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• Headbanging babies

  
  Parent to Parent — Authority: 141
  There’s a painful new trend in my house these days. Both babies, but Matilda in particular, have started banging their heads off the floors and walls. Not by accident, like when they were learning to get around , but on purpose. Repeatedly. This is difficult to watch (and hear). I’ve tried using the dreaded ...
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• £4,000 Damages for Female Worker after Fall at Work

  
  The Information Tract — Authority: 129
  Law firm Irwin Mitchell has helped its client Linzi Hall of Sheffield reach an out of court settlement of 4,000 pounds with her employers MKM Building Supplies Ltd for a grievous injury suffered at the workplace. Ms Hall was working as an office administrator for the company in 2007 when the accident took place. On ...
  23 hours ago

• Employee Compensated after Breaking Nose Due to Fall

  
  The Lobscouse Net — Authority: 128
  A woman from Sheffield had to undergo cosmetic surgery to fix her nose after she fell face-first on a shelving unit at her workplace in 2007. She also suffered from respiratory problems because of the fall. The woman named Linzi Hall was working as an office administrator with MKM Building Supplies Ltd when ...
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• OIAC agenda

  
  What's new at HSE — Authority: 144
  The agenda for the meeting of the Offshore Industry Advisory Committee (OIAC) on 11 November 2009 is now available. View OIAC agenda 11 November agenda
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• Review of occupational hygiene reports on suitability of RPE

  
  What's new at HSE — Authority: 144
  This report provides an evidence-base for factors influencing the use (or non-use) of Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) in the workplace  and on how well RPE programmes are currently implemented. Although the remit was RPE, the study adopted a wider remit of personal protective equipment (PPE), on the basis ...
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• Stray pigs banned from Gurgaon

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  Gurgaon/Chandigarh, Nov 10 (IANS) Authorities in Gurgaon have invoked Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code to banish pigs from the municipal limits of the commercial hub adjoining the national capital.Issuing the order, District Magistrate Rajinder Kataria has asked the civic joint commissioner to “get the ...
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• Explaining circumcision

  
  Parent to Parent — Authority: 141
  Image via Wikipedia This tweet this morning made me laugh: DadLabs: RT @Genuine: Thanks @todayshow for covering circumcision so I could have that conversation this morning before school. I caught my attention because I just explained circumcision to my Sunday school class this week after we read the section in ...
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• Cleaning is a Core Activity for All Industries, Says EU-OSHA

  
  Igbo Land — Authority: 127
  With about 3.6 million people employed in cleaning jobs in the EU, this sector is treated grossly and unfairly. The recent European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) initiatives revealed that people engaged in jobs like these are not given the respect and consideration due to them. The body pointed out ...
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• Barricades are Essential while Working at Heights, Says HSE

  
  Drawn to Adventure — Authority: 130
  The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has always urged employers to practice safe working processes to ensure overall safety at workplace and reduce costs of litigation arising out of negligence. The latest in this context is its notification regarding construction of proper barriers at sites where workers are working ...
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• G Baskerville Slapped with £6,000 Fine for Not Ensuring Safety of Workers

  
  Floenz Blog — Authority: 130
  In a recent prosecution, Newcastle-under-Lyme Magistrates Court fined G Baskerville Ltd a sum of 8000 pounds in addition to costs of 6000 pounds after an employee of the firm sustained serious injuries when he fell off from a height while working. Earlier the company had pleaded guilty to charges of violating Section ...
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• Workplace lottery syndicate wins £45.5m

  
  XpertHR - Employment Intelligence — Authority: 131
  Hewlett Packard is facing an unusual problem after seven IT workers in a Liverpool office won over £6m each in their workplace EuroMillions syndicate. The workers are said to have immediately resigned en masse after the news was broken to them. Quite apart from having to deal with a mass resignation and lots ...
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• Speeches by Judith Hackitt

  
  What's new at HSE — Authority: 144
  Notes are now available for the following speeches: Motor Vehicle Repair, Health and Safety Forum 10th anniversary and launch of the new MVR guidance, Meriden, 29 October 2009 British Ceramic Confederation’s annual PLEDGE Conference and Awards Ceremony, Stoke-on-Trent, 29 October 2009 View the speeches made ...
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• Companies fined after fatal concrete collapse at Heathrow Terminal 5

  
  What's new at HSE — Authority: 144
  Two construction companies have today been fined £105,000 after one man died and another was seriously injured when a concrete slab collapsed at Heathrow Airport in 2005,  despite an earlier recall of defective equipment. View press release ‘Companies fined after fatal concrete collapse at Heathrow Terminal 5′
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• Daily Mail Withdraws Snooper Story

  
  An Englishman's Castle — Authority: 572
  Daily Mail - Steve Doughty - ‎Nov 8, 2009‎ Family homes could be invaded by health and safety inspectors checking that parents are keeping their children safe. ... I try not to read or link to the Daily Mail, but...
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• On Our Radar ...

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 741
  Why the G.O.P. loves nuclear energy and other energy and environment news from around the Web.
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• This week’s menu

  
  It's Not All Mary Poppins — Authority: 120
  Why am I sharing this week’s menu with you? I dunno. Because today cooking interests me more than toddlers, I think. Some days are like that — but it’s all good, because just LOOK at what those lucky little so-and-so’s get to eat: Monday: Black bean felafels in whole-wheat pita halves with beet-green salad. ...
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• Breaking News: 1 million strollers recalled by Maclaren

  
  Charlotte Smarty Pants — Authority: 129
  By Jen P. Stop using your Maclarens, Smarties! They are voluntarily recalling one million strollers sold in the U.S. since 1999.A side hinge mechanism poses the risk of cutting or amputating a childs fingers when the stroller is being opened or closed, the British company admitted today. Consumers should stop using ...
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• Fears that man crushed by forklift may have had heart attack

  
  Deadline Press & Picture Agency — Authority: 569
  By Andrea McCallum A MAN who was crushed by a forklift in East Lothian on Friday is feared to have had a heart attack just moments before the tragic accident. George Thompson, 57, was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics who rushed to Greendykes Farm , MacMerry, on Friday morning. And now his ...
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• Construction Safety Conference & AGM

  
  John's Labour blog — Authority: 429
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• How To Have Fun With Prostate Massage

  
  Sex Toy Blog — Authority: 118
  Guys who have experienced an orgasm via prostate massage can tell you that a prostate massager could easily become a man’s best friend.  And women or men who know how to administer a prostate massage can easily overtake the prostate massager on that guy’s cool list.  But how do you really have fun with a ...
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