Recent OHS News Roofer pays civil penalty after teen work falls to death via Business Insurance News Read article here Excerpt:An Alabama roofing contractor has paid a $117,175 penalty that was issued after a 15-year-old worker died during a 50-foot fall…. The teenager, who was on the first day of the job, fell from the […]
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Reprotoxic Hazards at Work Jans Babkevics, WHWB-UK member, is thrilled to announce that Bite Size OH has partnered up again with SKC Ltd and NEXAM (Pty) Ltd to deliver another free webinar on 28th November at 15:00-16:30 GMT. The topic will be on “Reprotoxic Hazards at Work” and they will launch another intake for the “Global Occupational
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WHWB-UK Branch Update Hello Everyone at UK Branch Workplace Health Without Borders (WHWB-UK) We invite you to look at the slides of our WHWB-UK Project updates as presented at the Branch & AGM Meeting on 26th September. Below are fundraising links to some of our projects, plus other important links, and news: WHWB-UK Project Links
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Global Asbestos Awareness Week Webinar On Friday, April 8, OSHAfrica in partnership with ADAO, National Institute for Occupational Health, AUDA-NEPAD held a webinar to observe Global Asbestos Awareness Week. You can link to the recording of the webinar here.
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WHWB participated in the British Occupational Health and Safety’s (BOHS) first International Day as part of their annual meeting. The day’s message was “Connecting the Minds, Creating the Future” by addressing the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Clink this link to listen to all the speakers or here to hear WHWB’s Jennifer Galvin
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WHWB and partners have collaborated to continue OHS training during the Pandemic. OHTA and WHWB are two non-profit organizations in occupational hygiene that are perfect partners. Both are passionately committed to occupational health and safety (OH&S) training globally. A key mission of WHWB is to share their OH&S expertise through training provided by their global
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New release from the Canadian Aerosol Transmission Coalition. – on what governments and everyone can do to prevent airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2. With wishes for happy and healthy holidays for all. https://www.wigmorising.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Aerosol-Coalition-solutions-and-action-Dec-23-21.pdf Marianne
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Your Thoughts on the Website The present version of the WHWB website has been “live” for about 7 weeks now and we hope you have had an opportunity to explore it. We also hope you approve of the change we have made to make it a bit more contemporary than the old site. We are
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Charitable alliance between Vitacore Industries (Vancouver, BC) and WHWB VItacore Industries is a Vancouver based, Canadian manufacturer of respirators including their proprietary CAN95 and CAN99 (equivalent to N95 and N99) surgical masks. The great news is that they are readily available in Canada and can be ordered online. In addition, Health Canada has certified both the CAN95 and CAN99 as being authorized for use. This
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Taking Stock, Looking Forward: African Perspectives on Occupational Safety & Health in the time of COVID Thursday, May 20, 2021, 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, 3:00 p.m. West Africa Time (UTC 14:00) Register here COVID-19 has laid bare fundamental gaps in health at both policy and practice level in Africa. Workers in the informal sectors are the
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