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Compressed Air
When working in an environment under compressed air, employers must take all reasonably practicable steps to minimise the number and severity of exposures -
LEV – Local exhaust ventilation
Workers can contract lung disease or asthma because they have breathed in too much dust, fume or other airborne contaminants at work, including flour dust in bakeries, mist from paint spraying, fumes from welding or solvents from painting -
Health and medical surveillance
Health surveillance is a scheme of repeated health checks which are used to identify ill health caused or made worse by work. -
Hand Arm Vibration
By law, as an employer, you must assess and identify measures to eliminate or reduce risks from exposure to vibration so that you can protect your employees -
Lead
Working with lead and its compounds can pose a health risk if exposure is not controlled and good practices and good personal hygiene are not followed. -
Flour dust
Exposure to flour can cause serious health problems such as occupational asthma. Thousands of people in the UK and Ireland face the challenges of this disease every day -
Occupational lung disease
Occupational, or work-related lung diseases are conditions that have been caused or made worse by the substances employees have been exposed to and inhaled whilst at work -
Skin
Work-related skin conditions are very common but preventable -
Musculoskeletal Disorders
MSDs are conditions affecting the musculoskeletal system. The term MSDs covers any injury, damage or disorder of the joints, muscles, tendons, nerves or other tissues in the upper limbs (e.g. neck, shoulders and/or arms), lower limbs (e.g. hips, knees, ankles and/or feet) and/or the back. -
Whole Body Vibration (WBV)
Whole Body Vibration (WBV) is caused when vibration from mobile plant or equipment is transferred through the seat or feet into the body of the person operating it. This can also occur when work vehicles are driven over uneven or rough surfaces regularly. -
Ergonomics
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE (GB)) refer to ‘human factors’ as ‘the environmental, organisational and job factors, and human and individual characteristics which influence behaviour at work in a way which can affect health and safety’ -
Display Screen Equipment
Display Screen Equipment are devices which have a graphic display and include computer monitors, laptops, touch screens and other similar devices. -
Occupational cancers
Occupational cancer is caused when employees are significantly exposed to carcinogens (cancer-causing substances) and/or mutagens (genetic mutation causing agents) in their workplace -
Manual handling
Manual handling activities (including lifting/lowering of loads) regardless of weight, contribute to a significant proportion of accidents in the workplace -
Noise induced hearing loss
Hearing loss caused by work is preventable, but, once your hearing has gone it won't improve or come back. Its effect can be gradual over time where someone is regularly exposed to loud noise, however, damage can also be sudden when someone is exposed to extremely loud noises -
Risks from Legionella poster
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Welding Fume
Exposure to welding fume can cause a range of serious health effects. There is no known level of safe exposure to welding fume, and employers are required to put in place suitable exposure control measures. Welding fume can cause cancer and it is known that exposure to welding fume can cause kidney cancer. -
Legionella
Legionellosis is a collective term for diseases caused by legionella bacteria including the most serious, Legionnaires' disease, and the similar but less serious conditions of Pontiac fever and Lochgoilhead fever -
HSENI supports Mental Health Awareness Week as a key part of part its workplace health campaign
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HSENI launch inspection campaign focusing on the management of Legionella bacteria