With high temperatures across the UK, are you doing enough to protect your workers from heat stress?
Employers must ensure workers are protected during hot weather. Our website has a practical step guide on temperature in the workplace, which gives employers guidance on:
- managing workplace temperature
- what the law says
- preventing heat stress
- protecting those working outdoors
We also provide a workplace temperature checklist to help employers carry out a basic risk assessment.
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A man was electrocuted and died after coming into contact with a floodlight while retrieving a football at a leisure centre.
He had been playing on an all-weather pitch when the ball went out of play. As he climbed a fence to collect it, he touched a floodlight and received a fatal electric shock.
HSE’s investigation found:
- the incident was caused by worn and faulty wiring that had not been properly inspected or maintained over several years
- the company had also failed to act on a previous incident just weeks earlier, when another person received an electric shock from the same equipment
The leisure firm was fined £60,000 and ordered to pay £40,000 in costs.
Read more about the incident in our press release: Leisure firm fined after death of footballer electrocuted by floodlight
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HSE has been working with Rolls Royce to achieve a major milestone for sustainable aviation.
Our science team has played a key role in a helping decarbonise air travel by supporting the successful test of the first jet engine in the world to reach full take-off power using 100% hydrogen fuel.
Working with Rolls-Royce, specialists at our Science and Research Centre in Buxton designed and installed high-flow, high-pressure hydrogen supply and monitoring systems for the pioneering 'Engine GH2' test programme.
Our scientists also provided rigorous safety analysis. This helped move the project from design to live testing at pace while maintaining robust safety standards.
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HSE's live online training courses are delivered by experts, to help organisations comply with the law and keep workforces healthy and safe.
We have limited availability left on dates across these upcoming live online training courses, so book your place quickly if you want to join us:
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