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  Increase in Irish Construction Industry Fatalities Causes Concern

  2013-05-23 08:35:21

  The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) in Ireland has released its annual statistics about the numbers of people injured and killed during the course of their work in 2012. They found overall, the number of workplace deaths fell by a significant 13%. However, despite the overall numbers going down, deaths in the construction sector rose by 1/3 of the previous year's six, to eight in 2012.

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  Health and Safety Executive Summarise Electrical Safety Guidance

  2013-05-16 08:55:35

  The HSE recently issued a summary document containing their Electrical Safety Guidance. This information is to help people to stay safe while working directly with electricity, and can also to benefit those who perhaps work within building sites or in locations with a lot of electrical equipment. It is a comprehensive guide to maximising the chances of a safe working environment.

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  Increase in School Numbers for the First Time in Five Years

  2013-05-07 12:56:39

  The year 2011 – 2012 was the first time since 2006 that the number of schools in England rose rather than fell. This reversal in fortunes has been attributed to the changing school system: there were 180 new Academies created, 830 existing schools which converted to Academies, and Free Schools were also introduced. 69 Free Schools were founded during this time, their first full year. These changes are altering the education landscape considerably.

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  Don't Let Health & Safety Myths Stop Your School Trips

  2013-04-02 13:55:50

  We’ve all heard the stories of the traditional school trip disappearing under a pile of Health and Safety paperwork and threatened by an increasing fear of litigation. In a move to debunk the ‘school trip myth’, Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) recently brought out a common sense guide for schools, extolling the benefits of extra-curricular outings and reassuring teachers that, with a few sensible precautions, it needn’t be a health and safety minefield.