The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today warned companies to ensure employees are properly trained and
Category: Falls from height
TV star scales new heights for ladder safety
The Health and Safety Executive has teamed up with York Theatre Royal to promote the HSE’s
Falls from vehicles campaign e-bulletin
Sign up for free regular email updates about the upcoming falls from vehicles campaign.
Inspections to tackle biggest cause of death in construction
In a bid to reduce the number of deaths and injuries caused by falls and trips the Health and Safety Executive
Ladder exchange presentation
Ladders exchange 2007, powerpoint presentation about making sure ladders are safe to use.
Work at height safety workshop - Cannock
This workshop on 18 July 2007 is part of the Work at Height campaign.
Businesses urged to get rid of dodgy ladders!
Businesses in Tynedale are being urged to dump their dodgy ladders and exchange them for a new safe version – at a
Falls from vehicles campaign
Aiming to raise awareness of the risk of falling that workers are exposed to when accessing
Operational interventions in 2007/08
This instruction builds on the FOD Delivery Plan by providing more detail on the inspection and other
HSE to remove 4000 ‘dodgy’ ladders
Every month nearly 100 people fall off a ladder at work and suffer serious injuries
Myth of the month for June
The myth: New regulations would require trapeze artists to wear hard hats.
Trips and falls in construction 2007
Throughout June and July 2007 HSE Construction Division Inspectors will aim to carry out over 1,000
HSC Chair commends the access industry forum
Bill Callaghan, Chair of the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) today commended the
Watch your step qualitative research
Watch Your Step was a major campaign for HSE, and ran in October 2005. It aimed to
Watch your step evaluation
This report provides the findings of an evaluation of HSE’s ‘Watch Your Step’ promotional
Pilot project addressing falls in the classroom
HSE designed and produced two posters and a leaflet to remind classroom staff of the dangers of classroom falls.
Elgin company fined after worker injured in fall
HSE has reminded companies of the dangers posed by working at height. The warning follows an incident in which an Elgin
Welsh brewery fined £15,000 following worker injured
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning of the dangers of working at height after the prosecution of a
SED 2007
HSE is exhibiting at this year’s SED 2007 event, 22-24 May, Rockingham Motor Speedway, Mitchell Road, Corby, Northants.
HSE warns of the dangers of working on fragile roofs
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today warned companies of the need to make and implement proper risk

