Health and Safety News from the HSE
Vehicles at work – Interactive case studies - 7/02/2012
HSE has put together some ‘before-and-after’ interactive case studies to help you think and talk about vehicle safety in the workplace. They are all based on events that our inspectors have reported.
Workers seriously injured after eight metre fall - 6/02/2012
Two workers fell eight metres from a temporary structure that collapsed while they were upon it, Cheltenham Magistrates Court heard.
Man’s fingertip sliced off at stoke factory - 6/02/2012
An air conditioning manufacturer has been fined after a man’s fingertip was cut off by a circular saw at the company’s factory in Stoke-on-Trent.
Turning concern into action – Construction video - 6/02/2012
This hard-hitting video illustrates the tragic cost in human terms of construction accidents and ill-health.
Q4 2011 Site Stakeholder Group reports for Barrow and Raynesway - 6/02/2012
Q4 2011 Site Stakeholder Group reports for BAE Systems Marine Limited Barrow-in-Furness and Rolls-Royce Marine Power Operations Ltd, Derby are now available online.
Working Safely with Nanomaterials – Conference 6th July 2012, Edinburgh - 6/02/2012
The British Occupational Hygiene Society is hosting an International Conference on Working Safely with Nanomaterials. The day will include discussions in issues relating to working safely with nanomaterials and case studies from those currently practising responsible nanosafety.
Quarterly statement of nuclear incidents at nuclear installations – October to December 2011 - 6/02/2012
A statement on incidents at nuclear installations in Britain, which meet Ministerial Reporting Criteria (MRC), is provided to the Secretary of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Secretary of State for Scotland, and is published each quarter by the Office for Nuclear Regulation, an Agency of HSE.
Falls from height – Frequently asked questions - 6/02/2012
This page provides answers to some of your frequently asked questions about working at height.
International fencing firm prosecuted for serious safety failings - 3/02/2012
An international fencing manufacturer has been fined after a worker suffered severe injuries to his left arm at a production plant in Sheffield.
Unregistered gas engineer left householders in danger - 3/02/2012
An illegal gas engineer lied to a householder about being registered to the industry body and left one property at risk of explosion after carrying out work at premises in Cheltenham.
Company fined after worker’s arm is impaled by steel bars - 3/02/2012
A company in Tonypandy has been fined after a worker’s arm was impaled by two steel bars.
ONR publishes Quarterly News - 3/02/2012
ONR has published Quarterly News, our third quarterly news update, as part of efforts to carry out our work with greater openness and transparency. It reflects key developments in each of our regulatory programmes and highlights the ongoing corporate changes at ONR as we progress towards becoming an independent statutory corporation.
Nuclear LLC/SSG Q4 reports – Sellafield-Capenhurst, Urenco-Capenhurst, Springfields, Hunterston ‘B’ and Hartlepool - 3/02/2012
Quarterly Local Liaison Committee (LLC) / Site Stakeholder Group (SSG) reports for the period 1 October to 31 December 2011 (Q4) for Sellafield – Capenhurst, Urenco – Capenhurst, Hartlepool, Hunterston ‘B’ and Springfields now available.
Publications eBulletin – Subscribe for free - 3/02/2012
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3M/HSE 2nd Joint Hearing Seminar – Stoke-on-Trent, 3 May 2012 - 2/02/2012
Need help with HPE compliance in the workplace? Confused by legislation? Want to understand Real World Attenuation? – Then why not join Tim Ward, Health and safety Executive, Professor Peter Wheeler, Institute of Acoustics and 3M at their second joint Hearing Seminar.
Stress in your workplace? – Harrogate, 22 February 2012 - 2/02/2012
Harrogate and District Health and Safety forum – free event. The aim of this event is to help you understand the causes of stress in order to prevent identify and manage it in your workforce and relate this to what the law expects of the employer.
HSE Chair speech to Westminster Legal Policy Forum – The future of health and safety regulation: in search of a common sense approach - 2/02/2012
‘Implementation and Enforcement: the view from the regulator’ – HSE Chair Judith Hackitt’s speech to Westminster Legal Policy Forum – The future of health and safety regulation: in search of a common sense approach, 17 January 2012.
L73 – A guide to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 - 2/02/2012
This publication is a detailed guide to The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR). This edition provides information about the updated Regulations, which will, subject to parliamentary approval, come into force from 6 April 2012.
Lung diseases – Causes of extrinsic allergic alveolitis - 2/02/2012
Extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA) refers to a group of lung diseases that can develop after exposure to certain substances. The name describes the origin and the nature of these diseases, symptoms can include: fever, cough, worsening breathlessness and weight loss.
Farmworker suffered severe injuries in fall - 1/02/2012
A farmworker suffered severe facial injuries after falling 16ft through a shed roof in Cornwall.