Usdaw turns up the heat
Usdaw (the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers) is turning up the heat on the debate on workplace temperatures. The Union is campaigning for a maximum temperature to be enshrined in law, to protect thousands of Usdaw members during the summer months.
A minimum temperature law already exists, but employers are only obligated to keep workplaces to a 'reasonable' temperature, meaning that many employees are forced to work under sweltering conditions that can prove damaging to their health.
CFTS: are you up to the mark?
Is it really worth risking prosecution and injuries to employees by delaying your trucks' Reports of Thorough Examination? With the introduction of the Corporate Manslaughter Act, you would be wise not to.
When times are hard and cash flow is poor, it might become tempting to save a little time and money by delaying your truck’s next Thorough Examination. After all, nobody ever checks them, do they? Think again.
Sharp decrease in workplace fatalities
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released its quarterly fatal injury figures for 2008/09.
The provisional figure for the number of workers fatally injured in 2008/09 is 180, and corresponds to a rate of fatal injury of 0.6 per 100,000 workers. The rate of fatal injury for 2008/09 represents a statistically significant decrease compared to the average rate for the previous five years.
Transport and storage industry faces £2.7 billion bill for regulation, says FPB
Smaller businesses in the transport and storage industry are among those losing more than £2.7 billion every year due to government red tape, new figures have shown.
Research carried out by business lobby and support group the Forum of Private Business (FPB) has found that Britain’s small and medium-sized transport and storage firms contribute towards a £2,764 million bill spent each year complying with legislation.
Demag lifts workplace safety to new heights
As a market leading provider of materials handling equipment and associated services, Demag Cranes & Components Ltd is totally committed to improving workplace safety. The company is accredited to the Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance ISO9001, approved under the Safecontractor scheme and a member of the Lifting Equipment Engineers’ Association.
Demag has also been awarded the British Safety Council’s International Safety Award for the last seven years. Safe working at height is one of many areas in which Demag is helping lifting equipment operators to meet legal obligations. The Work at Height Regulations 2005 place a duty of care on employers, the self employed and those supervising the work of others, to adopt measures to prevent falls and to minimise the potential distance and consequence of any fall.
Pivotal Performance warns of jail risk for logistics managers
New statistics have revealed that almost one in three road crashes involve people who are using their vehicle for work. And that places managers in logistics and transport businesses at possible risk of jail under a new law which came into force at the start of this year.
The new stats were announced last week at the International Conference on Road Safety at Work, and have been analysed by experts at training company Pivotal Performance. “It is up to managers to ensure that their employees have been given correct guidance on driving safely while working,” said Pivotal Performance’s Jane Gillham.
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