The Health and Safety People Ltd Newsletter - August

1 August 2006

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In this months issue we cover the draft corporate manslaughter bill, the latest HSE updates, the HSE 'Better Back' campaign for 2006, Tony Blair's reponse to the mesothelioma judgement on compensation, some recent prosecutions involving stress, untrained agency workers, worker fatality, fall from height, unguarded machinery and glass laceration.  Other articles include occupational asthma and a link to metalworking, the dangers of working in confined spaces, results of the CIOB survey on 'Occupational Health in the Construction Industry', the new first aid guidelines for basic life support,  the reduction in Balfour Beatty's record £10m fine and survey results showing an 18 year low for sickness absence.