Reaffirming health and safety precautionary principles for COVID-19 in the UK

This article presents the results of a survey that was carried out among UK and German professional classical musicians between November 2000 and April 2001. The UK Musicians’ Union and the German musicians’ union, the Deutsche Orchester Vereinigung (DOV), assisted greatly with the duplication and distribution of the questionnaires. Selected results have been disseminated to the respondents via the UK Musicians’ Union journal, Musician. A full report will appear in Cultural Trends, to be published in 2002 by the Policy Studies Institute, London. The survey covered many aspects of musicians’ perceptions of occupational health and safety, the provision of appropriate information, their general working conditions, and their health. One of the main aims was to bring to the forefront a discussion of musicians’ working conditions and to raise awareness of the range of problems that exist. Key findings identify areas of concern to the respondents, in particular, regarding the environmental conditions of their workplaces. Additionally, findings indicate the use and effectiveness of the measures used by musicians to ameliorate a range of occupational hazards. This article also reports the respondents’ hearing problems, and which medical and alternative practitioners the sample consulted in cases of work-related ill health. The contrasting structure of the profession determined the choice of the United Kingdom and Germany for this study. The UK classical music workforce is predominantly freelance, whereas in Germany there are relatively few freelance musicians, and most orchestral musicians have the status of local government employees. One of the aims of the survey was to elicit information that might indicate whether such different conditions of employment affect the working lives of musicians. This article is organized in two parts. The first part places this survey in context and discusses the particular range of health problems highlighted by the respondents. The second part presents the survey and its findings.

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Anti-smoking legislation

Why I Became an Occupational Physician and Other Occupational Health Stories ◽

10.1093/med/9780198862543.003.0195 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 245-245

Author(s):

Mike Gibson

Keyword(s):

Tobacco Use ◽

Health And Safety ◽

History Of ◽

The Uk

In Anti-smoking legislation Mike Gibson briefly explores the history of tobacco use in the UK, and the development of health and safety laws surrounding smoking.

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Internet addiction—caught in the web

Why I Became an Occupational Physician and Other Occupational Health Stories ◽

10.1093/med/9780198862543.003.0193 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 242-243

Author(s):

Nerys Williams

Keyword(s):

Occupational Health ◽

Internet Addiction ◽

Internet Use ◽

Health And Safety ◽

The Uk ◽

The Web

In Internet addiction—caught in the web Nerys Williams briefly explores the occupational health aspects of internet use, and the lack of attention given to ‘internet addiction’ in the UK health and safety and medical fields.

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Occupational safety

Oxford Textbook of Medicine ◽

10.1093/med/9780198746690.003.0199 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1652-1656

Author(s):

Lawrence Waterman

Keyword(s):

Occupational Safety ◽

Safety Management ◽

Good Practice ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Working Environment ◽

Legal Obligations ◽

Work Health ◽

Minor Injuries ◽

The Uk ◽

Serious Injuries

Any approach to occupational health must acknowledge that accidents in the workplace result in many injuries. Construction, agriculture, and primary extraction are the main causes of fatalities and serious injuries, but many more minor injuries result from all types of work. Health and safety law has developed with an emphasis on accident prevention that is based on designing and managing the working environment. Establishing this approach to safety management begins with an organization committing itself to a policy influenced by legal obligations and current good practice. While this chapter draws heavily on the UK situation, where there has been considerable experience and development of approaches to health and safety, it is incumbent on any physician to consider the work environment and whether changes to the workplace might improve not only the lot of their patients, but others potentially at risk in the workplace.

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Nimrod XV230—reflections on leadership, culture and priorities

The APPEA Journal ◽

10.1071/aj16243 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 57 (2) ◽

pp. 374

Author(s):

Martin Anderson

Keyword(s):

Oil And Gas ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Oil And Gas Industry ◽

Royal Air Force ◽

Gas Industry ◽

Leadership Culture ◽

Key Issues ◽

The Uk ◽

Organisational Factors ◽

Independent Inquiry

On 2 September 2006 a reconnaissance aircraft Royal Air Force Nimrod XV230 suffered a catastrophic mid-air fire on a mission over Afghanistan, leading to the total loss of the aircraft and the death of all 14 service personnel. This paper summarises key issues from an independent inquiry and challenges the oil and gas industry to reflect on these. The author, a Chartered specialist in human and organisational factors, contributed to The Nimrod Review as a Specialist Inspector with the UK Health and Safety Executive.

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