 4,472 occurred outside the home, relying on members of the public and colleagues to attend to them.
Explosives manufacturer fined £670k after worker dies
A MANUFACTURER of military explosives has been fined £670,000 after an employee was killed and another seriously injured in an explosion at its factory near Salisbury.