Health & Safety

The Government has signed a regulation extending the validity of Safe Pass cards during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 102/2020) provide that arising from the cessation of SOLAS Safe Pass training during the...

Guidance on working safely with manufactured nanomaterials (MNMs) has been issued by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion. This Guidance document offers an overview of the issues surrounding the safe use of MNMs in the workplace, sets out the...

The Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, and Minister for Health, Simon Harris, have issued strict guidelines for people to stay at home from midnight tonight (Friday). The main rule is to STAY AT HOME. The only times you can leave your home are: to travel to or from work if you are providing an essential...

Amazon warehouse have been hit by more than 600 serious injuries or near misses in the past three years, a GMB investigation has found. The figures – some of which were broadcast on the BBC's Panorama programme on Monday February 17, 2020 – are the result of Freedom of Information Act requests...

Sexual harassment can happen to anyone, anywhere, at any time. Yet all too often, it happens in the workplace. Some examples of behaviour that could constitute sexual harassment are: unwanted indecent or suggestive remarks; questions, jokes, or suggestions about your sex life; the circulation of...

Inspection Blitz on Dozens of Sites for Quarry Safety Week. Friday September 6 th, 2019 A workplace safety blitz is to be carried out on quarries next week by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA). The Quarry Safety Week campaign from September 9 th to 16 th will focus on the known causes of fatal...

A report published by the Asthma Society of Ireland says nearly 1.4m workdays were lost due to asthma in 2016, at a cost to the Irish economy of nearly €200m."© The report, Easing Economic Burden of Asthma – The Impact of a Universal Asthma Self-Management Programme, takes figures from the Healthy...

In a new report, EU-OSHA details the findings of the second part of its " Costs and benefits of occupational safety and health" project. It describes two approaches to estimating the financial burden of work-related diseases, injuries and death. Cost estimations are provided for five Member States...

The prison as a microcosm of society The latest issue of HesaMag, the ETUI's biannual magazine on health and safety at work, focuses on working conditions behind bars. It is not an obvious topic for HesaMag, as it goes far beyond the medical aspects of occupational health. But the aim of each issue...