May 2011
Below is a selection of highlights from IOSH’s coverage in the
media during May:
25 May 2011
BBC Radio Sussex – Scrap metal worker’s
legs were crushed
Following a worker’s legs being crushed in a machine on a scrap
metal yard, IOSH President Steve Granger, comments on the
importance of health and safety in the industry and what will
happen going forward
24 May 2011
Mi-pro.co.uk –
Health and safety body delivers hearing damage warning
Sonicstate.com –
Is your hearing at risk?
Audioprointernational.com –
UK music industry warned about hearing safety
IOSH calls for a better awareness of how to protect workers’
hearing in the UK’s music and entertainment industry during Noise
Action Week 2011
23 May 2011
BBC Radio Leicester – National Noise Action
Week
BBC1 East Midlands Today – Ear Damage
ITV1 Central News – Dangers of long term
damage to hearing from loud music
IOSH calls for a better awareness of how to protect workers’
hearing in the UK’s music and entertainment industry during Noise
Action Week 2011
16 May 2011
Plantengineer.org.uk –
Change needed for accident reporting, say health and safety
experts
SHP reports that IOSH members are largely in favour of Lord
Young’s proposals to change the way work related injuries are
reported
12 May 2011
Your Radio – Certificates of
Merit
Your Radio interviewed Stewart Paterson and Neil Casey after
they both won awards for their dedication to occupational health
and safety at the West of Scotland Branch’s annual awards
10 May 2011
Shponline.co.uk –
IOSH members back RIDDOR reporting extension
SHP reports that IOSH members are largely in favour of Lord
Young’s proposals to change the way work related injuries are
reported
5 May 2011
Cambridge News and Crier – Let’s help keep
each other safe
Letter to Editor of the paper from East Anglia Branch chair
Malcolm Fryer promoting International Workers’ Memorial Day
Smartoman.com – Middle East organisations
attend event to improve health and safety in region
Story discussing the highlights of IOSH’s Middle East Conference
2011
4 May 2011
Clydebank Post – Safety first for men
Article highlighting the success of two local health and safety
professionals (Stewart Paterson and Neil Casey) in improving
occupational health in Scotland following the West of Scotland
Branch’s annual awards
3 May 20011
Hazardexonthenet.net –
Health and safety stalwarts honoured on International Workers’
Memorial Day
Hazard Ex links the West of Scotland’s annual awards for unsung
health and safety heroes with International Workers’ Memorial
Day
1 May 2011
Scotland on Sunday - Are you sitting pretty
dangerously at work?
Comment from IOSH Policy and Technical Director Richard Jones on
a recent study into blood clots from prolonged sitting in the
workplace
Food Manufacturer - New work placement
scheme
IOSH Food and Drink Group pilots the new Shadowing Scheme for
health and safety graduates
Plant and Works Engineering – Slips, trips
and falls – an avoidable epidemic
Jill Joyce, IOSH senior policy and technical advisor discusses
how slips, trips and falls are the most common yet the most
preventable cause of major injuries in the workplace
PIR Magazine – Coping in the classroom
Jill Joyce, IOSH senior policy and technical advisor looks at
the occupational health risks faced by teachers including stress
and asbestos