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We Had #asbestos snowba l l f igh ts ! ( f rom BBC News

Scot land) « asbestosremova luk

asbestosremovaluk.wordpress.com - By Huw WilliamsBBC Scotland

reporterRon Marsh says he was exposed to asbestos at a locomotive

works in the 1960sThe Supreme Court in London has ruled on the

validity of Scotland’s law on compensati...

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Businesses w i l l no longer  

be au tomat ica l ly a t fau l t

in some persona l in ju ry

c la ims, Pr ime Min is te r  

says

out-law.com - David Cameron

announced the change along with

several other measures aimed attackling the UK's 'compensation

culture' in a speech to small

business owners in Maidenhead.

A Downing Street spokesman...

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aim higher, Pr ime

Minist er – Telegraph

Blogs

blogs.telegraph.co.uk - Reach for

the sky, Dave After a decent

Christmas break with little

newsmaking activity, David

Cameron has returned to work

with a flurry of activity and

announcements. Yesterday, it

was health and ...

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IKEA reca l ls fau l ty h igh

cha i r  uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com - Antilop

high chair recalled. IKEAFurniture

store IKEA has issued a warning

to customers about a faulty high

chair sold at their

stores.Customers who bought a

certain batch of the high chairs

have b...

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'B ig s ix com pan ies fa i l ing

poor fami l ies 'thisiscornwall.co.uk - More than

50,000 of the Westcountry's

poorest families are not getting

the help they need from energy

suppliers to heat their homes

because of a funding shortfall, a

leading charity has warned. Acc...

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Whi tehorse t i re shop worker w as

crushed by t ruck - Nor th

cbc.ca - The Yukon Workers Compensation, Hea

and Safety Board says the death of a Whitehorse

tire shop employee in November was preventable

The board released its preliminary findings into th

workplace...

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WaterAid Great news: WaterAid ranked#1 water and sanitation non-profit by@Philanthropedia .wateraidamerica.org/about_us/newsr…via @WaterAidAmerica7 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite

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Br i t ish Sa fe ty Counc i l ch ie f ex ecu t ive w r i tes t o PM se t t ing ou t bene f i t s o f good

hea l th and sa fe ty

britsafe.org - The Prime Minister speaking to a business audience on 5 January 2012 set out a number of

measures the government has or plan to put in place concerning the law on compensation for injury arising

fr...

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Safety Netw ork - Safety Resources, Safety Events and Safety New s - Caleb 's

a r t i c le

safetynetwork.info - But Aviva backs moves to ease compensation culturePersonal injury lawyers have

slammed David Cameron’s pledge to crack down on the so called health and safety compensation

culture.Responding to com...

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Heal th and Safe ty fo r Beginners • V iew top ic

healthandsafetytips.co.uk - Hi Jackers and Welcome to HSfB. Well done on your Credit pass. Excellent! I

think whomever told you the Diploma will be o.k. after doing the "harder" NGC is probably just trying to offer

some gentl...

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Manua l Mater ia ls Hand l ing Workshop

modexshow.com - Engineered Solutions for Manual Handling Jobs February 8-9, 2012 8:00 am - 1:00 pm

Georgia World Congress Center Atlanta, Georgia Room number C107 Sponsored by: The National Institute

for Occupatio...

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CDC - Upcom ing Conferences - NIOSH

cdc.gov - This page provides links to educational and professional occupational safety and health-related

conferences and events. "Look for us!" indicates events at which NIOSH has an exhibit. Additional c...

NIOSH

CDC - NIOSH eNew s - J anuary 2012

cdc.gov - Volume 9 Number 9 January 2012 John Howard, M.D. Director,

NIOSH January eNews 2012 Looking Ahead with 2020 Vision As we enter

the first weeks of 2012, many of us are planning our activities in the...

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Environment See al l

Watchdog g ives nuc lear pow er s ta t ions ‘a l l -c lear ’ in s t ress

tests - news -con ten t | SHP

shponline.co.uk - In a report submitted to the European Council, the Office for

Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has concluded that there are no major weaknesses

in the design and resilience of the UK’s nuclear power statio...

