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Accident reporting
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, place a legal duty on employers, self-employed people and people in control of premises to report work-related deaths, major injuries or over-three-day injuries, work related diseases and dangerous occurrences (near miss accidents).
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Working time directive
The Working Time Regulations implement the European Working Time Directive into Northern Ireland law.
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Lone working
Establishing a healthy and safe working environment for lone workers can be different from organising the health and safety of other employees. They should not be put at more risk than other people working for you.
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Manual handling - questions and answers
Manual handling relates to the moving of items either by lifting, lowering, carrying, pushing or pulling.
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Woodworking
The woodworking industry has one of the highest accident rates in manufacturing, most of which are caused by contact with moving machinery. This accounted for 25% of all major accidents and one of last year’s two deaths in the woodworking industry.
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Protecting Pregnant Workers and New Mothers (New and Expectant Mothers) Updated 22 July 2022
This section explains how employers should manage the health and safety of pregnant workers and new mothers.
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Animals - safety during calving
Farmers are urged to ‘Stop and Think SAFE’ when working with cows and heifers around calving time.
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HSENI to highlight need for healthier workplaces at Balmoral Show
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Workplace Health Campaign - Dust from Inhalation poster
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Workplace Health Campaign - Noise at Work poster
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Workplace Health Campaign posters
Here you will find sector specific posters identifying potential health risks within the workplace. These PDFs can be downloaded so that they can be printed off and displayed in your place of work.
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Mental well-being at work
Mental well-being at work is determined by the interaction between the working environment, the nature of the work and the individual -
Workplace Health Campaign - Stress at Work poster
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Workplace Health Campaign - Manual Handling poster
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Workplace Health Campaign - Occupational Cancer poster
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Workplace Health Campaign - Risk to Lungs poster
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Back pain
Most people encounter back pain at some point in their life.Usually, back pain is not caused by anything serious and will settle within a matter of days or weeks. For most people affected by back pain, episodes are nearly always short-lived. -
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the name given to a group of lung conditions that cause breathing difficulties -
Asthma
Asthma is a serious health condition that affects the lungs. Thousands of people in the UK and Ireland face the challenges of this disease every day. -
Appointed doctors
Under certain regulations, employers have a duty to ensure workers are placed under ‘statutory medical surveillance’ by an ‘appointed doctor’.