Health and Safety
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Legionnaires’ outbreak reported at Las Vegas resort | Reuters
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No CommentsA luxury resort on the Las Vegas strip has been linked to cases of the sometimes deadly Legionnaires’ disease that has sickened a handful of guests since 2009, health officials and the hotel said on Friday. Legionnaires’ outbreak reported at Las Vegas resort | Reuters.
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Seven in hospital after Lambeth tower block blaze
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Seven people have been taken to hospital after a fire at high-rise block of flats in south London. Emergency crews were sent to Salamanca Place, Lambeth, when the blaze started in the early hours. Firefighters used a ladder to rescue nine people from the 17-storey building and a further 10 people were led to safety
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HSE Shifts Injury Reporting Online
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Beginning Sept. 12, most work-related injuries and illnesses required to be reported under RIDDOR (the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995) will move to a predominantly online system and must use one of seven forms available on HSE’s website. The exception is that businesses still will be able to report fatal and
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South Yorkshire firm fined for exposing workers to asbestos
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A Rotherham firm continued exposing workers to dangerous asbestos-containing materials despite advice from the local council. Only when the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) issued a Prohibition Notice banning entry to two warehouses run by local storage firm, Rotherham Bonding Company Ltd, were employees removed from danger. South Yorkshire firm fined for exposing workers to
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Bermondsey tower block blaze ‘sparked by lightning bolt’ – Telegraph
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An appropriate fire risk assessment does not mean a building is ‘fire proof’. It will reduce risk however, and ensure that escape routes are appropriate. Bermondsey tower block blaze ‘sparked by lightning bolt’ – Telegraph.
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Lorry driver contracts Legionnaires from washer bottle
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Help Lincolnshire lorry driver Adrian Denniss is still recovering after contracting Legionnaires’ disease while working in France.Mr Denniss, from Boston, was diagnosed after a chance visit to hospital following a minor road accident.It is believed that he was infected by droplets from his lorry’s contaminated windscreen water bottle which had blown through an open window
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Legionella bacteria detected in train toilet systems
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Traces of legionella bacteria have been found in the toilet water tanks of two Scottish trains. ScotRail confirmed it had detected the bacteria – linked to the deadly form of pneumonia Legionnaires’ disease – after an inspection of 15 tanks. Train operators across the UK analysed 150 systems for the bug, with one in three
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BBC News – Two more Legionnaires deaths in Glasgow and Lanarkshire
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Two people have died from Legionnaires’ Disease in the Glasgow and Lanarkshire health board areas, bringing the number of deaths to three. Four other people have contracted the disease over the past few weeks. Health officials are now treating the situation as an outbreak and are trying to identify a common source. Legionnaires’ Disease is
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Asbestos Awareness : the First Step in Managing the Hidden Killer
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Asbestos continues to top the list of causes of death in the workplace. According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) there are around 4,000 deaths caused by asbestos related diseases each year in Britain. Plumbers, electricians, gas fitters, telecom and security system engineers along with other building trades are amongst the high risk group
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BBC News – Penhallow Hotel owners fined £80K for safety breaches
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The owners of a Cornish hotel destroyed by fire have been fined £80,000 and ordered to pay £62,000 costs for failing to meet fire safety standards. Three Staffordshire people died in the blaze at the Penhallow Hotel in Newquay in August 2007. In March O&C Holdsworth Ltd admitted failing to provide proper fire detection and