What's new at HSE » 2008 » August » 05 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 Nuclear technical assessment guide http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/05/nuclear-technical-assessment-guide/?rss= Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:13:44 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4628 The nuclear technical assessment guide T/AST/010, ‘Early initiation of safety systems’ has been revised.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/05/nuclear-technical-assessment-guide/feed/ Myth of the month - August 2008 http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/05/myth-of-the-month-august/?rss= Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:55:54 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4629 Dispelling the health and safety myth: Even Mr Punch needs a written risk assessment.

A Punch and Judy man received a standard letter from an event organiser asking him to submit a health and safety risk assessment.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/05/new-catering-microsite/feed/ Trader fined for illegal gas work http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/05/trader-fined-for-illegal-gas-work/?rss= Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:08:53 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4630 HSE is urging people to only use competent, registered gas fitters when having their boilers and heating systems serviced. This follows a joint investigation by the HSE and Kent County Council’s Trading Standards (KTS) into dangerous work carried out on gas appliances in the homes of elderly people in Kent. 

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/05/wells-inspectors/feed/ HSE warns of the dangers of not using registered gas installers http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/05/hse-warns-of-the-dangers-of-not-using-registered-gas-installers/?rss= Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:07:00 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4623 HSE has warned of the dangers of not using registered gas fitters. The warning follows the prosecution of a Blackpool man who fitted a gas fire while not being registered, leaving it in a dangerous condition.

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