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Risks 159 - 5 June 2004

This week: Union news: TUC calls for safety rep action on asbestos * Report praises safety committee after pupil death * CATU to seek cash for sick potters * Damages for injured workers who saved colleagues * Battling teachers face job burnout * GPMU slams “appalling” packing jobs Other news: Compensation culture is a “damaging myth” * Families remember blast victims * HSE abandons some death and injury probes * Corporate responsibility scheme is “not working” * Labour plans public smoking ban election pledge * Man banned from every UK hospital * Occ doc sicknote plan report due soon International news: Australia: Working for a living can kill you * Europe: Challenge to finance employers over stress * Global: Cigarette smoke is drifting out of work * Japan: Record numbers worked into the ground * New Zealand: Meatworkers face higher risk of cancer * Singapore: Work deaths prompt safety review * USA: Worker safety is a casualty of “special interest takeover” * Safety officers warn of holiday danger for road workers
4.6.2004

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