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HSE has launched a new website offering advice and guidance on health and safety topics in the retail industry such as slips and trips, manual handling and falls from height. View the retail industry website

The Mississippi State Farm Catastrophe Induction CAT Manual. (4 MB download) Chip Merlin mentioned this document once on his blog citing it as one of the documents a good wind water attorney litigating with the Good Neighbor must have in his repertoire.

The Manual Handling Assessment Charts (MAC) is a tool designed to help health and safety inspectors assess the most common risk factors in lifting (and lowering), carrying and team handling operations. View MAC charts [PDF 204KB]

HSE warns businesses to make sure that workers and contractors are properly trained to carry out risk assessments and operate safe systems of work. The warning comes after two companies were fined when a worker at a paper recycling plant in Greenwich lost the tips of two fingers.