Ana Martins
Editor at Health & Safety International
Editor at Haymarket Media Group 📚 Commissioning Articles on Environmental Monitoring 🌍 and Occupational Safety 🦺
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3 weeks ago |
healthandsafetyinternational.com | Ana Martins
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are the most common occupational health problem in the world, but they are also one of the hardest to mitigate. The world of work can be very physically demanding and outside of office ergonomics, industrial workers face the risk of manual handling injuries, sprains and repetitive strain injuries. MSDs are injuries or pain in the body’s joints, ligaments, muscles, nerves, tendons and structures that support limbs, neck and back.
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3 weeks ago |
healthandsafetyinternational.com | Ana Martins
The UK has been a global leader in health and safety for years, logging some of the lowest rates of workplace fatalities in the world. It also has robust legislation to protect workers, such as the Health & Safety at Work Act (HSWA) which recently hit its 50th anniversary, as testament to its enduring legacy in transforming the lives of everyday UK workers and significantly reducing workplace fatalities.
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3 weeks ago |
healthandsafetyinternational.com | Ana Martins
Every site incident is a story of loss. Beyond the visible damages, to people, equipment or from halted operations, intangible costs linger: the psychological scars carried by workers, the erosion of team morale, and the lasting impact on organisational reputation. These incidents are not merely unfortunate events; they are multi-dimensional crises with ripple effects on site economics and human welfare.
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3 weeks ago |
healthandsafetyinternational.com | Ana Martins
You can’t always see risks, which is what makes them so tough to manage. Exposure, for example. The handling of hazardous substances in the workplace is subject to controls to protect workers, but their effectiveness depends on many factors, including information and awareness. For the unsuspecting worker, a substance change could unwittingly put them in a high-risk situation.
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3 weeks ago |
healthandsafetyinternational.com | Ana Martins
Kelly, you’ve had such a diverse career working across rail, healthcare and even broadcasting. What drew you to health and safety? I was an actor and acting is an incredibly hard and unstable profession, so initially it was the stability. I worked in admin at various health and safety departments between acting jobs and then came my first two proper health and safety jobs – one with an energy from waste plant, the other quite a large facilities and estate management company – and I fell in love.
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