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- HSE Inspection Drive to Target Construction Contractors - Fri 19th Mar 2010
- Health Workers to Benefit from New Code of Crown Prosecutors - Mon 15th Mar 2010
- Health and Safety Warning about Using Tandoori Ovens - Wed 10th Mar 2010
- Fatal Accident Draws Attention to Poor Equipment Maintenance - Wed 3rd Mar 2010
- Accidents at Railway Bridges Raise Concern for Worker Safety - Tue 23rd Feb 2010
- Government Determined to Reduce the Percentage of Smokers by Half - Tue 16th Feb 2010
- New Bill Outlines Legally Binding Duties on Top Management - Tue 16th Feb 2010
- Civilian Employee of Thames Valley Police Receives Compensation - Mon 1st Feb 2010
- HSE Campaign to Target Unsafe Vehicle Loading - Fri 29th Jan 2010
- Feedback from Employees Can Make Better Managers - Mon 25th Jan 2010
Bristol
Bristol lies on the River Avon which flows along the Avon Gorge forming an attractive gateway approaching Bristol from the Bristol channel to the west.
The Avon Gorge is spanned by Bristol's most distinctive landmark, the impressive Clifton Suspension Bridge, 245 feet above the Avon, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel but not opened until 1864, five years after his death.
An old English expression 'paying on the nail' derives from Bristol. Four bronze small pillars, or tables, can be seen in front of the Corn Exchange Building on Corn Street. These are known as "The Nails", and it was here that merchants in the 18th Century would complete their transactions, hence 'paying on the nail'.
Another interesting term 'Bristol Time' was used to describe how the exact time in Bristol, which lies 2 minutes 35' west of Greenwich, is in fact 10 minutes behind GMT based on the Greenwich meridian. The magnificent clock in the Corn Exchange, shows this with two minute hands! A black hand showing GMT, and a red minute hand, 10 minutes behind, showing the current Bristol time!
Bristol is famous for many people, including John Cabot, who sailed from here in 1497 and discovered Newfoundland, one year before Columbus landed on the mainland of America.
Health & Safety Services
Occupational safety and health is a cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment. The goal of all occupational safety and health programs is to foster a safe work environment.
As a secondary effect, it may also protect co-workers, family members, employers, customers, suppliers, nearby communities, and other members of the public who are impacted by the workplace environment. It may involve interactions among many subject areas, including occupational medicine, occupational (or industrial) hygiene, public health, safety engineering, chemistry, health physics, ergonomics, toxicology, epidemiology, environmental health, industrial relations, public policy, sociology, and occupational health psychology.
Since 1950, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have shared a common definition of occupational health. It was adopted by the Joint ILO/WHO Committee on Occupational Health at its first session in 1950 and revised at its twelfth session in 1995.
The definition reads: "Occupational health should aim at: the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations; the prevention amongst workers of departures from health caused by their working conditions; the protection of workers in their employment from risks resulting from factors adverse to health; the placing and maintenance of the worker in an occupational environment adapted to his physiological and psychological capabilities; and, to summarize, the adaptation of work to man and of each man to his job."
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