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Category: Guidance
Workshops in health and safety on offer for Aycliffe firms
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Businesses in Newton Aycliffe are being offered workshops in health and safety as part of a new initiative to provide free information, support and guidance.
Temperature at work
Friday, January 11, 2013
Advice on thermal comfort and cold stress for employers and employees.
Gas safety
Friday, January 11, 2013
Ensure gas appliances are properly installed and maintained to avoid danger of fire, explosion, gas leaks and carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.
Offshore health and safety law
Friday, January 11, 2013
Comprehensive list of legislation, including laws to commence from April 2013.
Agriculture health and safety – Grain dust
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Grain dust is the dust produced during harvesting, drying, handling, storage or processing of cereal crops. These include barley, wheat, oats, maize and rye. This guidance tells you about the possible health problems you could develop from exposure to grain dust and what precautions you should take to protect your health.
Safety notice – Risk of carbon monoxide release during the storage of wood pellets
Monday, November 5, 2012
The HSE is issuing this notice to those who use, install, maintain or distribute wood pellet boilers or manufacture/store/distribute wood pellets. Since 2002 there have been at least nine fatalities in Europe caused by carbon monoxide poisoning following entry into wood pellet storage areas.
Radical revamp for workplace safety and health advice
Friday, November 2, 2012
A radical revamp of the way small businesses access official advice about health and safety online has been launched.
Health and safety toolbox – How to control risks at work
Friday, November 2, 2012
HSE launches the latest in a package of guidance, bringing together everything a small, low-risk business could need to manage health and safety
HSE Work-related Deaths Protocol revised
Friday, November 2, 2012
Sets out the protocols and liaison arrangements between HSE and other regulators involved in investigating any work-related death.
Health and Safety Newsletter: Latest issue now available – Subscribe for free
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
All the latest HSE news, case studies, court stories and guidance is now available to everyone free of charge – and it’s all just a click away, subscribe now. This issue: Will HSE’s new Fee for Intervention scheme affect you?, School trips: Avoiding the cotton wool culture, Cutting the risk of legionella, Help with work-related [...]
Offshore safety notice – Possible failure of fire resistant composite deck gratings
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Operators warned that fire resistant composite materials used offshore may fail after exposure to hydrocarbon pool fires.
Fee for Intervention (FFI) – Updated website and content
Friday, September 28, 2012
The Fee for Intervention (FFI) website has been updated to provide all of the information a dutyholder needs to understand HSE’s new cost recovery scheme which will come into force on Monday, 1 October.
Safety notice – Management of the risks from legionella within water systems
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
This safety bulletin draws attention to key aspects of the proper management of the risks from legionella in water systems other than cooling towers and evaporative condensers.
Coming soon – next edition of Health & Safety Newsletter
Thursday, September 13, 2012
All the latest HSE news, health and safety advice, case studies, court stories, and guidance is now available to everyone free of charge – and it’s all just a click away. So subscribe to be informed when the next edition is available.
Gas Safety Week – 10 to 16 September 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Every year thousands of people across the UK are diagnosed with carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, which can be caused by unsafe central heating systems, gas cookers or gas fires. Gas Safety Week which takes place from 10th – 16th September 2012 aims to raise awareness of gas safety and the importance of taking care of [...]
New guidance: Working Safely with Nanomaterials in Research and Development
Monday, September 10, 2012
This new guidance has been developed by The UK Nanosafety Partnership Group (UKNSPG) and is aimed at employers, managers, health and safety advisors, and users of particulate nanomaterials in research and development. This guidance has been endorsed by HSE and contains a foreword by Judith Hackitt.
HSE responds to ‘Loch Gairloch canoeing tragedy’ letter in the Daily Mail
Friday, August 31, 2012
Health and Safety Chief Executive responds to Aldhun Levitt’s letter in Daily Mail 30 August 2012 about the Loch Gairloch canoeing tragedy.
Fairgrounds – Keeping children safe
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
A trip to the fair is in fact a very safe activity. There are also a few simple things you can do to make sure your family have a good time at the fair and get home again without problems…
HSG33 – Health and safety in roof work (Fourth edition, published July 2012)
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Roof work is a high-risk activity because it involves working at height, sometimes with fragile materials such as roof lights and asbestos cement roofing sheets. This fourth edition of the construction industry guidance identifies the main causes of accidents and ill health in roof work and ways to prevent or control risks.
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