| First aid at work: basics for your business | Global asbestos awareness week | Latest news |
| Having trouble viewing this email? View the content as a web page. | |  HSE Weekly Digest ebulletin Issued: 3 April 2023
This week's edition includes: - advice on first aid at work, as we outline the basics your business will need
- the risks associated with asbestos and how to manage them
- information about managing the risks of harm-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS)
- news of recent enforcement prosecutions
- links to the latest job vacancies from HSE
For more health and safety updates visit our website | | |  Our 'basics for your business' webpages offer health and safety advice, whatever industry you work in. Our basic step-by-step guide on first aid at work explains how you can have the right arrangements, including: - a first aid kit
- training workers
- first aid for homeworkers
- appointing first aiders
Other 'basics for your business' topics include reporting accidents and illness and ensuring you have the right workplace facilities. | A pipeline transportation company were fined for safety breaches after workers were exposed to risk of serious injury and death while working on a leaking pipeline containing petrol under pressure. The workers were excavating a suspected pipeline leak in an area where a previous repair had taken place. The risks arising from the excavation work and exposure were significant. HSE's investigation found that the company had failed to properly identify and control the risks associated with carrying out a pipeline repair. Read this press release for more details on the incident. Other recent prosecution cases include:  Hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) can be caused by using hand-held power tools for prolonged periods of time. It is a painful, disabling disease of the hands affecting blood vessels, nerves and joints. Visit our HAVS website to find out what you should do to prevent this painful disease. It includes key messages and resources including the hand-arm vibration calculator. HSE's guidance book Hand-arm vibration covers the management and control of the risks from exposure and how to protect workers. | Global Asbestos Awareness Week runs from 1 to 7 April. Despite being banned in 1999, figures show that 5,000 people a year still die from asbestos-related diseases in the UK. We know that asbestos remains in millions of homes and buildings today. HSE's Asbestos & You campaign is urging tradespeople to protect themselves from exposure to lethal asbestos fibres during their work. Those carrying out repairs or refurbishment work are at a higher risk of disturbing asbestos, especially when working in houses built before the year 2000. To support the campaign the online construction community 'On The Tools' has created the video Silent Killer: The Tragic Story of Asbestos Victims to raise awareness of the dangers tradespeople face in their day-to-day work. Visit our Asbestos & You campaign website for more information about what to watch for and what to do when you come across it. You can:  Come and work for HSE and help to protect lives and livelihoods. We currently have a range of 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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