What's new at HSE - Research Research http://www.hsenews.com Research News and updates from the Health and Safety Executive Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:06:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 en Ergonomics intervention study to prevent incidence of MSDs http://www.hsenews.com/2008/07/03/ergonomics-intervention-study-to-prevent-incidence-of-msds/?rss=Research Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:07:35 +0000 HSE Research Health and safety MSD HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/07/03/ergonomics-intervention-study-to-prevent-incidence-of-msds/ This report looks at the changes in the workplace that can have an effect on health outcomes, specifically looking at musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).

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]]> http://www.hsenews.com/2008/07/03/ergonomics-intervention-study-to-prevent-incidence-of-msds/feed/ Assessing and modelling fatigue crack growth in structural steels http://www.hsenews.com/2008/07/03/assessing-and-modelling-fatigue-crack-growth-in-structural-steels/?rss=Research Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:02:08 +0000 HSE Research Construction Health and safety Metalworking Offshore oil and gas HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/07/03/assessing-and-modelling-fatigue-crack-growth-in-structural-steels/ This report aims to find the best way in which information gained during in-service inspection can be used to improve the prediction of the remaining useful life of structural steels and in particular offshore structures approaching the end of there design lives.

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]]> http://www.hsenews.com/2008/07/03/assessing-and-modelling-fatigue-crack-growth-in-structural-steels/feed/ Assessment uncertainties relating to electromagnetic fields (EMF) http://www.hsenews.com/2008/07/03/assessment-uncertainties-relating-to-electromagnetic-fields-emf/?rss=Research Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:09:03 +0000 HSE Research Health and safety HSE Engineering http://www.hsenews.com/2008/07/03/assessment-uncertainties-relating-to-electromagnetic-fields-emf/ This report describes possible uncertainty management regimes, and discusses the likely implications of these regimes for UK industry. Although it does not describe in detail how to make an assessment of uncertainty, its appendices contain examples of uncertainty assessment from three CENELEC EMF assessment standards.

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]]> http://www.hsenews.com/2008/07/03/assessment-uncertainties-relating-to-electromagnetic-fields-emf/feed/ Noise emissions and exposure from mobile woodchippers http://www.hsenews.com/2008/07/03/noise-emissions-and-exposure-from-mobile-woodchippers/?rss=Research Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:37:11 +0000 HSE Research Health and safety Woodworking HSE Noise http://www.hsenews.com/2008/07/03/noise-emissions-and-exposure-from-mobile-woodchippers/ This report describes the noise measurement procedure and details the results of Mobile wood chipping equipment used in forestry and arboriculture.

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]]> http://www.hsenews.com/2008/07/03/noise-emissions-and-exposure-from-mobile-woodchippers/feed/ RR644 - Attention, awareness and occupational stress http://www.hsenews.com/2008/07/01/rr644-attention-awareness-and-occupational-stress/?rss=Research Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:21:18 +0000 HSE Research Health and safety Stress HSE Workers http://www.hsenews.com/2008/07/01/rr644-attention-awareness-and-occupational-stress/ This project is primarily concerned with the influence of attentional factors on the perception of idiopathic symptoms (muscular pain and fatigue) associated with occupational stress.

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]]> http://www.hsenews.com/2008/07/01/rr644-attention-awareness-and-occupational-stress/feed/ HSL Psychologist vacancy http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/27/hsl-psychologist-vacancy/?rss=Research Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:43:17 +0000 HSE Research Health and safety HSE Careers http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/27/hsl-psychologist-vacancy/ The post is based in Buxton at the Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL), in the Work Psychology Section, Human Factors Group. The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of work in the fields of Occupational Psychology, closing date is 17 July 2008.

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]]> http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/27/hsl-psychologist-vacancy/feed/ Tracking research for workplace transport ‘struck by’ initiative http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/23/tracking-research-for-workplace-transport-%e2%80%98struck-by%e2%80%99-initiative/?rss=Research Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:20:47 +0000 HSE Research Health and safety Workplace transport HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/23/tracking-research-for-workplace-transport-%e2%80%98struck-by%e2%80%99-initiative/ People being hit or run over by workplace vehicles (‘struck by’ incidents) resulted in 41% of all workplace transport (WPT) incidents in 2004/05. The HSE ‘struck by’ initiative was part of a 2-year workplace transport project running from April 2006 - March 2008 aimed at reducing the number of incidents.

