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In a new report, EU-OSHA details the findings of the second part of its ‘Costs and benefits of occupational safety and health’ project. It describes two approaches to estimating the financial burden of work-related diseases, injuries and death. Cost estimations...

A workplace safety blitz is to be carried out on quarries next week by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA). The Quarry Safety Week campaign from September 9th to 16th will focus on the known causes of fatal incidents at quarries, such as machinery and...

The Government has signed a regulation extending the validity of Safe Pass cards during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 102/2020) provide that arising from the cessation of...