March 19, 2009
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Health & Safety Newsletter March 19, 2009 |
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Battle to improve the UK`s dirty streets must continue
Minister for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Lord Hunt, has called for the public and local authorities to step up the fight against litter as the latest Local Environment Quality Survey shows that streets around the country are still in an unsatisfactory condition. Lord Hunt said: `The good news is that the state of our streets is not getting any worse, but the small three per cent improvement is nothing to shout about. For most people dropping litter on the street is unthinkable. It is the minority who are letting us down. `Litter is everyone`s responsibility and we all need to ... |
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HSE warns factory operators to ensure machinery is safe
Manufacturers are being urged to make sure effective safety measures are in place to protect factory workers who use dangerous machinery. The warning comes after an incident in which an employee, Anthony Rackham, aged 42, of Scalby Road, Scarborough suffered serious injuries when he was pulled into a machine at a sheet steel-rolling plant at Sherburn, North Yorkshire in September last year. Mr Rackham was making drainage fall pipe components and was feeding a sheet of steel into a lock form machine when his gloved left hand became caught in the front rollers, pulling his lower arm into the machine. ... |
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