New guidance for STIG of the dumper truck
May 17, 2019The Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group (SFPSG) have launched a good practice guide for the safe use of forward tipping dumpers. These are commonly used on construction sites to move soil and m...
Lower limits for exposure
May 13, 2019In January 2018 the European Union adopted a directive (Directive 2017/2398) concerning workplace exposure to substances that have been identified as being either carcinogenic or mutagenic (ca...
HSE fee for intervention rate up
May 13, 2019The Health and Safety Executive’s Fee For Intervention (FFI) scheme was launched in October 2012, this allows the HSE to charge organisations for the costs involved in investigating, issuing n...
Exposure to Silica
May 13, 2019The HSE recently published the results of a bench marking survey looking at exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) in the brick manufacturing and stone working industries. Silica is n...
10 years of the gas safety register
May 13, 2019The HSE report that every year around 14 people die from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by gas appliances and flues which have not been properly installed or maintained, faulty gas installat...
Updated COSHH guidance for woodworking
May 2, 2019Organisations have a duty to protect their employees from hazardous substances at work. Where practical employers should aim to prevent exposure to the substances and where this is not practic...
Safety warning issues to lorries using ferries
May 2, 2019Following an incident where a number of lorries toppled over on a vehicle deck of the P&O ferry European Causeway on 18th December 2018 ferry while at sea in heavy weather, the Marine Accident...
Reporting accidents, diseases and dangerous occurances
May 2, 2019Under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations, employers, the self-employed and people in control of work premises are required to report certain serious work...
HSE issue warning to livestock farmers
May 2, 2019The HSE are currently running a programme of farm safety inspections. Agriculture, forestry and fishing remains one of the most hazardous industries in the UK with a fatal injury rate 18 times...
Big increase in drivers hours fines
March 29, 2019Last year traffic examiners were given new powers to issue on-the-spot fines for any drivers’ hours offences committed in the last 28 days. Previously they could only issue fines for offence...
Preparing for a safe and healthy Brexit
March 29, 2019Well done to everyone who got passed the headline. The UK’s exit from the EU is a topic that provokes strong emotions and many pages of text, but what will the actual impact on health and sa...
Platform lift safety alert
March 29, 2019The HSE have issued a safety alert regarding platform lifts (i.e.vertical lifting platforms used for assisting people with limited mobility) and the risk of falls from height. The HSE has beco...
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