Every year, many accidents leading to physical injuries in kindergartens, indicates that a very large percentage of them are related to the safety concerns and lack of hygiene in these places. Families, due to their busy life style and working hours and also children needs of preschool education, are searching to find most suitable kindergartens for their children. Selecting a kindergarten with...

Project specification involves, firstly, the identification of the technical and business objectives of the project; and secondly, the formulation of a plan and budget appropriate to the timely delivery of these objectives to the customer, taking into account such factors as timing, resourcing and third-party involvement. Project management involves assurance of adherence to the plan and budget...

Is there a nurse alive whose attention would not be grabbed by a report on team working and the stress it can cause? Probably not. Well, take a look at the Health and Safety Executive website at http://www.hse.gov.uk and there it is in a list of new publications, sandwiched between a statistical report on offshore injuries and one on reducing at-work road traffic accidents. The HSE has produced...

Pneumoconiosis is a notifiable industrial disease where a patient develops the disease, their doctor must notify their employer in writing with the patient's consent. The employer then is duty-bound to inform the local Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Pneumoconiosis is also a prescribed industrial disease. Financial compensation may be available where an individual is able to show they worked...

Pneumoconiosis is a notifiable industrial disease where a patient develops the disease, their doctor must notify their employer in writing with the patient's consent. The employer then is duty-bound to inform the local Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Pneumoconiosis is also a prescribed industrial disease. Financial compensation may be available where an individual is able to show they worked...

Application to three real scenarios: an underground station, an offshore accommodation module and a building under construction Prepared by Health and Safety Laboratory for the Health and Safety Executive 2004 RI, TD and OD HSE divisions have jointly commissioned HSL to investigate the capabilities and limitations of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to predict the transport of smoke in comple...

The prevalence and severity of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) were assessed in cross-sectional and longitudinal data obtained from male employees in the UK oil and gas industry. The roles of the physical and psychosocial work environment, and of individual factors were examined in relation to reported MSD. • Assessed by the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (MSQ) (N=321), lower back pain sh...