The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has handed itself a formal rebuke after a worker at its laboratory was injured. Southwark Crown Court heard how Damian Bowen was asphyxiated whilst working with liquid nitrogen at St Stephens Centre Laboratory, owned by Chelsea & Westminster NHS Trust.īritain: HSE censured by HSE over injury to HSE worker Risks 830.īritain: NHS Trust and top university fined over lone worker deathĬhelsea & Westminster NHS Trust and Imperial College London have been fined after the death of a lone worker. The three-year appointment of Anthony Browne as the new chair of the Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC) “stinks,” said TUC head of safety Hugh Robertson, adding: “It is basically a power grab that allows the government to claim that appointments are independent when in actual fact ministers are just hand-picking people that they know will be unlikely to challenge their policies or rock the boat.”ĭepartment for Business news release. The ‘independent’ committee overseeing the government’s approach to regulation is to be headed by a right-wing policy wonk and banker. Risks 830īritain: Another fox in charge of the hen house
The tragedy on 9 November 2016 resulted in seven fatalities and dozens of injuries after a tram overturned in Croydon, south London. Risks 830īritain: Tram company blamed for Croydon tragedyĪn investigation into the Croydon tram crash has found workers feared reporting mistakes and operators failed to take enough safety measures and understand the risk of a vehicle overturning. GAO report highlights, recommendations and full report. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has difficulty addressing workers’ safety concerns because many won’t contact the agency for fear of employer retaliation, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said. Workers at US meat and poultry processing plants are reluctant to tell federal health and safety inspectors about injuries or workplace hazards because of concerns they could lose their jobs, according to a government report.
USA: Fear stops meat workers speaking out on safety China Labour Bulletin reports that about 80 per cent of the workforce had complained of dizziness, headaches, coughing, weakness and blurred vision since the factory relocated to a new facility in September. China: Factory workers walk out over safetyĪbout one hundred workers at Eurotec Electronics in the southern China manufacturing city of Zhongshan went on strike on 6 December in protest at dangerous working conditions.
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