HSE RSS feeds » Docks and ports http://news.hse.gov.uk News and updates about health and safety from the Health and Safety Executive Wed, 16 May 2012 15:00:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 CD239: Public consultation – Removal of fourteen legislative measures http://www.hse.gov.uk/consult/condocs/cd239.htm?eban=rss-docks Thu, 10 May 2012 07:35:51 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/consult/condocs/cd239.htm This consultation seeks views on the HSE’s proposals to remove fourteen legislative measures (one Act, twelve Regulations and one Order and with a related provision in the Factories Act 1961) and to withdraw approval for an associated Approved Code of Practice. Still time to have your say, consultation ends 4 July 2012.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/consult/condocs/cd239.htm/feed/ Statistics report for the Logistics Industry 2010/11p (provisional) http://www.hse.gov.uk/logistics/statistics.htm?eban=rss-docks Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:40:09 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/logistics/statistics.htm This report examines the accidents reported in the ports industry over a five-year period from 2006/07 to 2010/11p. The data represents accidents and dangerous occurrences reported to HSE under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/logistics/statistics.htm/feed/ Shipyard fined after apprentice fell from scaffolding http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-sw-pendennisshipyard.htm?eban=rss-docks Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:00:43 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-sw-pendennisshipyard.htm An apprentice worker was badly injured after he fell off scaffolding which was not properly secured at Pendennis Shipyard Ltd in Falmouth.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-sw-pendennisshipyard.htm/feed/ CD239 – Proposals to remove fourteen legislative measures http://www.hse.gov.uk/consult/live.htm?eban=rss-docks Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:30:28 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/consult/live.htm This consultation seeks views on HSE’s proposals to remove fourteen legislative measures covering Celluloid and Cinematograph Film, Construction Head Protection, Notification of Conventional Tower Cranes, Notification of Installations Handling Hazardous Substances, Gasholders (Record of Examinations) Order, Docks, Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing and Metrication. The consultation began on 3 April 2012 and ends 4 July 2012.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/consult/live.htm/feed/ Worker’s leg amputated following forklift incident http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/scs-w-cargoservices.htm?eban=rss-docks Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:00:26 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/scs-w-cargoservices.htm A Cardiff-based cargo company has been fined after a lorry driver had part of his leg amputated after being struck by a reversing forklift truck.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/scs-w-cargoservices.htm/feed/ Safety chief visits one of Britain’s biggest shipbuilding projects http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/coi-sco-02812.htm?eban=rss-docks Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:30:59 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/coi-sco-02812.htm The Chair of the Health and Safety Executive has seen at first hand the initiative to create a safe and efficient work culture during the assembly of the two largest warships ever built in the UK.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/coi-sco-02812.htm/feed/ Ports and Logistics sector data summary and analysis http://www.hse.gov.uk/logistics/statistics.htm?eban=rss-docks Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:30:43 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/logistics/statistics.htm This is a detailed report examining the ports and logistics sector and providing analysis of injury rates and general employment structures (including how these employment structures could potentially affect health and safety standards). This report also provides comparison between the logistics (transportation and storage) sector and other sectors in terms of injury rates and severity.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/logistics/statistics.htm/feed/ Ports – A quick guide to health and safety http://www.hse.gov.uk/ports/index.htm?eban=rss-docks Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:30:33 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/ports/index.htm Work at ports takes place throughout the day and night and in all types of weather, you may be dealing with a whole range of cargoes and working alongside a wide variety of people, including some who don’t speak English.
How this guide can help you, it highlights the main hazards found in ports and outlines what you need to do to comply with the law.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/ports/index.htm/feed/ Liverpool dock workers injured in high voltage shock http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2011/coi-nw-38carrylift.htm?eban=rss-docks Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:00:56 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2011/coi-nw-38carrylift.htm A crane maintenance firm has been sentenced after two dock workers suffered injuries in a high voltage electric shock at the Seaforth Container Terminal in Liverpool.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2011/coi-nw-38carrylift.htm/feed/ Red Tape Challenge http://www.hse.gov.uk/news/red-tape-challenge/index.htm?eban=rss-docks Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:08:25 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/news/red-tape-challenge/index.htm 30 June – 21 July: Tell us which health and safety regulations should stay and which should go.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/news/red-tape-challenge/index.htm/feed/ Freight container safety http://www.hse.gov.uk/ports/publications.htm?eban=rss-docks Tue, 17 May 2011 12:00:09 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/ports/publications.htm Two new guides have recently been published by the FTA and ICS/WSC covering various aspects of container safety.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/ports/publications.htm/feed/ Crane safety http://www.hse.gov.uk/ports/lifting-operations.htm?eban=rss-docks Tue, 17 May 2011 10:00:21 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/ports/lifting-operations.htm Following a number of recent failures of lifting equipment at ports, HSE has produced a paper that deals specifically with recommendations on routine maintenance and thorough examination and testing of lifting equipment.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/ports/lifting-operations.htm/feed/ Risks from handling explosives in ports http://books.hse.gov.uk/hse/public/saleproduct.jsf?catalogueCode=9780717609178?eban=rss-docks Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:30:20 +0000 HSE http://books.hse.gov.uk/hse/public/saleproduct.jsf?catalogueCode=9780717609178 Outlines the risks associated with handling explosives in ports. Free PDF download now available.

