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Updated chemicals
advice
Funding available to SMEs
“Time to
demonstrate
Small businesses and local fund will improve conditions improving other mental
our value”says
partnerships across Britain in the workplace and will health conditions
IOSH president
can bid for a share of help to prevent workers • Providing healthy
millions of pounds over the taking time off sick," explains activities elect
next two years to fund Lord McKenzie. • Ensuring work-life
innovative projects to “We are looking for balance
improve the health and innovative and exciting ideas • Supportive management
welfare of their workers. to improve the health and There will be two rounds
Department for Work and welfare of employees in the of funding and successful
Pensions (DWP) Minister workplace. These can include projects can be awarded
Lord McKenzie is inviting projects to reduce stress, between £1,000 and £50,000
small and medium sized improve a work-life balance a year. Local Assessment
New easy to use guidance is
businesses and local or provide healthy activities.” Panels will decide which The next president of the
available for businesses on
partnerships to bid for a The DWP’s Health Work projects will receive funding, Institution of Occupational
how to deal with hazardous
share of the Health Work and Well-being Challenge based on criteria aimed at Safety and Health (IOSH)
substances in the
and Well-being Challenge Fund is worth £4m and will promoting occupational says that it’s time for the
workplace.
The revised HSE
Fund. be available from now until health and welfare at work. profession to demonstrate the
publication Working with
“We are working with March 2011. Further details, including value of professional health
substances hazardous to
employers to provide the The DWP is looking for project criteria and guidance and safety advice.
health, offers advice and
necessary support to help projects that promote health for entries, are available at Steve Granger who has
guidance on working safely workers remain happy and and welfare at work, such as:
www.workingforhealth.gov.u been elected as the President
with a variety of substances
healthy in their job. This • Reducing stress and k/ChallengeFund Elect of IOSH said “Around
- from hairdressing
200 people are killed, 136,000
products to metal working
HSE simplifies risk asessments
suffer terrible injuries and over
fluids; from quarry dust to
2 million have debilitating
cleaning materials.
illnesses from unnecessary
HSE has also recently
updated COSHH guidance
The HSE has developed a new small and medium-sized accidents and incidents in the
on its website. The new site
electronic template specially companies that risk workplace. That’s why health
contains case studies,
for small to medium sized assessments needn't be time and safety is something that
example risk assessments,
enterprises (SMEs) which consuming, bureaucratic or needs to be taken seriously, not
answers common queries combines the requirements of complicated. But they are ridiculed.”
and provides
a health and safety policy, risk essential to managing dangers During his stint on the
straightforward 'how to'
assessment and written record in the workplace. We IOSH presidential team, Steve
advice for businesses.
of health and safety encourage a common sense said his intentions were to
See:
www.hse.gov.uk
arrangements into one approach that is proportionate “help demonstrate the value of
/research/rrpdf/rr737.pdf
document. In addition, almost three- to the potential risks involved." health and safety professionals
For COSHH guidance :
visit
www.hse.gov.uk/
Example risk assessments quarters of businesses that "Most employers are and the advice they give”. “I
coshh/index.htm
for a range of industries have took part in the survey said already well aware of the risks want to show that the
also been developed to show the example risk assessments that exist in their workplaces, headlines about health and
New lone worker
businesses what a 'good provided were very good or making it easy for them to safety professionals being
enough' record may look like. excellent. complete risk assessments. killjoys are not true,” Steve
guidance
90% of test users of the Speaking during The The most important aspects of said, adding: “Professional
The TUC has published
example risk assessments said European Week for Safety and risk assessments are that they health and safety advice is
new guidance on Lone
they could get their own done Health at Work , HSE Chair, need to be acted upon and critical to a well-run, profitable
Working for safety
more quickly, saving almost Judith Hackitt, said: We want updated regularly." See: www. business which people actually
representatives following its
2008 survey which revealed
half the time on average. to help get the message to
hse.gov.uk/risk/index.htm want to work for.”
that working alone was
their sixth main hazard of
concern.
European campaign on risk assessment draws to a close
As well as the regular “With over 450 Europeans awareness of risk assessment informal
risks faced workers, lone
dying every day from work- as the cornerstone of good ‘workplace check’.
workers can face risks
related causes, workplace health and safety The survey also
from: :Fire; Inadequate
health and safety cannot be management. highlights that the
provision of rest, hygiene,
regarded as a luxury in these EU-OSHA also used the smaller the
and welfare facilities;
times of economic crisis”. event to announce establishments are,
Violence and abuse from
members of the public;
That was the message of preliminary results of the the more likely they
Theft/intruders; Sudden
Jukka Takala, director of the European Survey of Enterprises are to outsource a
illness/emergencies;. Effects
European Agency for Safety on New and Emerging Risks risk assessment to a
of social isolation Risks and Health at Work (EU- (ESENER), looking obligation to carry out regular service provider.
related to driving and lack OSHA), at the closing of the particularly at the numbers of risk assessments, between 10 The legacy of the EU-
of supervision and
latest round of its caompaign organisations of various sizes and 15% of enterprises with OSHA campaign will be an
training.. Find the guidance
on risk assessments. which carry out risk between 10 and 50 employees online risk assessment tool for
at:
www.tuc.org.uk
The Healthy Workplaces assessments. The survey still do not carry out a risk SMEs to be made available at
/h_and_s/tuc-17252-f0.pdf
Campaign, aimed to raise shows that despite the legal assessment, or even a more the end of 2010.
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