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Bad climate
The climate crisis is putting workers at potentially deadly risk Hot, cold, wet and wild. The weather is getting more unpredictable and more extreme. Rory O'Neill looks at the new risks emerging as a result of the climate crisis which have seen emergency preparedness become an essential part of a workplace safety policy.
Hazards 165, January-March 2024

Limitless
HSE’s deadly capitulation on chemical exposure standardsThey are there to protect you from everything from drop dead poisons to delayed death carcinogens. But, warns Hazards, while Europe’s workers have benefited from a succession of tighter chemical standards since Brexit took effect in 2020, not a single more protective workplace exposure limit has been introduced in Britain.
Hazards 165, January-March 2024

Dust to dust
Silicosis cases expose government complacency They’re everywhere. Engineered stone kitchen countertops look good and cost less. But there’s a catch, says Hazards. The workers making them are being struck at frightening speed by lung-destroying silicosis. In parliament, the UK government insisted “nobody” has been harmed. But down the road, hospital lung specialists are telling a different story.
Hazards 165, January-March 2024

Hospital cases
Desperate workers not getting HSE’s protection A suicide in a hospital. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecutes a health board on criminal charges under health and safety law. So, asks Hazards, why does the workplace safety regulator see a crime by the employer when a patient dies, but not when the same safety mismanagement leads to a hospital worker taking her own life?
Hazards 165, January-March 2024

Rep prep
Dave Smith’s guide to organising. No.24. Sitting opposite a manager At some point every safety rep is likely to find themselves sitting opposite a manager to discuss a health and safety issue. Whether it’s a safety committee meeting with someone from HR taking minutes or an informal chat, this can be daunting for a new rep. So, it’s useful to have a bit of a checklist for when we meet management.
Hazards 165, January-March 2024

Hazards poster: Weathering work
Working through the climate crisisHot, cold, wet and wild. Workers are on the front line when the climate crisis hits home.
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Deadly Business
A Hazards special investigation

The decimation of Britain's industrial base was supposed to have one obvious upside - an end to dirty and deadly jobs.

In the 'Deadly business' series, Hazards reveals how a hands off approach to safety regulation means workers continue to die in preventable 'accidents' at work.

Meanwhile, an absence of oversight means old industrial diseases are still affecting millions, and modern jobs are creating a bloodless epidemic of workplace diseases - from 'popcorn lung' to work related suicide.  Find out more