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6 September 2004 - Growing Problem for Call Centre Workers Suffering
from Repetitive Voice Injury
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the Royal College of Speech
and Language Therapists have been highlighting the dangers of voice
strain and loss - Repetitive Voice Injury - in call centres.
It has been recognised by the UK Government that occupational voice
loss as an injury qualifying for industrial injuries benefit in
teachers and other workers who have to speak a great deal whilst at
work. Whilst teachers have been the most common professional group
to require speech therapy, the TUC claim that "call centre workers
have now become the fastest growing “at risk” sector."
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2 September 2004 - New Rail Report Published by HSE - Signals Passed
at Danger (SPAD) report for July 2004
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently published the
Signals Passed at Danger (SPAD) report for July 2004.
The HSE describes a signal passed at danger (SPAD) as "an incident
when a train passes a stop signal without authority to do so."
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