What's new at HSE » 2008 » August » 07 http://news.hse.gov.uk News and updates from the Health and Safety Executive Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:52:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 CD219 - Removing forms and record keeping requirements http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/07/cd219-removing-forms-and-record-keeping-requirements/?rss= Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:17:26 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4647 This consultation covers proposals to remove several legislative form filling requirements that apply to most businesses operating from a factory, office or shop in Great Britain.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/07/cd219-removing-forms-and-record-keeping-requirements/feed/ ‘Trust failed patients’ HSE Chief Executive responds http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/07/trust-failed-patients-hse-chief-executive-responds/?rss= Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:58:57 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4639 Geoffrey Podger, Chief Executive, Health and Safety Executive responds to a letter in the Daily Mail.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/07/trust-failed-patients-hse-chief-executive-responds/feed/ Free seminar - ‘The Essential Facts’ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/07/free-seminar-the-essential-facts/?rss= Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:55:41 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4646 26 September 2008, EEF Broadway House, London. A risk management update especially designed for commercial property landlords and facilities managers covering, managing contractors, slips and trips, falls from height, legionella and asbestos management.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/07/free-seminar-the-essential-facts/feed/ Asbestos Enforcement Guidance updated http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/07/asbestos-enforcement-guidance-updated/?rss= Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:04:29 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4620 The operational circular (OC 265/50 Version 5) ‘Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 - General Enforcement Guidance and Advice’, which  provides advice on interpretation of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 (CAR 2006) including enforcement benchmarks for licensed and non-licensed asbestos removal work and the management of asbestos in buildings has been updated.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/07/asbestos-enforcement-guidance-updated/feed/ Guidance for assessment of nuclear training and competence arrangements http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/07/guidance-for-assessment-of-nuclear-training-and-competence-arrangements/?rss= Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:03:20 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4638 This technical assessment guide is principally intended to provide guidance to aid inspectors in the application of SAP EHF8, which states that a systematic approach should be taken to the identification and delivery of personnel competence, and its supporting para 387. It also assists in the application of other Safety Assessment Principles (SAPs) which set out expectations of licensees’ training processes and arrangements for assuring competence.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/07/guidance-for-assessment-of-nuclear-training-and-competence-arrangements/feed/ Function and content of the Nuclear Baseline http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/07/function-and-content-of-the-nuclear-baseline/?rss= Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:00:04 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4637 This technical assessment guide gives guidance to help inspectors assess the licensee’s ‘Nuclear Baseline (NB)’. The NB is the means by which the licensee demonstrates that its organisational structure, staffing and competencies are, and remain, suitable and sufficient to manage nuclear safety throughout the full range of the licensee’s business. 

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/07/vibration-e-bulletin/feed/ Step-by-step guide to applying for site licence published http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/07/step-by-step-guide-to-applying-for-site-licence-published/?rss= Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:57:15 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4626 On 1 August 2008, HSE published ‘Applying for a nuclear site licence for new nuclear power stations: A step-by-step-guide’.  Aimed primarily at organisations wishing to obtain a licence in order to construct a nuclear power station (many of which will be new to the UK’s nuclear licensing regime), the guide sets out the actions required in preparing for a nuclear site licence.

Applying for a nuclear site licence for new nuclear power stations [PDF 96KB]

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