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Free - Key Health Risks In Fabricated Metals SHAD

HSE — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:47:27 +0000

Interventions carried out by the HSE within the fabricated metals industry have highlighted a number of key health risk areas. As a result HSE has organised a free Safety, Health Awareness Day (SHAD) at the Dryden Centre, Gateshead on 10 December 2008 for employers within the fabricated metals industry to raise awareness of the key health risks associated with the industry.

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Shopfitters fined £20,000 after man falls from tower scaffold

HSE — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:46:53 +0000

HSE is warning shopfitters to have correctly assembled mobile tower scaffolds after a worker fell three metres from unprotected scaffolding at a new shopping centre, in Enfield, on 15 September 2006, and suffered serious head injuries. E&F Joinery, based in Hailsham, East Sussex, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey, (Central Criminal Courts), to three breaches of the Work at Height Regulations 2005. The company was fined £20,000 and was also instructed to pay costs of £11,895.

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‘Whose life is it anyway?’ response

HSE — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:44:05 +0000

Kevin Myers, HSE’s Deputy Chief Executive, responds to an article in the Guardian.

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Swimming pool banned from using floats - response

HSE — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:42:14 +0000

David Snowball, HSE Yorkshire and the North East Regional Director responds to an article in The Journal.

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HSE — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:40:02 +0000

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