Speech by Judith Hackitt CBE to The House Magazine - Westminster Briefing on 18 November 2009, ‘Health and Safety at work: leading from the Front’
Monthly archives: November 2009
Health and Safety at work - Acting Now to Keep Employers Safe in the Future
Friday, November 20, 2009
Pesticide incidents report 1 April 2008 - 31 March 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
This report provides information on incidents and complaints involving pesticides investigated by the Field Operations Directorate (FOD) of HSE between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2009.
HSE Deputy Chief Executive to give keynote speech at OHS conference
Friday, November 20, 2009
HSE Deputy Chief Executive Kevin Myers will be attending the 3rd Annual Occupational Health and Safety conference to deliver the keynote speech
Third quarter 2009 statement of nuclear incidents at nuclear installations
Friday, November 20, 2009
A statement on incidents at nuclear installations in Britain which meet Ministerial reporting criteria is reported to the Secretary of State for the Department
Work instruction for LPG pipework replacement inspection campaign
Friday, November 20, 2009
The aim of this inspection campaign is to obtain assurance that LPG users (and suppliers) are undertaking sensible and proportionate management of the risks arising from small and medium-sized bulk vessel LPG installations, including the replacement or ongoing inspection of buried metallic pipework.
RoSPA Awards 2010 - nominations open
Friday, November 20, 2009
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Awards promote effective health and safety management as a vital part of good business and they encourage the sharing of best practice.
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2010, enter today and celebrate your health and safety success. closing date for nominations 12 February 2010.
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Revision of LAC 66/8 - Standards for Personal Protective Equipment
Friday, November 20, 2009
In recent years there has been a continued increase in the number of harmonised standards for personal protective equipment.
Violence at work - online survey
Thursday, November 19, 2009
As part of the evaluation of the website and violence at work toolkit, we would like to know what you think of both. Please take a few minutes to fill in the online survey and give us your views.
Local Authorities - five ways to stay up to date
Thursday, November 19, 2009
HSE/LA Partnership News, now there are five ways to stay up to date with news and updates form HSE’s Local Authorities Team and it’s all free of charge.
Carbon monoxide awareness week warning to rogue gas fitters
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Rogue gas fitters are being warned that they will be taken to task over shoddy jobs that risk lives.
Stress at work - causes, signs and symptoms
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
What is stress? - HSE’s formal definition of work related stress is “The adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed on them at work.”
Suspended prison sentence for gas fraud plumber
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
A plumber from Mansfield has been given two suspended prison sentences and 100 hours community service for endangering homeowners’ lives in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
Failings led to drowning of seven-year-old
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
HSE said today that serious management failings led to the death of a young boy, who drowned in a swimming pool at a Dundee leisure centre.
Theme park prosecuted after toddler is injured
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
HSE today (16 November) successfully prosecuted Malton-based theme park, Flamingo Land Ltd, after a toddler fell eight feet through a simulator ride last year.
Waste - Risk comparator tool
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The HSE waste and recycling team needs your help - We now want to update and simplify the ‘risk comparator tool’ in the light of more recent developments
School trips - ‘Getting it Right’
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
This website is about learning lessons. It is aimed at anyone connected with educational visits, particularly those involving adventure activities.
The Hidden Killer - Chris Morgan’s story
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Christopher Morgan used to work as a pipe fitter when he came into contact with asbestos - he now has mesothelioma
After dinner speech given by HSE Chair at NW Hazards BRANCH XXI Symposium
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Transcript of after dinner speech given by HSE Chair Judith Hackitt at North West Hazards BRANCH XXI Symposium
Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week
Monday, November 16, 2009
HSE is pleased to back Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week by raising awareness that ‘Cowboys and Gas don’t mix’ – If you use an unregistered gas engineer you could be putting your life at risk.
Property developer fined for putting workers at risk
Monday, November 16, 2009
A London property developer and landlord was yesterday fined £10,000 at City of London Magistrates Court after workers on two of his developments were put at risk.
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