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Leadership and Worker Involvement: Learning From London 2012 – 24 May 2012

HSE — Fri, 11 May 2012 09:15:40 +0000

Apply now for a free half-day seminar hosted by the TUC, focusing on the health and safety lessons learned from the London 2012 construction project in relation to leadership and worker involvement. The event is supported by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) as part of the 2012-13 Healthy Workplaces Campaign. Congress Centre, London, 24 May 2012

HSG137: Health risk management: A practical guide for managers in SMEs

HSE — Thu, 03 May 2012 09:40:54 +0000

This guidance draws on information and experience gained by HSE, with actual case studies used to illustrate particular points. The publication provides a framework for enabling managers to embed health risk control into general business planning and presents four easy-check stages, including finding out if you have a problem, deciding on action, taking action and reviewing action.

Video – Judith Hackitt introduces the Healthy Workplaces Campaign

HSE — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:04:17 +0000

EU-OSHA’s Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2012-2013 ‘Working together for risk prevention’ began on 18 April 2012 and focuses on the twin concepts of management leadership and worker participation in occupational safety and health

3M/HSE 2nd Joint Hearing Seminar – Stoke-on-Trent, 3 May 2012

HSE — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:00:18 +0000

Need help with HPE compliance in the workplace? Confused by legislation? Want to understand Real World Attenuation? Then why not join Tim Ward, Health and safety Executive, Professor Peter Wheeler, Institute of Acoustics and 3M at their second joint Hearing Seminar. Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, 3 May 2012.

HSE at Safety and Health Expo 2012 – NEC, Birmingham

HSE — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:29 +0000

Safety & Health Expo 2012 is Europe’s definitive annual event, packed full of the industry’s leading manufacturers, distributors and suppliers showcasing their latest innovations. You’ll find HSE situated in hall 1, stand D30, where the HSE Online team will be on hand to show you around the website and highlight new and updated features. National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, 15 – 17 May 2012.

Estates Excellence – Government and Business Working Together to make a Difference

HSE — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:45:03 +0000

Estates Excellence brings together business owners, commercial landlords and expert partners to improve health and safety in the workplace and is a unique way to help small businesses control their health and safety risks and protect their employees. A pdf document which explains more about the outcomes of the Estates Excellence pilots has now been added.

Injury reporting change cuts paperwork by a third

HSE — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:01:34 +0000

A change to the rules on reporting workplace injuries will save British firms thousands of hours completing official paperwork.
From 6 April, employers will no longer have to report injuries which keep workers off normal duties for seven or fewer days.

Accident book

HSE — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:57:01 +0000

The Accident Book will allow you to comply with legal requirements to record accidents at work. It also contains guidance on the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 and the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981.

RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2012 – Registration update for Scotland awards

HSE — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:20:28 +0000

For the first time this year RoSPA has introduced an extended deadline for organisations wishing to attend the RoSPA Occupational Health & Safety Awards presentation ceremony, in Glasgow on September 20, don’t miss the deadlines. Registration deadline – March 23, Submission deadline – June 15 2012.

RR844 – An assessment of the level of compliance with the statutory duty to obtain insurance under the Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969: Final Report

HSE — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:50:22 +0000

If employees become ill or injured at work, they might be able to claim compensation from their employer. The ELCI Act (1969) requires that employers take out insurance against such claims. There are some exemptions to this, including public bodies, and those employing specified relatives only. Previous research in this area has found inconsistent levels of compliance, and some of it is quite out-of-date. This research was undertaken to provide a robust measure of levels of compliance in order to support policy development in this area.

Worker involvement – Prepare, plan, consult and improve

HSE — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:30:07 +0000

The best way to protect your employees and visitors from harm or illness is to involve your workers and this website shows you how.

Health and Safety law poster – Available in various formats

HSE — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:30:04 +0000

The Health and Safety Executive has produced a range of health and safety law products. There are various versions of the poster, so that you can select the most appropriate for your business, depending on where in the UK your business is based.

Musculoskeletal Disorders eBulletin – Free subscription

HSE — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:30:33 +0000

Subscribe to musculoskeletal disorders email eBulletin for free regular email news and updates via email.

Risk management – Online example assessments

HSE — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:30:59 +0000

The examples show how other small and medium-sized businesses have approached risk assessment. If you can’t find your industry listed, pick the one closest to it and adapt it for your own workplace.

COSHH – How does it affect you in your industry?

HSE — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:30:28 +0000

How does Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health affect you in your industry? – From this page select your industry to view key messages and how COSHH affects you.

BSC: International Safety Awards 2012 – London 18 May 2012

HSE — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:40:28 +0000

Recognising achievement in effective health and safety management. HSE is pleased to be supporting the British Safety Council’s International Safety Awards. Register now and receive your application form within three working days and answer a series of twelve questions about your health and safety management. Deadline for submitting completed applications: 29 February 2012.

Office health and safety – Risk assessment tool

HSE — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:32:12 +0000

This tool allows those working in low-risk office-based environments to do their risk assessment quickly and easily.

OSHCR: Find a consultant – Fast accessible and proportionate advice

HSE — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:30:33 +0000

Businesses will be able to search the database for consultants according to keyword(s), county, industry or topic, free of charge. OSHCR meets several of the aspirations for improved competence in external health and safety advice, outlined in the Government commissioned report on UK health and safety, Common Sense Common Safety.

Vehicles at work – Interactive case studies

HSE — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:35:30 +0000

HSE has put together some ‘before-and-after’ interactive case studies to help you think and talk about vehicle safety in the workplace. They are all based on events that our inspectors have reported.

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HSE — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:35:42 +0000

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