The initiative consisted of a targeted audit, that involved reviewing transport activities undertaken in the manufacturing sector and parts of the service industries (eg waste disposal) several large companies were targeted to take part. This work is described in this report.

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]]> http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/23/tracking-research-for-workplace-transport-%e2%80%98struck-by%e2%80%99-initiative/feed/ Third party major accident hazard pipeline (MAHP) infringement http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/23/third-party-major-accident-hazard-pipeline-mahp-infringement/?rss=Research Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:01:18 +0000 HSE Research Health and safety HSE Pipelines http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/23/third-party-major-accident-hazard-pipeline-mahp-infringement/ Third party damage to underground services of all types continues to be a source of danger and when the underground service is a Major Accident Hazard Pipeline (MAHP) such as a high-pressure gas main or a petrochemical pipeline then the consequences of a rupture can be devastating to people and the environment.

The aim of the report was to produce a case study to illustrate the sequence of events and the underlying factors of the incident, as well as to communicate the lessons that can be learned for risk management.

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]]> http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/23/third-party-major-accident-hazard-pipeline-mahp-infringement/feed/ Evaluation of disproportionate decisions on risk assessment and management http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/12/evaluation-of-disproportionate-decisions-on-risk-assessment-and-management/?rss=Research Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:43:34 +0000 HSE Research Health and safety HSE Risk http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/12/evaluation-of-disproportionate-decisions-on-risk-assessment-and-management/ The report summarises a study of the scale and causes of disproportionate decisions. It is one of a number of souces that informed HSE’s sensible risk campaign.

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]]> http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/12/evaluation-of-disproportionate-decisions-on-risk-assessment-and-management/feed/ Evaluation of the impact of the costs of DSE in Great Britain http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/11/evaluation-of-the-impact-of-the-costs-of-dse-in-great-britain/?rss=Research Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:29:21 +0000 HSE Research Health and safety MSD HSE Equipment at work http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/11/evaluation-of-the-impact-of-the-costs-of-dse-in-great-britain/ This report involved a comparative evaluation of the impact, including the costs and benefits, of the Display Screen Equipment (DSE) Directive 90/270/EEC in Great Britain in 2007, with the previous evaluation of the Regulations that were completed in 1997. The research is based on a structured sample of employers in Great Britain, in which data was collected from 1,241 respondents.

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]]> http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/11/evaluation-of-the-impact-of-the-costs-of-dse-in-great-britain/feed/ Evaluation of the minimum safety and health requirements for work with VDUs http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/11/evaluation-of-the-minimum-safety-and-health-requirements-for-work-with-vdus/?rss=Research Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:26:06 +0000 HSE Research Health and safety MSD HSE Equipment at work http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/11/evaluation-of-the-minimum-safety-and-health-requirements-for-work-with-vdus/ This research was commissioned to provide the UK contribution to an EU working group studying the effectiveness and efficiency of existing EU health and safety legislation. To achieve this an ex post evaluation of the EU Directive 90/270/EEC, which regulates work at Visual Display Units (VDU), was carried out in six member states.

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]]> http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/11/evaluation-of-the-minimum-safety-and-health-requirements-for-work-with-vdus/feed/ Optimising hazard management in offshore oil and gas http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/10/optimising-hazard-management-in-offshore-oil-and-gas/?rss=Research Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:10:08 +0000 HSE Research Health and safety Offshore oil and gas HSE Workers http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/10/optimising-hazard-management-in-offshore-oil-and-gas/ Offshore oil and gas duty holders have recognised that a lack of skilled workforce, change to shorter working hours and increase in activity can lead to an erosion of health and safety unless balanced by significant increase in level of training and supervision.

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]]> http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/10/optimising-hazard-management-in-offshore-oil-and-gas/feed/ Management competencies for preventing and reducing stress http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/03/management-competencies-for-preventing-and-reducing-stress/?rss=Research Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:12:33 +0000 HSE Research Health and safety Stress HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/03/management-competencies-for-preventing-and-reducing-stress/ This report presents the findings of the second phase of a research project to identify the specific management behaviours associated with the effective management of stress at work.

