During June, HSE will be carrying out a health inspection initiative focusing on the respiratory risks to construction workers from exposure to dust.
The Environment Agency has issued fines, totalling £27 Million, to thirty-three companies for breaches of climate change schemes. Firms running power plants and energy companies were fined after under-reporting their emissions for a or failing to submit the necessary reports outlining their emissions for a specific year. Brewing and automotive companies were among those fined for failing to sufficiently reduce their energy use and carbon dioxide emissions after signing up for a voluntary agreement with the Environment Agency, which entitled them to a discount on the Climate Change Levy. Insurance companies and firms manufacturing machinery were been fined for failing to complete required audits of the energy used by their business and failing to identify cost-effective energy saving measures.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has issued a report following investigation into a fatal man overboard from the single-handed creel fishing vessel east of Torness Point, Scotland. https://www.gov.uk/maib-reports/person-overboard-from-single-handed-creel-fishing-vessel-saint-peter-with-loss-of-1-life Key recommendations are that operators of such vessels should consider emergency measures such as the rigging of a man overboard ladder, and the wearing of personal locator beacons.
HSE has published workplace fatality figures for the year April 2021 to March ’22. During this period there were one hundred and twenty-three work place related deaths. The industries with the highest deaths were construction, agriculture, forestry and fishing and manufacturing. The most common causes of fatal injuries continue to be falling from height, being struck by a moving vehicle and being struck by a moving object. In addition, eighty members of the public were killed as a result of a work-related accident. https://press.hse.gov.uk/2022/07/06/workplace-fatality-figures-published