]]> http://books.hse.gov.uk/hse/public/saleproduct.jsf?catalogueCode=9780717609178/feed/ HSE launches new health and safety in ports website http://www.hse.gov.uk/ports/index.htm?eban=rss-docks Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:15:40 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/ports/index.htm HSE’s docks website has been re-launched as “Health and safety in ports”. The new website has been updated to provide improved navigation and easier access to guidance on the main causes of injury and illness in ports.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/ports/index.htm/feed/ A quick guide to health and safety in ports http://news.hse.gov.uk/2011/01/14/a-quick-guide-to-health-and-safety-in-ports/?eban=rss-docks Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:35:44 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/2011/01/14/a-quick-guide-to-health-and-safety-in-ports/ Ports are often challenging places to work. You may be dealing with a whole range of cargoes and working alongside a wide variety of people, including some who don’t speak English.  This guide highlights the main hazards found in ports and outlines what you need to do to comply with the law.

The guide is mainly aimed at employers and other dutyholders but it should be helpful to all those carrying out work in ports. This includes stevedores, visiting drivers and also anyone who may work at docks occasionally.

A quick guide to health and safety in ports – INDG446

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2011/01/14/a-quick-guide-to-health-and-safety-in-ports/feed/ Port authority and shipping company fined £185,000 after drowning http://news.hse.gov.uk/2010/09/21/port-authority-and-shipping-company-fined-185000-after-drowning/?eban=rss-docks Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:00:57 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/2010/09/21/port-authority-and-shipping-company-fined-185000-after-drowning/ A Sussex port and an Italian shipping company have today been fined a total of £185,000 for health and safety failings after a worker drowned at Newhaven Docks.

Croydon Crown Court heard today that the Sardina Vera ferry, which was owned by Forship S.p.a, had docked at Newhaven late on 12 January 2005 when the incident happened.

View press release ‘Port authority and shipping company fined £185,000 after drowning’

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2010/09/21/port-authority-and-shipping-company-fined-185000-after-drowning/feed/ Company fined after worker injured in fall from dock http://news.hse.gov.uk/2010/09/08/company-fined-after-worker-injured-in-fall-from-dock/?eban=rss-docks Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:00:53 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/2010/09/08/company-fined-after-worker-injured-in-fall-from-dock/ A company was fined a total of £14,000 after a night watchman was injured falling into water from the quayside. The company director has today been fined a total of £2,750 for failing to carry out a risk assessment.

RM Supplies (Inverkeithing) Ltd had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to breaching Regulation 4(1) and 5 of the Docks Regulations 1988. The company was fined a total of £14,000.

View press release ‘Company fined after worker injured in fall from dock and company director fined for failure to assess risk’

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2010/09/08/company-fined-after-worker-injured-in-fall-from-dock/feed/ HSE Chair speech – Devonport Dockyard http://news.hse.gov.uk/2010/07/01/hse-chair-speech-devonport-dockyard/?eban=rss-docks Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:00:15 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/2010/07/01/hse-chair-speech-devonport-dockyard/ HSE Chair Judith Hackitt’s speech to to Devonport Dockyard, 24 June 2010

Being Part of the Solution: Leadership in health and safety

View transcript of HSE Chair’s speech at Devonport Dockyard

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2010/07/01/hse-chair-speech-devonport-dockyard/feed/ Rosyth Royal Dockyard Ltd fined £10,000 http://news.hse.gov.uk/2010/03/23/rosyth-royal-dockyard-ltd-fined-10000/?eban=rss-docks Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:57:44 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/2010/03/23/rosyth-royal-dockyard-ltd-fined-10000/ Rosyth Royal Dockyard Ltd was fined £10,000 on Friday 12 March after a steel plate fell during a lifting operation on 5 February 2009 and caused severe injury to a contractor’s hand.

The contractor, employed by Robert Summers Transport Ltd of Buckhaven was involved in an accident during a steel plate lifting operation.

View press release ‘Rosyth Royal Dockyard Ltd fined £10,000′

]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2010/03/23/rosyth-royal-dockyard-ltd-fined-10000/feed/ Docks consultation extended http://news.hse.gov.uk/2010/01/18/docks-consultation-extended/?eban=rss-docks Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:00:24 +0000 HSE http://news.hse.gov.uk/2010/01/18/docks-consultation-extended/ Consultation CD226 – Removal of the docks form has now been extended until 22 January.

View Docks form consultation

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