What's new at HSE » 2009 » April 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 Swine flu http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/30/swine-flu-2/?rss= Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:30:33 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=7492 General advice for employers - Employers and employees should practice good personal hygiene measures – use a disposable tissue to control coughs/sneezes, dispose of it appropriately and wash your hands before eating, drinking etc.

Swine flu: General advice for employers

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/30/swine-flu-2/feed/ Offshore worker missing - update http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/30/offshore-worker-missing-update/?rss= Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:37:30 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=7448 29 April - Body found near Beryl Alpha offshore platform…

Read the news announcement update

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/30/offshore-worker-missing-update/feed/ Latest new nuclear power stations e-Bulletin http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/30/latest-new-nuclear-power-stations-e-bulletin/?rss= Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:50:39 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=7428 Sign up for your free e-Bulletin - This issue: list of potential host sites for new nuclear power stations in the Uk…

Subsribe to the new nuclear new build e-Bulletin

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/30/latest-new-nuclear-power-stations-e-bulletin/feed/ Swine flu http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/30/swine-flu/?rss= Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:40:22 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=7352 HSE has issued information about the emerging new ‘swine’ strain of influenza that has been reported.

View swine flu information

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/30/swine-flu/feed/ Project management support to ND’s New Build Generic Design Assessment programme http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/30/project-management-support-to-nds-new-build-generic-design-assessment-programme/?rss= Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:35:46 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=7356 HSE need to put in place two GDA Project Managers with substantial experience of delivering technically complex and politically sensitive projects, and with the standing to successfully interact with senior representatives and project managers from international reactor designers/vendors, potential future UK nuclear power reactor operators and Government Departments. They should also bring experience and knowledge of OGC PPM, Gateway review and Prince 2  best practice.

Find out more about this contract opportunity

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/30/project-management-support-to-nds-new-build-generic-design-assessment-programme/feed/ Scaffolding company fined after construction worker falls from roof http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/30/scaffolding-company-fined-after-construction-worker-falls-from-roof/?rss= Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:30:23 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=7358 HSE is alerting employers in the construction industry to the dangers of failing to provide adequate protection for people working at height after a man fell 25 feet from a roof.

Read construction worker falls from roof press release

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/30/scaffolding-company-fined-after-construction-worker-falls-from-roof/feed/ The Guardian - construction fatality http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/29/the-guardian-construction-fatality/?rss= Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:46:19 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=7444 HSE response to the article ‘Case study: construction worker killed on site but firm escaped prosecution’ in The Guardian, 29 April 2009.

Read HSE’s response

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/29/the-guardian-construction-fatality/feed/ Nuclear LLC reports http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/29/nuclear-llc-reports-4/?rss= Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:50:32 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=7365 The Local Liaison Committee (LLC) quarterly reports for period 1 January to 31 March 2009 (Q1) for Studsvik metal recycling facility, Lillyhall and LLWR (Low Level Waste Repository), Drigg are now available.

View Studsvik and LLWR nuclear LLC quarter 1 reports

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/29/nuclear-llc-reports-4/feed/ Specialist Inspector vacancies http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/29/specialist-inspector-vacancies-2/?rss= Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:45:33 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=7350 Details of three Specialist inspectors vacancies:  Construction engineer, electrical engineer and  mechanical engineering are now available.  Closing date 26 May 2009.

View Special inspector vacancy details

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/29/specialist-inspector-vacancies-2/feed/ April podcast http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/29/april-podcast/?rss= Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:45:20 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=7354 In this episode: Jeff Learmann talks about the Gas Safe Register and the implications for gas engineers and consumers. Good news about changes to health and safety legislation, HSE and the Environment Agency relaunch the New Nuclear Power Stations website, and HSE revises the Health and Safety Law Poster. HSE Infoline answer a frequently asked question “Can I work alone under health and safety law?”

Listen to the April podcast

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/29/april-podcast/feed/ Refurbishment warning: control risks, protect workers and public http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/29/refurbishment-warning-control-risks-protect-workers-and-public/?rss= Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:30:44 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=7348 HSE has warned construction employers and developers that the risks on refurbishment sites must be controlled to protect the safety of both workers and the public. The warning follows the prosecution of a developer after the collapse of a building which was undergoing refurbishment.

View developer prosecuted after building under refurbishment collapses press release

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/29/refurbishment-warning-control-risks-protect-workers-and-public/feed/ Offshore worker missing http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/28/offshore-worker-missing/?rss= Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:25:19 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=7343 At 3am on Tuesday 28 April 2009, HSE was informed that a male worker at the Beryl Alpha offshore platform had been reported as missing.

