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HSC STATISTICS WORKERS KILLED STILL CONTINUE AT TYPICAL LEVELS The Health and Safety Commission continue to issue statistics for fatal injuries, (and injuries) in this country and they still seem generally to run around the same levels. |
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The figures show that over 200 workers are killed every year for all industries and are generally between 200 and 240 In Construction and Building the death rates are generally around 70 deaths per year although there have some figures up around 100 around the year 2000 and and all time low came in the year 2005/2006 Falling from heights continues to be the most common kind of accident, followed by being struck by a moving vehicle and being struck moving or falling objects. |
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THE CONTROL OF ASBESTOS AT WORK REGULATIONS 2006. (CAWR).
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The Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002, (CAWR) were revised to become the 2006 version. It has a few additions and changes and has consolidated other asbestos related law. Much of the previous regulations are retained, such as the requirement to carry out risk assessment and have a plan of work for such asbestos removal/disturbance works and to manage asbestos in non-domestic premises. This, in real terms, means having to "asbestos" survey such premises to identify whether asbestos materials are present and to assess their condition, etc. |
Also, to have a written plan, which will detail the measures to manage the risk; this could involve removal of the material, sealing it "in-situ" or a mixture of these two but if it is left in place it will need to be "managed".
Another significant emphasis in CAWR 2006 is under Regulation 10, covering information, instruction and training for employees, (and for those who supervise these employees), who are liable to be exposed to asbestos.
ASBESTOS RISKS, ARE YOU CARRYING OUT BUILDING REFURBISHMENT WORK OR HAVING CONTRACTORS IN ?
The Occupational Ill Health Statistics published by HSE a few years ago estimated at that time that 6,000 people (uncertainty range 3,000 to 12,000) die from cancer due to past exposures at work each year. In one year over 1,800 people died from mesothelioma, a cancer caused mainly by occupational exposure to asbestos, and at least as many again from asbestos-related lung cancer. Under that past report it stated that 100 died from asbestosis and nearly 300 from other types of pneumoconiosis, mostly associated with coal dust and silica
The past HSE report also stated that :
“In Britain, around half a million structures built or renovated between 1950 and 1980 still contain asbestos. Asbestos-related diseases are currently responsible for about 3000 deaths a year in Great Britain. Asbestos can become particularly dangerous when disturbed. If maintenance workers are not aware, they may dislodge the deadly fibres and unwittingly put their own health and the health of others at risk.”
In the winter 2008 edition : CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER AND CORPORATE HOMICIDE ACT 2007 IN FORCE APRIL 2008 : THE CONTROL OF ASBESTOS AT WORK REGULATIONS 2006 : REFLECTING ON CDM 2007 : HSE BACK PAIN CAMPAIGN : HSE PROSECUTE DIRECTOR... : ENFORCEMENT, IMPROVEMENT & PROHIBITION NOTICES - WHAT ARE THEY? : HSE CAMPAIGN - FALLS FROM VEHICLES
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