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Taking risks was part and parcel of my childhood, and I'm grateful for it | Peter White | Comment is free
guardian.co.uk - Roaming the city, and beyond, was part of the curriculum Peter White. Photograph: Robin Skjoldborg/Getty Images/Cultura RF It's good to know that the children of Wychwood CE primary school are on...
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Roof fall results in suspended prison sentence

hse.gov.uk - Date: 25 August 2011 Release No: HSE-e-38-11 A selfemployed roofing contractor from Essex has been given a suspended prison sentence after an incident in which a friend fell through the roof of a ...

Two firms prosecuted for dangerous building site

healthsafety.jigsy.com - Two construction companies have been fined for "appalling" standards at a building site in the London Borough of Merton. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted principal contractor, Kubik...
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How high visibility took over Britain

bbc.co.uk - 30 August 2011 Last updated at 10:53 ET By Jon Kelly BBC News Magazine Since arriving in Britain almost five decades ago, high visibility jackets have become inescapable. Is this a blessing or a cu...
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County Durham firm fined after worker struck by waste vehicle

healthsafety.jigsy.com - First Skips Ltd. has been prosecuted for safety failings after a worker was seriously injured when a vehicle reversed into him. The 25-year-old, from Blackhall, was working in a sorting shed at the...

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Kids.gov - Health, Fitness, and Safety Safety (Grades 6

kids.gov - Government Sites AirNow Students - Learn about ozone and particle pollution by viewing the animations at right. Click on "Smog City" below to see how individual choices, environmental factors and l...
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Youth occupational safety high on the agenda OSHA European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
osha.europa.eu - In May the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board Resolution 128/15 Child

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Injury Prevention of 24 January 2011 went for ratification. It includes wording to remind countries of their oblig...
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UK riots and the reporter as "the enemy"

newssafety.org - Source : INSI 30.08.2011Whereas protesters at times want to seek out publicity, those who were looting were absolutely against the idea of anyone recording what they were doing so in the eyes of...
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IOSH Blog - IOSH

iosh.co.uk - 11 August 2011 IOSH is launching a blog giving opinion and sparking debate to breaking news stories that affect the world of health and safety, and beyond. The blog will be live in time for the aut...
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AIHA - American Industrial Hygiene Association

aiha.org - 6.01 IH CM Points / 3.6 CEUs / COCs36 Contact Hours NEW! Register online.September This 4.5-day course is an intensive, high-level review of a wide range of industrial hygiene topics for individual...

Industry news-1 - IOSH

iosh.co.uk - Posted 13:28An engineer has been awarded 2,250 in compensation after a tribunal ruled his nickname Borat was racist.Adrian Ruda, from Poland, was "degraded and humiliated" by being linked to the...
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Two firms prosecuted for dangerous building site

hse.gov.uk - Date: 30 August 2011 Release No: COILON/28-07 Two construction companies have been fined for "appalling" standards at a building site in the London Borough of Merton. The Health and Safety Executiv...
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en.wikipedia.org - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) is a partnership program developed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The p...
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Middlesbrough firm fined after worker hurt by 600kg bag of fertiliser

hse.gov.uk - Date: 23 August 2011 Release No: NE/086/11 A North East fertiliser company has been fined after a worker was seriously injured when a 600kg bag of ammonium nitrate fell on him. Robert Dearlove, 32,...
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New Avian Flu warning from the UN

safetycommunity.com - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a division of the United Nations send out a warning yesterday (Aug. 29th, 2011) urging a "heightened readiness and surveillance against a possible major...
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healthsafety.jigsy.com - Whiteinch Demolition Limited, a Glasgow demolition contractor has been fined after a worker was killed when a weight from a face shovel machine fell on him. On 12 May 2008 Bernard McCarroll, aged 6...
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EU Agency Drafting Aircraft Identification Rule -- Occupational Health & Safety

ohsonline.com - EU Agency Finalizing Aircraft Identification Rule Air Navigation Service Providers will have to use downlinked aircraft identification for at least half of the flights in the core area of Europe st...
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Manager fined for role in fatal ladder fall

shponline.co.uk - A bread company and a site manager have admitted failing to provide a safe method of work after a handyman fell from a stepladder and sustained fatal head injuries.City of London Magistrates court...
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Iraqi Kurd journalist attacked outside office

newssafety.org - Source : AFP 30.08.2011BAGHDAD An Iraqi Kurdish journalist told AFP Tuesday he

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was beaten with the butt of a pistol outside his office, as a rights group condemned "escalating attacks and threats...
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EssentialSkillz Whitepaper: Selecting an online DSE system for your organisation See all
workstationsafety.com - EssentialSkillz launch whitepaper For training, HR and health & safety professionals EssentialSkillz is a global supplier of Safety E-Learning and Risk Assessment Training Courses. Their compute...
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This Is what I do. This is all that I know.'

newssafety.org - Source : The New York Times 30.08.2011Photographs by Joao Silva are on exhibit at the Visa Pour lImage photojournalism festival in Perpignan, France. Mr. Silva spoke at the Bronx Documentary Cente...
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Benefits of networking with other safety professionals- or how attending Southern Safety Group (SIWA associate group) saved my workplace from damage
linkedin.com - Benefits of networking with other safety professionals- or how attending Southern Safety Group (SIWA associate group) saved my workplace from damage I wanted to share an example of a tip I gained f...
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Tractor crash leaves farmer dead

safetyphoto.co.uk - A tractor driver was thrown out of his vehicle after a crash and killed when a second car ran him over. Police said that a motorist failed to notice the tractor on a country road in Aspernhofen, St...

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OSHA cites Marshfield DoorSystems in Wisconsin after employee is injured by conveyor belt lacking proper machine guards
safetyphoto.co.uk - MARSHFIELD, Wis. The U.S. Department of Labors Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Marshfield DoorSystems Inc. with one repeat and two alleged serious violations after a work...
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HSE asked by Coroner to look at breakdown equipment ErgoJournal |Ergonomics Software | DSE | Training |Keyboards
ergojournal.co.uk - The HSE is to be asked by a Coroner to look at the requirement for longer jump leads or alternative equipment to enable breakdown and recovery personnel to operate more safely. The recommendations ...
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Glasgow demolition worker fatally injured

safetyphoto.co.uk - Whiteinch Demolition Limited, a Glasgow demolition contractor has been fined after a worker was killed when a weight from a face shovel machine fell on him. On 12 May 2008 Bernard McCarroll, aged 6...
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Marie Ann Wallace v Glasgow City Council, Toilet Bowl Fall Claim *Down the Pan*
safetyphoto.co.uk - Inner House case concerning a clerical assistant at Kirkriggs School in Glasgow who injured herself Photo unrelated when she fell from a

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