Health and Safety Executive

Category: Cleaning

occupational health and safety advice for people working in the cleaning industry

Healthcare provider fined after worker injury

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

A private healthcare provider managing a hospital in Ipswich has been fined for safety failings after an employee suffered a fractured kneecap.

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Cleaning firm fined over porter’s death at Bolton hospital

Friday, March 30, 2012

A national cleaning company has been fined £175,000 after a hospital porter was killed by an industrial waste compactor in Bolton.

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COSHH and your industry – How does it affect you?

Monday, March 26, 2012

How does Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) affect you in your industry? Select your industry to view key messages and how COSHH affects you.

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Risk management – Online example assessments

Monday, February 20, 2012

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.

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COSHH – How does it affect you in your industry?

Friday, February 17, 2012

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.

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Cleaning products case study: Wrong product causes mayhem

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

A precision equipment manufacturing company moved into a new office that had linoleum floors, immediately slipping accidents started to happen on one floor at an alarmingly high rate.

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Norfolk companies prosecuted after worker crushes hand

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Two Norfolk companies have been fined after a cleaner’s hand was crushed in machinery.

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Example risk assessments – Approaches for small businesses

Monday, January 9, 2012

These examples show kind of approach HSE expects a small business or workplace to take and how other small and medium-sized businesses have approached risk assessment.

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Cleaning industry case studies

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Examples of health and safety issues in the industry

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Cleaning Industry Newsletter

Thursday, May 20, 2010

The Spring 2010 edition of the CILF Cleaning Industry Newsletter is now available.

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Food firm fined after employee falls into machinery

Thursday, April 15, 2010

An international food company that supplies major UK supermarkets has been fined after a worker was hurt while cleaning processing machinery.

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Cleaning Industry Newsletter

Friday, January 22, 2010

The winter 2010 edition of the CILF Cleaning Industry Newsletter is now available.

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Cleaning Industry Liaison Forum newsletter

Monday, June 29, 2009

The summer edition of this quarterly newsletter produced by the Cleaning Industry Liaison Forum is now available.

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Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)

Friday, June 12, 2009

Using chemicals or other hazardous substances at work can put people’s health at risk, causing diseases including

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The health and safety law poster

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

As from 6 April 2009, HSE is publishing new versions of its approved health and safety poster and leaflet.

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Cleaning industry newsletter

Monday, March 9, 2009

The Spring 2009 edition is now available of the Cleaning Industry Liaison Forum newsletter. Issue 4 covers, the Shattered lives 2009 campaign,

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Introducing Partnership News – the new LAU News

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

LAU Newsletter has been replaced by Partnership News. Now you can read about the latest health and

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Cleaning Industry Newsletter No.3

Thursday, November 20, 2008

The Cleaning Industry Liaison Forum issue No.3 for Autumn/Winter 2008 is now available,

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Small business owners – leadership advice

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Advice specifically aimed at small and medium sized business leaders – how to plan, deliver, monitor

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HSE warns companies to protect workers’ safety

Friday, September 26, 2008

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned employers to ensure they properly manage health

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