Objectives People’s beliefs about the causes, treatments, symptoms, and duration etc. of an illness from a model that influences what they define as illness and how they respond to it (treatment seeking, absenteeism)
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Monthly archives: June 2006
RR469 - Lay conceptualisations of occupational disease
Friday, June 30, 2006
RR468 - Nonlinear potential flow forcing: the ringing of concrete gravity based structures
Friday, June 30, 2006
This report represents a summary of a larger report that describes a substantial programme of work concerning the nonlinear potential flow loads acting on single and multiple column structures. In particular, the report addresses the issue of structural ringing, or transient structural deflections occurring at frequencies well above the incident wave frequencies. The work has [...]
Health and Safety Commission Annual Report and the Health and Safety Commission/Executive Accounts 2005/06
Friday, June 30, 2006
The HSC Annual Report 2005/06 reports on the work of HSC/E during the year and delivery of the HSC Business Plan 2005/06.
Read the 2005/06 annual report
RR 464 - Identifying and evaluating the social and psychological impact of workplace accidents and ill-health incidents on employees
Friday, June 30, 2006
This research, and the literature review that preceded it, was commissioned by HSE. The review confirmed that there are few studies that have explicitly examined the impact of serious workplace-related injury and ill health on individuals, their families and their immediate social network.
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RR459 - Use of 3D Seismic data as a substitute for high-resolution seismic surveys for site investigation
Friday, June 30, 2006
The assessment of geohazards is usually conducted using high-resolution seismic surveys. However, in many deep-water exploration areas worldwide 3D seismic data are now routinely employed for site investigation work as well as basic prospect exploration as this helps to reduce costs.
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RR376 - Health and well-being in the offshore environment
Friday, June 30, 2006
This project was designed to assess health climate offshore and to evaluate its impact upon the health behaviour, organizational citizenship behaviours, safety behaviour, organizational commitment and accident involvement of offshore workers on the UKCS. The Offshore Safety Division of the UK Health and Safety Executive’s Hazardous Installations Directorate sponsored the study.
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Quarterly Local Liaison Committee (LLC) /Site Stakeholder Group (SSG) Reports for 2006
Friday, June 30, 2006
Dungeness B Q1, Heyshaw 1 + 2 Q1, Sizewell B Q1, Capenhurst URENCO Q1
Staff days committed to inspection activity
Thursday, June 29, 2006
A Freedom of Information (FOI) request made to HSE has lead to us releasing information about staff
C013:06 Minister recognises large organisations’ public commitment to health and safety
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, minister for health and safety today presented awards to the first 25 organisations to complete the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) Corporate Health and Safety Performance Index (CHaSPI).
Read the press release here
Health and Safety Commission Meetings - July 4th 2006 - Agenda and papers
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Agenda and papers for July 4th 2006
OC 124/11 - Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1998: A-Z guide to allocation
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
This operational circular (OC) contains guidance derived from questions raised on enforcement allocation
Euronews - June 2006
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Euronews June 2006 - European developments on issues related to Health and Safety in the UK
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E070:06 - HSE publishes expert report for Energy Review
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
A new report by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) concludes that Britain’s existing health and safety system is flexible enough to deal with any hazards and risks from energy developments, and to achieve sensible risk management.
Read the press release in full.
Using electric storage batteries safely - indg139(rev1)
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Every year, at least 25 people are seriously injured when using batteries at work. If you or your staff work with large batteries, this booklet is for you. It gives a basic introduction to working safely with batteries and minimising the risks involved.
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The Energy Review
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
HSE has published its report in response to a request from Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks for an expert report to the Government’s energy review, 2006.
Find out more about this report.
Asthmagen? Critical assessments of the evidence for agents implicated in occupational asthma
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
This compendium originally comprised 32 such assessments when it was published in 1997, reported in a standard format and arranged alphabetically by common name. A further 12 assessments were added with publication of a Supplement in 1998. The 2001 Supplement comprises an additional 16 assessments.
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RR449 - Defining a case of work-related stress
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
This research considers the feasibility and possible nature of a case definition of work-related stress that is suitable for application in a variety of stakeholder domains. The most important of these, for this research, is that of the epidemiological domain. The overall issue is important in two different contexts. First, it is needed in occupational [...]
IR/L/SP/93/08 - Investigation into the Sampling and Analysis of Solder Fume Part V – Development of a Sampling Method for Resin Acids
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
An investigation was carried out to develop personal sampling methods for solder fume with the aim of obtaining both qualitative and quantitative information. Although both volatile and particular fractions are present in solder fume, the sampling method was developed primarily to investigate the particular matter which is made up largely of resin acids.
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HSL/2006/49 - Management Standards for Workplace Transport: HSE Staff Consultation
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
HSE are exploring the potential for implementation of Workplace Transport (WT) Management Standards for industry. This involves actively working with partners within HSE and industry to develop clear and agreed generic standards of good management practice for a range of Workplace Transport topics.
Read - Management Standards for Workplace Transport: HSE Staff Consultation [PDF 226kb]
HSL/2006/50 - Removal of chrysotile containing textured decorative finishes: additional work report 1 – Site R
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
HSE is currently consulting as to whether textured decorative coatings (TDC) should continue to be regarded as one of a special category of licensed materials, which pose a much higher risk to workers than other asbestos containing materials (ACMs). To assist in this process HSE has asked HSL’s Inorganics and Fibres Section (IFS) to investigate [...]
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