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The Environment Agency has revised their MCERTS performance standard “Minimum requirements for self-monitoring of flow”. The revision adds a requirement for the inspector to confirm meter suitability and allows the use of legacy meters installed before April 2010. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/minimum-requirements-for-self-monitoring-of-flow-mcerts-performance-standard
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
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.