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7 results found for '"Health and Safety Executive"' in Keywords.
Putney Hill gas explosion (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Report from the scene of a gas explosion at the Newnham House block of flats in Putney, London, which left many members of the public injured and buried. Includes comment from eyewitnesses Ron Spriggle and...
Putney Hill gas explosion (1985)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Commons speech from Employment Secretary Tom King who announces an inquiry into the Putney Hill gas explosion and pays tribute to the work of the emergency services.
Repetitive strain injury (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Tim Carter from the Health and Safety Executive speaks about repetitive strain injury (RSI) â how it can occur, how it can be avoided and its implications on the individual and on the company. Female...
Death of a worker on the Channel Tunnel raises health and safety issues (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Yigal Chazan reports as Health and Safety watchdogs have launched an investigation after the death of Channel Tunnel construction worker Charles McCourt. McCourt was killed by an electric shock only three...
Manslaughter at work investigated (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
The report Death at Work or Corporate Crime has found company executives get away with manslaughter. The report’s author David Bergman says there is no accountability; Louise Christian, a solicitor for an...
Cancer-causing virus could have escaped (1994)
- Genre
- Interview
Local Health and Safety Executive Director, Peter Ward on the possible risk posed to public health by a cancer-causing virus which might have leaked out of a Birmingham University laboratory had the research...
Outdoor activity centres safety rules tightened (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Jeff Collins reports on plans to tighten up safety rules for outdoor activity centres following a tragic canoeing accident involving an adventure centre off the Dorset coast on 22/03/93. The Health and...