Read the full HSE news announcement

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/28/offshore-worker-missing/feed/ Workplace transport seminar http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/28/workplace-transport-seminar/?rss= Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:50:26 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=7338 The Lord Hill Hotel, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, 19 May 2009. HSE, in partnership with The Marches Health, Safety & Fire Group will be presenting the next seminar. Some of the areas being covered are, safe sites, delivery and unloading; slips, trips and falls, including falls from vehicles; manual handling and preventing musculoskeletal disorders.

For booking and seminar details

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/28/workplace-transport-seminar/feed/ New falls from vehicles case studies http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/28/new-falls-from-vehicles-case-studies/?rss= Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:40:16 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=7322 Balfour Beatty and Donaldson Timber Engineering have developed case studies which, as  part of a series, give examples of good practice to reduce injuries due to falls from vehicles through sensible management of health and safety risks in the workplace.

New falls from vehicles case studies - Balfour Beatty and Donaldson Timber Engineering

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/28/new-falls-from-vehicles-case-studies/feed/ International committee for regulatory authority research and development (ICRARD) http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/28/international-committee-for-regulatory-authority-research-and-development-icrard/?rss= Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:35:22 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=7316 This SPC provides information on the purpose of ICRARD and its main feature, the ICRARD website. This SPC replaces SLC 2008/01 which has been withdrawn. The purpose of ICRARD is to share knowledge about research programmes in the area of health, environment and safety in the offshore petroleum sector. Membership comprises the USA, Canada, the UK (represented by OSD5), Norway, Brazil, Mexico, The Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand, but is open to any country wishing to participate.

View purpose and main features of ICRARD circular

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/28/international-committee-for-regulatory-authority-research-and-development-icrard/feed/ Societal Risk: Initial briefing to Societal Risk Technical Advisory Group http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/28/societal-risk-initial-briefing-to-societal-risk-technical-advisory-group/?rss= Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:30:54 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=7290 The Societal Risk Technical Advisory Group is made up of a small number of academic, industry and government specialists who have been asked to advise HSE and departments on matters identified by respondents to the consultation exercise CD212 (Proposals for revised policies to address societal risk around onshore non-nuclear major hazard installations’) on the estimation of societal risk from on-shore, non-nuclear, major hazard installations. This report captures some of the technical matters relating to societal risk methodology and presents the technical issues which need to be resolved prior to the development and implementation of any system for explicit attention to societal risk in the application of the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations (COMAH) and land-use planning (LUP).

RR703 - Societal Risk: Initial briefing to Societal Risk Technical Advisory Group

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/28/societal-risk-initial-briefing-to-societal-risk-technical-advisory-group/feed/ Changes to the regulation of underground gas storage http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/27/changes-to-the-regulation-of-underground-gas-storage/?rss= Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:46:57 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=7288 A change in the regulation of underground gas storage has taken place. Gas storage in depleted reservoirs is now within the scope of the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 (COMAH). Previously, storage has been regulated by HSE under the Borehole Sites and Operations Regulations 1995.

Read the changes to the regulation of underground gas storage press release in full

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/27/changes-to-the-regulation-of-underground-gas-storage/feed/ Health and safety law poster http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/27/health-and-safety-law-poster/?rss= Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:30:46 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=7310 The new versions are modern, accessible, eye-catching and easy to read. They set out in simple terms, using numbered lists of basic points, what employers and workers must do, and tell you what to do if there is a problem.

Health and safety law poster

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/27/health-and-safety-law-poster/feed/ Changes to COMAH - gas storage http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/27/changes-to-comah-gas-storage/?rss= Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:29:45 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=7286 COMAH Regulations now apply to underground gas storage in natural strata.

Changes to COMAH - gas storage

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/27/changes-to-comah-gas-storage/feed/ An independent review of HSE methodology for assessing societal risk and HSE’s respsonse http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/04/27/an-independent-review-of-hse-methodology-for-assessing-societal-risk-and-hses-respsonse/?rss= Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:10:35 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=7292 In 2005, the Interdepartmental Task Group on Societal Risk requested an independent review of HSE’s methodology forassessing societal risk. The Institute of Chemcial Engineers were comissioned to carry out the review which they completed in January 2006. Since then, the public consultation (CD212) has been carried out and in 2008 ministers agreed for HSE to work with others to include the assessment of societal risk in both the regulation of on-shore major hazard installations and in decisions on planning for development near such installations. It is now appropriate (April 2009) that this review and HSE’s response to it are made available along with other relevant reports.

Societal risk website

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