What's new at HSE » 2008 » May http://news.hse.gov.uk News and updates from the Health and Safety Executive Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:09:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Promoting physical activity in the workplace http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/28/promoting-physical-activity-in-the-workplace/?rss= Wed, 28 May 2008 15:04:56 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/28/promoting-physical-activity-in-the-workplace/ National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance for employers and professionals with responsibility for improving health in the workplace.

View details of the guidance

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/28/promoting-physical-activity-in-the-workplace/feed/ Safety alert for the printing industry http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/28/safety-alert-for-the-printing-industry/?rss= Wed, 28 May 2008 14:59:36 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/28/safety-alert-for-the-printing-industry/ For the attention of firms in the printing and cardboard packaging industries. This is to raise awareness of the potential dangers of whole body access between the platens of these machines when operating in the dwell mode following two fatalities in the last 13 months.

View the safety alert

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/28/safety-alert-for-the-printing-industry/feed/ Waste firm fined after employee death http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/28/waste-firm-fined-after-employee-death/?rss= Wed, 28 May 2008 08:48:05 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/28/waste-firm-fined-after-employee-death/ HSE warns employers to ensure they control the risks from workplace transport at their sitesfollowing the successful prosecution of a waste transfer company after one of their drivers died whilst emptying his vehicle.

View press release

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/28/waste-firm-fined-after-employee-death/feed/ Board discussion - reducing burdens on business http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/28/board-discussion-reducing-burdens-on-business/?rss= Wed, 28 May 2008 08:39:38 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/28/board-discussion-reducing-burdens-on-business/ Outcome of a HSE Board discussion on the Better Regulation Executive/National Audit Office report on HSE’s Hampton Implementation Review, aiming to avoid unnecessary burdens on business.

View the outcome report

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/28/board-discussion-reducing-burdens-on-business/feed/ Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee (NuSAC) meeting papers http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/28/nuclear-safety-advisory-committee-nusac-meeting-papers/?rss= Wed, 28 May 2008 08:35:05 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/28/nuclear-safety-advisory-committee-nusac-meeting-papers/ Agendas, papers and minutes for the Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee (NuSAC) meeting on the 10th April 2008.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/28/nuclear-safety-advisory-committee-nusac-meeting-papers/feed/ Offshore Workforce Involvement Day http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/28/offshore-workforce-involvement-day/?rss= Wed, 28 May 2008 08:30:50 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/28/offshore-workforce-involvement-day/ Presentations and speeches from the recent Offshore Workforce Involvement Day, Edinburgh 8 May 2008 are now available.

View presentations and papers

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/28/offshore-workforce-involvement-day/feed/ Working in hot and cold environments http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/27/working-in-hot-and-cold-environments/?rss= Tue, 27 May 2008 12:09:02 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/27/working-in-hot-and-cold-environments/ Information about how the temperature of the environment you work in can affect you and advice on how to manage it.

Key issues and risks include heat stress, cold stress, dehydration, working in the sun and handling food in a cold environment.

Find out more about working in hot and cold environments

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/27/working-in-hot-and-cold-environments/feed/ Public consultation - chemical labelling and packaging http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/27/public-consultation-chemical-labelling-and-packaging/?rss= Tue, 27 May 2008 11:59:46 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/27/public-consultation-chemical-labelling-and-packaging/ Have your say - proposals to amend regulations about the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Chemicals to implement EC Directive 2006/8/EC.

View the details

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/27/public-consultation-chemical-labelling-and-packaging/feed/ HSE Executive Board meeting in April http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/27/hse-executive-board-meeting-in-april/?rss= Tue, 27 May 2008 11:57:58 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/27/hse-executive-board-meeting-in-april/ Meeting papers are available, including “Chief Executive’s report”, “New Nuclear Reactors”…

View meeting papers

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/27/hse-executive-board-meeting-in-april/feed/ Ionising radiation - advice for Inspectors http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/27/ionising-radiation-advice-for-inspectors/?rss= Tue, 27 May 2008 11:50:43 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/27/ionising-radiation-advice-for-inspectors/ HSE internal operational circular - advice to Inspectors about the workplace risks from ionising radiation.

View the operational circular.

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/27/ionising-radiation-advice-for-inspectors/feed/ Selling to HSE - contracts for services http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/27/selling-to-hse-contracts-for-services/?rss= Tue, 27 May 2008 11:45:13 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/27/selling-to-hse-contracts-for-services/ HSE lets contracts to facilitate the following service areas:

  • Communications
  • Facilities
  • Finance and planning
  • Human resources
  • Science and research
  • Travel

Find out more about selling to HSE


]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/27/selling-to-hse-contracts-for-services/feed/ Inspector jobs in Northern Ireland http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/23/inspector-jobs-in-northern-ireland/?rss= Fri, 23 May 2008 10:26:22 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/23/inspector-jobs-in-northern-ireland/ Details of 3 Health and Safety Inspector posts in Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland. Closing date 6 June 2008.