SHPOnline

iosh.co.uk - Posted 14:20A staff member at a

butcher's shop in Derbyshire has accidentally sho

himself in the stomach while cleaning a bolt gun

used on animals. His injury is reportedly not a th

to his l...

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RSF s lams mis t rea tment o f jou rna l is t

in I raq i Kurd is tan

newssafety.org - 03 Jan 2012Journalist Casualtie0Media Staff Casualties: 0Under Investigation:

0Reporters Without Borders roundly condemns a

wave of media freedom violations in Iraqi Kurdist

during December, e...

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Soc ie ty See

Squamish m an d ies in m ishap | Loca l

Ne ws

squamishchief.com - Suarez ‘very well liked’ and

respected, Whistler hotel official says Suarez ‘ver

well liked’ and respected, Whistler hotel official

saysLongtime Whistler hotel maintenance worker

and Squamish resi...

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Evesham f i rm f ined fo r worker ’s fa l l

th rough g lass roo f  

safetyphoto.co.uk - An Evesham horticultural nur

has been fined after a worker suffered serious he

injuries and fractured his hand when he fell throu

a glasshouse roof. The Health and Safety Execu

(HSE) pr...

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Fork l i f t fe l l as ramp par ted f rom lo r ry bed | Hea l th and Safe ty a t Work - Hea l th and

Safety at Work magazine | HSW

healthandsafetyatwork.com - Andrew Baxter suffered a fractured back and crushed disk while helping to

unload a container at the manufacturing firm’s Sheepbridge Works in Chesterfield on 15 February 2010.

Baxter was using a fo...

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AIHA - Amer ican Indust r ia l Hyg iene Assoc ia t ion

aiha.org - Posted Dec. 29, 2011 On Dec. 21, EPA issued the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, the first

national standards to protect American families from power plant emissions of mercury and toxic air pollu...

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Stor ies See al l

New Year ’s reso lu t ions a re meant to be b roken , Dave – ge t w i th t he p rogramme. ..

ioshblog.blogspot.com - It all kicked off yesterday. Snuggled cosily in Twitter’s collective bosom between

Diane Abbott’s own #tweetgate affair and something to do with So Solid Crew was David Cameron, who

went public wit...

IOSH_tweets

Caring for Anim als | Ready.gov

ready.gov - If you are like millions of animal owners nationwide, your pet is an

important member of your household. Unfortunately, animals are also affected

by disaster. The likelihood that you and your anima...

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WorkSafeBC - Ladders - Fr i J an 6, 2012

worksafebc.com - StartSafe Safety Tips - Ladders StartSafe Safety Tips are one-page bulletins developed for

specific work activities or businesses. The graphic illustrations are used to highlight common hazards and...

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Fork l i f t t ruck fa l ls o f f ramp caus ing

serious in jury

essentialskillz.com - Forklift truck falls off ramp

causing serious injury Health and Safety News Adriver of a forklift truck was seriously injured whe

he fell from a ramp while in the vehicle at

Sheepbridge Works in...

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PM vows " t o k i l l o f f H&S cu l t u re f o r  

good"

britsafe.org - The Prime Minister speaking to an

audience of small busineses and entrepreneurs o

January set out a series of measures, some of

which are already in train, to:tackle compensation

culture and cap...

AcornSafety

Put t ing Hea l th and Safe ty in to

perspect ive - Acorn response to

Cameron announcement

blog.acornsafety.co.uk - Freeing small and mediu

enterprises (SMEs) from the stranglehold of healt

and safety red tape and tackling the compensatio

culture are part of a series of measures announc

to back enterprise b...

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OSHA proposes $90 ,000 in f ines aga inst Avon , NY, manufactu re r fo r repea t and

serious safety hazards

safetyphoto.co.uk - BUFFALO, N.Y. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health

Administration has cited Gray Metal Products for alleged repeat and serious violations of workplace safety

standards at...

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OSHA c i t es McHugh Excava t ing and Plumbing fo r fai l ing to p ro tect work ers f rom

t rench c o l lapse a t Mad ison, Wis ., job s i te

safetyphoto.co.uk - ONALASKA, Wis. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health

Administration has cited McHugh Excavating & Plumbing Inc. of Onalaska for one willful and one repeat

safety violation...