Keep safe when working in wintry conditions
With low temperatures and less daylight, winter can make surfaces perilous, and slip and trip accidents increase significantly.
There are plenty of factors to consider when avoiding these sorts of accidents. Ice and snow, poor lighting, excess water from rain and even gritting can all cause problems.
Take a look at our online guide to avoiding slips and trips in winter weather.
Working in cold weather
Our guidance has been refreshed to make it easier to find and understand advice on how to protect workers in low temperatures.
The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations require employers to provide a reasonable indoor temperature in the workplace.
The guidance explains how you can assess the risks to workers and put controls in place to protect them.
There is a workplace temperature checklist to help you carry out a basic risk assessment.
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Christmas is nearly upon us and it can be a demanding time for those working throughout the festive season.
The run-up to Christmas can be especially busy for those who work in haulage and distribution.
From people lifting heavy parcels around warehouses to delivery drivers moving products across the country, workers in this industry are vulnerable to the risk of injury from hazardous manual handling.
Our step-by-step guide to manual handling at work should help you minimise these risks.
We also have advice for users and suppliers of agency/temporary workers, as many of these are specifically employed for the festive period.
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A worker was in a coma for 24 days and suffered life-changing brain injuries after he fell 2.5 metres from a delivery vehicle to a concrete floor at the vehicle parts company where he worked.
As a result of the incident, the 57-year-old can never work or drive again and is classed as 80% disabled.
HSE's investigation found that risk assessment in place was not suitable and sufficient. There was no safe system of work for unloading vehicles or dealing with pallets that had moved in transit.
In addition, employees had not been adequately trained or instructed, and supervision and monitoring was not adequate to identify the existing risk.
To find out more details on this incident read this press release.
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If you were unable to join HSE’s Health and Work Conference last month, it’s not too late to sign up for a video-on-demand ticket.
The free, virtual event promoted better prevention, management and control of the common risks and causes of occupational ill health across Great Britain.
As well as discussions on topics including musculoskeletal disorders and work-related stress and mental health, HSE unveiled how it is supporting the government’s response to the Health is Everyone’s Business consultation.
Speakers included HSE's Chief Executive Sarah Albon, HSE's Chair Sarah Newton and Mims Davies, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Social Mobility, Youth and Progression).
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