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Weekly Digest ebulletin

Issued: 12 June 2025

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Men's Health Week: 9 to 15 June

Men’s Health Week provides an opportunity to raise awareness of preventable health problems amongst men.

HSE is calling for your support of 2 campaigns in relation to men's health. 

Asbestos and You

According to HSE’s mesothelioma statistics, men who worked in the building industry when asbestos was used extensively in the past continue to be most at risk.

More men working in skilled trades die due to past asbestos exposure. Trades with particular risk include electrical engineering, joinery, plumbing, heating, flooring and tiling.

Help raise awareness of what tradespeople should look for and what to do to protect themselves should they come across asbestos during their work.

For more information, visit our Asbestos and You campaign webpages. 

You can also find HSE guidance on asbestos.

Working Minds

HSE's Working Minds campaign can help you prevent stress and support mental health at work.

You can normalise talking about how men are feeling and coping at work by sharing Working Minds messages and resources.

Visit HSE's website for more guidance on stress and mental health at work.


Flour mill fined after worker severs finger

The company was fined £300,000 after a worker severed one of his fingers in machinery.

The worker was carrying out maintenance work on a packer closing station when the 800-kilogram machine became unbalanced and tipped backwards. His left hand was trapped and the little finger was severed.

HSE's investigation found the company had failed to safely manage the risks of people performing maintenance at its factory.

Read more in our press release: Flour mill fined after worker severs finger

HSE has guidance on our website: Maintenance of work equipment

Visit our news centre for more on recent enforcement cases.


Leadership of health and safety at work

Protect the health and safety of workers in your organisation

Effective health and safety performance comes from the top. Protecting your workers or members of the public is an essential part of risk management and must be led by the board.

Our leadership website can help you find the best way to lead and promote health and safety at work. It provides advice and guidance on:

Leadership training courses

These courses have been designed by experts to help organisations understand how behaviours can improve performance:


Public consultation: CCUS and offshore hydrogen

A consultation is taking place on regulatory proposals for carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) and offshore hydrogen production.

HSE’s strategy commits us to enabling industry to innovate safely to prevent major incidents, supporting the move towards Net Zero.

This consultation explores proposals for legislative changes in relation to:

  • CCUS operations offshore and in pipelines
  • offshore production of hydrogen
  • arrangements for the transport of HSE inspectors to offshore wind facilities

The deadline for submissions is 13 August 2025.

To find out more and view the various options on how you can submit your response, visit our consultation website: Regulatory proposals for carbon capture utilisation and storage and offshore hydrogen production

Safe use of work equipment: Approved Code of Practice and guidance

HSE's publication sets out what is needed to comply with the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998.

Read the free publication online, or buy a hard copy: Safe use of work equipment: Approved Code of Practice and guidance (L22)

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