Too old - who says?

Article Abstract:

A report from the University of Sheffield's Institute of Work Psychology shows that older workers are safer at work than younger ones and are absent less. However, the Institute's Professor Peter Warr, speaking at an international conference in Belgium, reveals that older people are being removed from the European workforce at an increasingly early age because of cutbacks. Many Western European nations say they want to encourage people to remain working for longer and have signed a European Union declaration emphasizing the need for more attention to be paid to unemployed older people.

Occupational health and safety, Occupational safety and health, Demographic aspects, Employment, Elderly workers

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Recipe for safety

Article Abstract:

The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and local authorities are seeking to improve health and safety standards in the catering and hotel sector, where the HSE says accidents are at an 'unacceptably high level'. The HSE study found that the major injury rate for staff reached 43 per 100,000 workers in 1994/95, up vs 23 per 100,000 staff in 1986/87. The HSE says that most of the 25,800 injuries and 51 fatal accidents in the sector in 1994/95 could have been avoided. The most common accidents were due to slips and falls; unguarded machinery; and lifting and manual handling.

Health aspects, Hotels and motels, Caterers and catering, Catering

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Caring for the sick and elderly

Article Abstract:

The rising number of people being admitted to residential care homes has prompted the U.K. Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to ensure that such homes are staffed and managed correctly. An HSE booklet entitled Health and Safety in Residential Care Homes requires employers to ensure that staff competence is measured at all levels, to adequately assess risks and to provide proper health and safety training for employees. Some 20 residents of care homes die every year in work-related accidents.

Care and treatment, Elderly, Laws, regulations and rules, United Kingdom. Health and Safety Executive, Social policy, Residential care facilities, Sick, Sick persons

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