| HSE's Weekly Digest e-bulletin: 3 September 2020 |
| Having trouble viewing this email? View the content as a web page. | |  This week's digest contains the latest health and safety news and advice on coronavirus (COVID-19), as well as information on protecting new workers.
There are also links to our step-by-step guide and video to help employers manage risk in the workplace, while we have links to details of recent enforcement activity and our current job vacancies. For all the latest updates visit our website. | | |  For most low-risk businesses the steps you need to take to manage risks are straightforward. Our step-by-step guide features a short video explaining what employers should do to manage risks in their workplace and protect their workers, and other people, from harm. The web pages also include: - advice on identifying hazards, controlling risks, recording findings, and reviewing controls
- a risk assessment template and examples of typical businesses' assessments
- details of more information and links on managing risk
HSE's Health and Safety Made Simple website outlines the basics for your business and offers guidance on the basic legal duties, whatever industry you work in. | HSE has published a range of coronavirus-related guidance and information, which you may find useful. It includes: - Legionella risks
Building closure or reduced occupancy can increase the risks of Legionnaires' disease.
For all the latest information and advice visit our coronavirus microsite.
 Workers are as likely to have an accident in the first six months at a workplace as they are during the whole of the rest of their working life. People are at particular risk of injury when they are new as they may be unaware of existing or potential risks. Take a look at our advice to protect those new to a job, including six steps to protect new workers. We also have guidance to help users and suppliers of agency/temporary workers, and those workers themselves, understand their health and safety responsibilities. | Three construction companies have been fined after a worker suffered fatal injuries while demolishing a two-storey building in preparation for a development project. David Shayler, an employee of Ryde Demolition Limited, was removing roof timbers by hand with a colleague, when a gable wall partially collapsed - causing him to fall backwards and strike his head against a stack of roof tiles. Read the full press release here. You can get information about carrying demolition out safely on our website. Other recent prosecutions have included: Develop a career at HSE and help to protect lives. We've a number of exciting job opportunities available... View our full list of current vacancies. For details of selected posts, follow the links below: | | You can get all the latest news and updates from HSE across a range of industries and topics. | | | | |
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