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An unidentified young man has been stoned to death by a mentally challenged woman. The incident is reported to have happened on Monday afternoon atop the Kwame Nkrumah Circle. In a video circulating on social media, the unknown man was seen lying in a pool of blood with a large stone near his right hand. JUST IN: An unknown guy stoned to death by a mad woman at Circle. pic.twitter.com/ZRCn7I5NKl — SIKAOFFICIAL🦍 (@SIKAOFFICIAL1) August 1, 2022 An eyewitness gave a detailed account to Myjoyonline.com of what led to the man losing his life. According to him, the deceased was a…

A hazard analysis uses various techniques to identify possible job- or task-related risks before they result in an incident or near miss. It involves analyzing every stakeholder or component for a particular task. The core objective of this practice is not only to identify existing hazards, but to also eliminate conditional and operational changes that create the hazards. In this white paper, you’ll learn: What to include before, during and after a hazard analysis to achieve the greatest success. An example of an effective job hazard analysis workflow. How to simplify the process. Source link

One person in the Upper East Region has been confirmed dead after testing positive for monkeypox. The Upper East Regional Director of Health Services, Dr Emmanuel Kofi Dzotsi confirmed this to JoyNews. According to him, this is the region’s first monkeypox case. The Directorate, he added, will issue a statement to update the public on monkeypox in the region in the coming days. Meanwhile, the monkeypox outbreak has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization. The classification is the highest alert that the WHO can issue and follows a worldwide upsurge in cases. More than 16,000…

The Ghana Mine Workers’ Union of the Trades Union Congress has expressed worry over the neglect, inaction and the seeming powerlessness of the state governing structures and regulators in the mining industry. In a statement signed by its General Secretary, Abdul-Moomin Gbana, it expressed concerns and continuous rise of the current business models of mining companies, currently operating in the industry in the form of the wanton outsourcing of key functional areas to third parties, proliferation of all kinds of non-standard forms of employment, emergence of labour brokerage leading to disguised employment relationships to mention but a few. “These profiteering…

The Ghana Mineworkers Union of the Trades Union Congress has threatened to withdraw its services if the government fails to address security challenges within the mining industry. The Union’s threat is based on the sudden disappearance of a security official who was deployed to Newmont Ahafo Mine. The security official, who was employed by a third-party contractor named Protea Coin Ghana  is said to have gone missing while attending to nature’s call in  a nearby bush “At around 18:30pm, he asked permission from his supervisors to attend to nature’s call in a nearby bush because the toilet facility at his…

The Energy Minister, Mathew Opoku Prempeh has commended Ghana Gas Company for raising the bar with its New Health and Safety Accreditation. The Ghana National Gas Company, earlier this year, was awarded the ISO 45001:2018 Certification – the highest International accreditation for occupational health and safety management systems. Speaking on behalf of the Energy Minister at the certificate unveiling in Accra, the Deputy Minister of Energy William Owuraku Aidoo said Ghana Gas continues to prospect and produce lean gas, condensate, LPG and isopentane, thus, playing a key role in accelerating the Nation’s industrial sector. He noted that by this health…

Seyfarth Synopsis: The WHO and the CDC issued statements and FAQs on the monkeypox disease, declaring the disease a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern.” On July 23, 2022, the WHO declared monkeypox a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” and issued a set of Temporary Recommendations to address a multi-country outbreak of monkeypox. These recommendations apply differently to countries with no known transmission versus those with known human-to-human transmission. For countries with known human-to-human transmission, the WHO recommends implementing response actions with the goal of stopping human-to-human transmission, implementing strategies to protect vulnerable groups, and engaging with affected communities to…

Due Diligence and Holistic Ergonomics The highly successful Due Diligence program will be delivered in Perth on 3-5 October. This program delivered jointly by Greg Smith (author of Paper Safe) and Dr Rob Long is a program that sets the cat among the safety pigeons. This is the program that calls out many myths in safety that are simply untrue. This is the program that that demonstrates how the Law thinks and, how the court acts when it comes to safety. However, this is not just a program that deconstructs what is, it reconstructs what could be and supports such…

Pittsburgh — A new guide on stop-work authority from the United Steelworkers is aimed at helping workers develop and bargain for programs that allow them to halt unsafe or unhealthy operations and processes until hazards are abated. Developed by USW’s health, safety and environment department, Bargaining for Stop Work Authority to Prevent Injuries and Save Lives features four checklists for developing a stop-work authority process. It also details the importance of well-designed SWA programs and the pitfalls of ineffective programs that exist at many worksites. Additionally, the free guide contains a “model negotiated SWA process and contract language won by…

A staff of the Ghana Police Service has died in a gory accident at Tema Community 25 Estate Junction on the Dawhenya stretch.  The accident happened on Sunday, July 24. This was made known by the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in a press statement. According to the GNFS, its Motorway Command received a distress accident call around 10 pm on Sunday. GNFS said the accident involved a Sino Tipper Truck with registration number GG 1887 – 21 and a BMW with registration number GR 772 – X. “It was observed that, the Sino Tipper Truck which was loaded with…