Outdoor workers

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    Facing the facts: protecting your outdoor workforce from UV exposure and skin cancer

    With outdoor workers at significant risk of skin damage, ageing and cancer due to exposure to the sun’s UV rays, it’s essential that employers in sectors like construction and agriculture create a working environment where sun safety precautions become the norm, rather than the exception.

    By SC Johnson Professional on 11 July 2025

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    Here comes the sun

    Research shows that just one in four outdoor workers in the UK wear sun cream to protect themselves from UV radiation, so it’s vital employers do more to warn workers about the health risks from sun exposure.

    By SC Johnson Professional on 16 August 2021

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    Stay safe in the sun

    As more commuters are encouraged to walk or cycle, and many workers, such as those in teaching, training or childcare shift to outdoor spaces, protection from UV exposure has never been more important.

    By SC Johnson on 14 July 2020

    Common tragedy

    There seems to be something hard-wired in all of us that we look after what we own.

    By Mike Robinson on 17 July 2019