Regulatory pressure
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The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the related Regulations apply to the structure and operation of hyperbaric oxygen therapy chambers in the UK, but not to the treatments undertaken within such chambers. The Royal College of Physicians Faculty of Occupational Medicine Working Party issued a code of practice for operators of hyperbaric chambers in 1994, but this has no statutory force and the Health and Safety Executive does not recognize it as an approved code. It is clear that the regulation of all types of hyperbaric chambers for human occupancy must be undertaken by a single agency.
Publication Name: Occupational Safety & Health
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0143-5353
Year: 1999
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Y2K HSE inspections to target small firms
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The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to undertake a range of initiatives in 1999 designed to make companies aware of the potential problems associated with the year 2000 computer date change. HSE inspectors will seek to establish whether employers' health and safety risk assessments have been extended to deal with potential dangers from any impact of the year 2000 problem. Particular attention will be given to steps being made by small and medium-sized firms to ensure millennium safety.
Publication Name: Occupational Safety & Health
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0143-5353
Year: 1999
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Publish your injury figures TUC tells business
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Company annual reports should include details of financial losses to the company through injury and illness, according to proposals from the UK Trades Union Congress (TUC). These proposals aim to make significant changes to health and safety. The TUC also believes that there should be stricter penalties for company directors who contravene health and safety legislation. Other proposals include personal back-to-work plans for victims of workplace injury and illness.
Publication Name: Occupational Safety & Health
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0143-5353
Year: 1999
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