Here's another thought though - there were big problems in covid, because PPE wasn't made to fit women properly.
And I remember my dad ranting once about extraction hoods, and them being too high for his female students (so they were exposed more than they should be.
The woman in the article is so close, I wonder if having better fitting PPE/safety equipment would get her under the line.
I wonder if the HSE is actually correct here, and what the employers should be doing is ensuring appropriate equipment rather than just not employing women (which I would think would be illegal discrimination. 'I don't want to get stuff in women's sizes, so I won't employ women' doesn't seem like a proportionate means to a legitimate end to me)