Health and Safety Executive

Monthly archives: December 2006

The behaviour of gas cartridges when exposed to heat

Friday, December 22, 2006

Concerns were raised  by HSE to storage of large quantities of ‘Bernzomatic’ MAPP gas in 450g cartridges

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Evaluation of EPS and enforcement action

Friday, December 22, 2006

First and second phases of a study that researched how enforcement influences duty holders and

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Seismic events hazard

Friday, December 22, 2006

The UK continetal shelf is considered as an area of moderate seismic activity and structures should be

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Structural response to ship impact

Friday, December 22, 2006

The impact of a ship on an installation can cause the installation substructure to be impaired to an

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Investigation of approaches to worker engagement

Friday, December 22, 2006

Approaches to worker engagement in the construction industry. The study involved an

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Reading shipping container incident

Friday, December 22, 2006

HSE has been notified of three deaths on a construction site.

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Keep up to speed with health and safety

Thursday, December 21, 2006

The new HSE Newsletter, launched in June 2006, replaces the old HSC Newsletter and is brighter, more

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Better regulation portal launched

Thursday, December 21, 2006

To highlight all of HSE’s regulation related websites, the better regulation portal has been launched.

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New nuclear safety assessment principles

Thursday, December 21, 2006

The 2006 revision of the safety assessment principles for nuclear facilities has now been published. Our

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Legionnaire’s disease at chemical sites

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Do you know what’s growing in your wet cooling system? This free leaflet

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REACH seminar

Thursday, December 21, 2006

The British Occupational Hygiene Society are holding a seminar about the impact of REACH

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National Grid’s ‘Exercise Neptune’ report

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

National Grid’s report on the 2006 National Emergency Co-ordinator (NEC) emergency

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Agenda and papers for latest HSE board meeting

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

The agenda and papers for the HSE board meeting held on the 6th December 2006

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CORUS UK fined £1.3 million for deaths

Friday, December 15, 2006

Steelmaker Corus UK Ltd has today been fined £1,333,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1,744,474.74

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Safer community updates

Friday, December 15, 2006

The safer community initiative website has been updated, and now includes:

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Euronews December 2006 edition

Friday, December 15, 2006

Providing details on legislative proposals from the European Commission that

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Construction company and director fined

Friday, December 15, 2006

Construction companies and developers have been dealt a blunt reminder of

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Damage modelling of composite panels offshore

Friday, December 15, 2006

The advantages of using fibre reinforced plastics, composed of glass fibres embedded in a

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LACORS Working together annual report

Thursday, December 14, 2006

It has been more than two years since the Health and Safety Commission (HSC), Health and Safety

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The regulation of radioactive waste management

Thursday, December 14, 2006

This document summarises how HSE regulates the management of radioactive waste on nuclear licensed

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