Safety Net Journal Issue 8

Campaigns and events

2008 Hazards Conference
The 19th Hazards Conference will be held this year at Keele University, Staffordshire from 18th-20th July.
24 January 2008 [Full Story]



Advance notice - Workers Memorial Day 28 April 2008
As usual International Workers’ Memorial Day is on 28 April. This year’s theme is ‘Good Occupational Health for all Workers’.
24 January 2008 [Full Story]



Early notice - Men's Health Week 9 to 15 June
The theme for this year's Men's Health Week is men's health at work. The HSE is supporting the Week and is keen for employers and union reps to get invovled.
26 January 2008 [Full Story]



Shattered lives
HSE has launched a new 'Shattered lives' - Slips, trips campaign. They are keen for union reps to sign up for e-mail alerts about the campaign.
24 January 2008 [Full Story]

HSE

Migrant workers
The HSE has relaunched its guide on health and safety in the UK for workers from other countries.
24 January 2008 [Full Story]



New Guidance on H&S in Warehouses and Distribution Centres
HSE has issued its long awaited updated Guidance ‘Warehousing and storage: A guide to health and safety’ (HSG76).
24 January 2008 [Full Story]

Safety Reps

Too much - too often - too painful
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are the leading cause of work-related ill health in this country. TUC-backed Hazards magazine is running a campaign on the risk of MSD from repetitive work.
24 January 2008 [Full Story]

General Safety News

Conveyor belt injury
A blocked conveyor belt at TK Maxx’s distribution centre led to an employee being unconscious for almost a month and still suffering ill effects and unable to drive 2 years later. The company was fined £60,000 for breaches of health and safety law.
24 January 2008 [Full Story]

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