| This week's news and updates about health and safety at work |
| Having trouble viewing this email? View the content as a web page. | |  HSE Weekly Digest ebulletin Issued: 21 July 2022
This week's edition contains guidance on working safely in confined spaces. There are also links to advice on how to manage work safely in high temperatures. In addition, we have information about the latest annual agriculture-related fatality figures, which have just been released. There are also updates on recent enforcement prosecutions and you can take a look at our latest job vacancies. For all the latest health and safety updates visit our website. | | |  A number of people are killed or seriously injured in Great Britain each year in confined spaces. A confined space is a place: - which is substantially enclosed (though not always entirely)
- where serious injury can occur from hazardous substances or conditions within the space or nearby
Download a free copy of our Safe work in confined spaces publication, which explains the definition, gives examples and helps you put precautions in place for work to be carried out safely. You can also buy a hard copies at the HSE Books website. |  Temperatures remain high in some areas of Britain, so make sure you have the right advice and guidance to work safely. There's no law for maximum working temperature, or when it's too hot to work. It is important to remember the risks of overheating when working in hot conditions. HSE has plenty of guidance and advice on workplace temperature, including: |  HSE has published a report showing that agriculture-related activities continue to have the highest number of workplace fatalities in Great Britain. Provisional figures for 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 show 25 people were killed in agriculture-related activities, 22 workers and 3 members of the public. The total of 25 is 16 fewer than the previous year and 7 fewer than the five-year average. The report, Fatal injuries in agriculture, forestry and fishing in Great Britain 2021/22 (PDF), has been published to coincide with Farm Safety Week (18 – 22 July), led by the Farm Safety Foundation charity. We have free to download leaflets available for those working in agriculture to assess the risks and put safety measures in place: | A fire service has been prosecuted after two of its firefighters received serious head injuries – with one paralysed from the chest down – after a training exercise. A team of four firefighters from Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service were carrying out a rope rescue training exercise at a disused quarry and two of them received head injuries when rocks fell from the cliff face and hit them. HSE's investigation found there were failures in the arrangements and controls of the exercise. Read this press release to find more details on this incident. Other recent prosecution cases include: Join our team and help to protect lives and livelihoods. We have a wide range of exciting vacancies. For details of selected posts, follow the links below: View our vacancies | | You can get all the latest news and updates from HSE across a range of industries and topics. | | | | |
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