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New campaign highlights how employers can prevent permanent hearing loss, tinnitus and hand-arm vibration syndrome through effective workplace action  Around 15,000 workers develop hearing problems caused or made worse by work every year, with an estimated one in five exposed to harmful noise levels.  HSE launches a new campaign during Bone and Joint Health Week, […]

World Mental Health Day: Listen, identify and act on work-related stress  HSE urges employers to listen to workers, identify stress risks and take action this World Mental Health Day.  An estimated 964,000 workers are suffering from work-related stress, depression or anxiety, resulting in 22.1 million working days lost.  HSE’s Working Minds campaign offers free tools, […]

HSE serves first Prohibition Notices as part of nationwide health and safety inspection campaign Enforcement action taken to protect workers from deadly silica dust Four companies ordered to stop work after visits from HSE inspectors It comes after guidance issued telling industry to stop dry-cutting engineered stone Four companies have been ordered to stop working […]

A civil engineering firm and an air ambulance charity have won national awards for designs that eliminate the risk of musculoskeletal injuries at work.  Robots and bespoke roller systems eliminate manual lifting risks.   Winners mark the 10th year of the MSD Risk Reduction Through Design Awards  Designs developed with workers could inspire other employers to follow suit.  Workers at two […]

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) marks Global Asbestos Awareness Week (1–7 April), highlighting free guidance and training resources available to help dutyholders and trades comply with the law. HSE inspectors visiting premises and construction sites check that asbestos is being managed in compliance with the law and workers are kept safe. Regulator outlines three main […]

As Stress Awareness Week 2025 begins, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is reminding employers that work-related stress is one of the leading causes of ill health at work – and that preventing it is a legal duty, not just a ‘nice-to-have’. In 2023/24, HSE statistics show that 776,000 workers reported suffering from work-related stress, […]

Personal hearing protection is the last line of defence between your workers and permanent hearing damage. But poor management turns every pound spent on earmuffs and earplugs into wasted money. “This isn’t about blame – it’s about recognising a key challenge,” explains Chris Steel, HSE’s Principal Specialist Inspector. Personal protective equipment sits at the bottom […]

Three-quarters of noisy workplaces lacked essential knowledge on maintaining hearing protection equipment, inspections have found.   The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) most recent inspection campaign has identified significant failings in workplace hearing protection, uncovering issues with employee training and equipment management.  One in four workplaces had noise levels requiring mandatory hearing protection, placing crucial responsibilities […]

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