HSEWeekly Digestebulletin

Issued: 1 May 2024

This week's edition includes:

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It is vital that employers protect the health and safety of gig economy, agency and temporary workers.

Workers are as likely to have an accident in their first 6 months at work as during the whole of the rest of their working life.

We have advice around protecting those who are new to the job, including 6 ways to protect new starters.

Our website has guidance to help users and suppliers of agency and temporary workersunderstand their health and safety responsibilities.

If you are an agency or temporary workeryour health and safety is protected by law and employment businesses (agencies) have a duty to make sure they follow it.

A packaging manufacturer was recently fined 100,000 after an agency worker received severe hand injuries at a factory.

We are delighted to announce our prestigious 2024 risk reduction through design award winners.

The awards celebrate solutions that reduce the risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in the workplace. The winners are:

For details on the winners and their design solutions:

The HSE website also has a range of advice, guidance and resources on managing the risks of MSDs in the workplace.

HSE publishes a range of statistics relating to health and safety in Great Britain on an annual basis.

HSE's statistics website provides detailed commentary on the figures for 2022 to 2023.

The annual report found that:

HSE's Vital statistics poster illustrates these key statistics as an infographic. When displayed in a workplace, serves as a reminder to workers about the consequences of poor health and safety in priority risk areas. It enables the employer to raise awareness and start conversations with workers about the importance of managing risk well.