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Safety Net Journal Issue 1 |
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New warehouse health and safety forum
By Tony Larkin
The Health and Safety Executive has formed a new forum on health and safety in the warehouse and distribution sector.
The forum involves representatives from the main trade unions as well as employers' organisations and the enforcing authorities. At the first meeting of the forum in May, it was agreed that a first priority should be the production of an updated version of the HSE guidance document "Health and Safety in Retail and Wholesale Warehouses". This had been very useful in setting basic health and safety standards when it was first published in the 1980s, but it is now out-of-date and has been out of print for some time.
The H&S Officer represents Usdaw on the forum. If there are any safety reps in the warehouse and distribution sector who want to find out more or who have particular concerns about risks that the forum should be addressing please contact him at the H&S section in Central Office.
Source: Usdaw
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