What's new at HSE » 2008 » February » 12 http://news.hse.gov.uk News and updates from the Health and Safety Executive Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:38:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 The implementation of health and safety should not be big business http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/12/the-implementation-of-health-and-safety-should-not-be-big-business/?eban=rss Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:32:34 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/02/12/the-implementation-of-health-and-safety-should-not-be-big-business/ Geoffrey Podger responds to an article in the Daily Peterborough Times about increasing health and safety regulations.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/12/the-implementation-of-health-and-safety-should-not-be-big-business/feed/ Cutting deaths in construction – refurbishment sites targeted http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/12/cutting-deaths-in-construction-%e2%80%93-refurbishment-sites-targeted/?eban=rss Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:30:09 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/02/12/cutting-deaths-in-construction-%e2%80%93-refurbishment-sites-targeted/ HSE warned the construction sector in Newcastle that they will be out in force carrying out spot checks on refurbishment projects to ensure that workers’ lives are not being put at risk and that sites are in good order.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/12/cutting-deaths-in-construction-%e2%80%93-refurbishment-sites-targeted/feed/ HSE warns construction companies over trainee supervision http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/12/hse-warns-construction-companies-over-trainee-supervision/?eban=rss Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:28:52 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/02/12/hse-warns-construction-companies-over-trainee-supervision/ HSE reminds companies to ensure that they pay attention to trainees’ health and safety needs and that they are supervised properly. The warning comes after three companies and a manager were fined a total of £217,500 plus  £125,000 costs for breaching health and safety law, following the death of a 17-year-old trainee scaffolder.

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