View current job profiles and vacancies

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/23/inspector-jobs-in-northern-ireland/feed/ FOD / HID CI demarcation http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/23/fod-hid-ci-demarcation/?rss= Fri, 23 May 2008 09:02:05 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/23/fod-hid-ci-demarcation/ This Operational Circular replaces OC 18/9. It defines the respective responsibilities of Field Operations Directorate (FOD)and Hazardous Installations DIrectorate (HID) Chemical Industries Division (CI) and clarifies areas of overlapping responsibility. CI is a division of HID dealing with onshore chemical manufacture and storage industries.

View OC 18/11

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/23/fod-hid-ci-demarcation/feed/ Work recording activities, OPMs for 2008-2009 http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/23/work-recording-activities-opms-for-2008-2009/?rss= Fri, 23 May 2008 08:57:54 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/23/work-recording-activities-opms-for-2008-2009/ This Short Life Circular (SLC ) describes amendments to work recording activities as a result of changes introduced by the Universal Work Recording (UWR) Project and revised cost recovery and operational performance measurement (OPM) arrangements for 2008/9.

Read the updated SLC

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/23/work-recording-activities-opms-for-2008-2009/feed/ Training and conferences adminstrator vacancy http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/23/training-and-conferences-adminstrator-vacancy/?rss= Fri, 23 May 2008 08:48:03 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/23/training-and-conferences-adminstrator-vacancy/ There is a vacancy for a training and conferences administrator at the Health and Safety Laboratories. Based in Buxton, closing date 12 June 2008

View training and conferences administrator post

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/23/training-and-conferences-adminstrator-vacancy/feed/ Assistant scientist vacancy http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/23/assistant-scientist-vacancy/?rss= Fri, 23 May 2008 08:38:39 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/23/assistant-scientist-vacancy/ There is a vacancy for an assisant scientist at the Health and Safety Laboratories. Based in Buxton in the analytical sciences, fibres team, closing date 12 June 2008.

View vacancy and job profile

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/23/assistant-scientist-vacancy/feed/ Jack-up (self-elevating) installations: offshore information sheet http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/23/jack-up-self-elevating-installations-offshore-information-sheet/?rss= Fri, 23 May 2008 08:30:55 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/23/jack-up-self-elevating-installations-offshore-information-sheet/ A new offshore information sheet: Jack-up (self-elevating) installations: review and location approval using desk-top risk assessments in lieu of undertaking site soils borings is available. This information sheet provides guidance on when a desk-top risk assessment may be undertaken in lieu of a detailed geotechnical site investigation and it also details the requirements for such an assessment.

View information sheet [PDF 45KB]

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/23/jack-up-self-elevating-installations-offshore-information-sheet/feed/ Consultation on proposals for amending HSIER 1989 http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/23/consultation-on-proposals-for-amending-hsier-1989/?rss= Fri, 23 May 2008 08:25:35 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/23/consultion-on-proposals-for-amending-hsier-1989/ The Health and Safety Information for Employees Regulations (HSIER) require employers to provide information to their employees relating to health safety and welfare at work, by displaying in the workplace a copy of the approved poster or alternatively by giving employees a copy of the approved leaflet.

The proposed amendments to the (HSIER) would allow HSE to approve and publish new posters and leaflets which do not require the addition or updating of information by businesses displaying them.  This will reduce the administrative burden on employers, whilst maintaining or improving employees’ access to useful information.

Find out more about consultation

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/23/consultation-on-proposals-for-amending-hsier-1989/feed/ LLC reports for GE Healthcare Ltd http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/23/llc-reports-for-ge-healthcare-ltd/?rss= Fri, 23 May 2008 08:21:15 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/23/llc-reports-for-ge-healthcare-ltd/ Nuclear Local Liaison Committee (LLC) quarterly reports for the period 1 January - 31 March 2008 for GE Healthcare Ltd sites, Grove Centre, Amersham and Maynard Centre, Cardiff  have been published.

View the LLC quarterly reports

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/23/llc-reports-for-ge-healthcare-ltd/feed/ Royal College of Physicians - aspects of latex allergies leaflets http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/23/royal-college-of-physicians-aspects-of-latex-allergies-leaflets/?rss= Fri, 23 May 2008 08:20:47 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/23/royal-college-of-physicians-aspects-of-latex-allergies-leaflets/ The Royal College of Physicians’ Occupational Health Clinical Effectiveness Unit  have developed 4 leaflets on managing occupational aspects of latex allergies, these include:

  • Latex allergy: national guideline
  • Summary leaflet for employers
  • Summary leaflet for employees
  • Summary leaflet for healthcare professionals

View the leaflets

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