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]]> http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/03/management-competencies-for-preventing-and-reducing-stress/feed/ Assistant scientist vacancy http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/23/assistant-scientist-vacancy/?rss=Research Fri, 23 May 2008 08:38:39 +0000 HSE Research Health and safety HSE Careers http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/23/assistant-scientist-vacancy/ There is a vacancy for an assisant scientist at the Health and Safety Laboratories. Based in Buxton in the analytical sciences, fibres team, closing date 12 June 2008.

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]]> http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/23/assistant-scientist-vacancy/feed/ RR625: Noise emission from fastener driving tools http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/01/rr625-noise-emission-from-fastener-driving-tools/?rss=Research Thu, 01 May 2008 07:50:15 +0000 HSE Research Health and safety HSE Equipment at work Noise http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/01/rr625-noise-emission-from-fastener-driving-tools/ The aims of research report RR625 were to, Measure the noise emission against manufacturers’ declared emission, if stated,  Determine whether declared noise emission was tested with the most appropriate test code, comment on the suitability of the noise test methods and investigate the link between the manufacturers’ declared and the in real use emission

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]]> http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/01/rr625-noise-emission-from-fastener-driving-tools/feed/ RR620: Review of targeted initiatives in the manufacturing sector report http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/30/rr620-review-of-targeted-initiatives-in-the-manufacturing-sector-report/?rss=Research Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:47:02 +0000 HSE Research Health and safety HSE Manufacturing http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/30/rr620-review-of-targeted-initiatives-in-the-manufacturing-sector-report/ A number of manufacturing sectors have been operating voluntary ‘targeted initiatives’ whereby a trade association, often with trade union involvement, sets health and safety targets and supports their achievement against a background of HSE prompting and involvement. This review of eleven initiatives found mixed outcomes, with five successful initiatives associated with significant reductions in injury rates and positive subjective feedback.

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]]> http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/30/rr620-review-of-targeted-initiatives-in-the-manufacturing-sector-report/feed/ HSL Senior Psychologist vacancy http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/28/hsl-senior-psychologist-vacancy-2/?rss=Research Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:23:53 +0000 HSE Research Health and safety Stress HSE Careers http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/28/hsl-senior-psychologist-vacancy-2/ Health and Safety Laboratories has a Senior Psychologist vacancy in the Work Psychology Section in the Human Factors Group responsible for the delivery of work in the field of Occupational Psychology. Based in Buxton, on a 1 year fixed term appointment.

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]]> http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/28/hsl-senior-psychologist-vacancy-2/feed/ Health and safety in nail bars http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/23/health-and-safety-in-nail-bars/?rss=Research Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:45:23 +0000 HSE Asthma Research Health and safety Local Authorities Skin HSE Workers Small businesses http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/23/health-and-safety-in-nail-bars/ Nail bars are a rapidly expanding small business sector. This report addressed Local Authority enforcement officers’ concerns about the potential health risks involved with nail treatments and identified areas where further research is needed.

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]]> http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/23/health-and-safety-in-nail-bars/feed/ Occupational diseases in hairdressers and nail bars http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/23/occupational-diseases-in-hairdressers-and-nail-bars/?rss=Research Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:44:25 +0000 HSE Asthma Research Health and safety Skin HSE Workers http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/23/occupational-diseases-in-hairdressers-and-nail-bars/ Workers in hairdressers, beauty salons and nail bars are at potential risk of developing skin and respiratory ill health conditions if good working practices and effective exposure control methods are not applied.

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]]> http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/23/occupational-diseases-in-hairdressers-and-nail-bars/feed/ Human costs of a nuclear accident report amended http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/15/human-costs-of-a-nuclear-accident/?rss=Research Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:52:21 +0000 HSE Research Health and safety Nuclear HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/15/human-costs-of-a-nuclear-accident/ This report is to advise on the valuation of health effects of exposure to radiation, to inform a model being developed by the Health Protection Agency to assess the economic consequences of an accidental release of radioactive material. Amended version now available.

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