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Health and Safety at work - Acting Now to Keep Employers Safe in the Future

HSE — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:12:07 +0000

Speech by Judith Hackitt CBE to The House Magazine - Westminster Briefing on 18 November 2009, ‘Health and Safety at work: leading from the Front’

View full transcript of ‘Health and Safety at work - Acting Now to Keep Employers Safe in the Future’

Pesticide incidents report 1 April 2008 - 31 March 2009

HSE — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:10:39 +0000

This report provides information on incidents and complaints involving pesticides investigated by the Field Operations Directorate (FOD) of HSE between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2009.

The report comprises statistical information on complaints and enforcement, a report on alleged ill-health incidents reviewed by HSE’s Pesticide Incidents Appraisal Panel (PIAP) and environmental and other complaints not alleging ill health.

View full pesticide incidents report 1 April 2008 - 31 March 2009

HSE Deputy Chief Executive to give keynote speech at OHS conference

HSE — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:20:47 +0000

HSE Deputy Chief Executive Kevin Myers will be attending the 3rd Annual Occupational Health and Safety conference to deliver the keynote speech “The Health & Safety of Great Britain - Be part of the solution”.

The conference will run from the 24- 25 November, Dexter House, London.

Further information on the 3rd Annual OHS conference

Third quarter 2009 statement of nuclear incidents at nuclear installations

HSE — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:19:34 +0000

A statement on incidents at nuclear installations in Britain which meet Ministerial reporting criteria is reported to the Secretary of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Secretary of State for Scotland and is published every quarter by the HSE.

View (Q3) 1 July - 30 September 2009 statement

Work instruction for LPG pipework replacement inspection campaign

HSE — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:31:11 +0000

The aim of this inspection campaign is to obtain assurance that LPG users (and suppliers) are undertaking sensible and proportionate management of the risks arising from small and medium-sized bulk vessel LPG installations, including the replacement or ongoing inspection of buried metallic pipework.

The target audience is HSE Inspectors, HSAOs, RCOs and administrative staff, for action to LA enforcement officers, for information

View OM 2009/08 ‘Work instruction for LPG pipework replacement inspection campaign’

RoSPA Awards 2010 - nominations open

HSE — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:15:32 +0000

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Awards promote effective health and safety management as a vital part of good business and they encourage the sharing of best practice.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2010, enter today and celebrate your health and safety success. closing date for nominations 12 February 2010.

For more information on the RoSPA Awards 2010

Revision of LAC 66/8 - Standards for Personal Protective Equipment

HSE — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:30:55 +0000

In recent years there has been a continued increase in the number of harmonised standards for personal protective equipment. These Regulations are predominantly enforced by trading standards officers, although some aspects are enforced by HSE.

The appendices to this circular contain a summary of all the currently available PPE standards.

View LAC Number 68/8: Standards for Personal Protective Equipment

Violence at work - online survey

HSE — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:10:14 +0000

As part of the evaluation of the website and violence at work toolkit, we would like to know what you think of both. Please take a few minutes to fill in the online survey and give us your views.

Violence at work - online survey

Local Authorities - five ways to stay up to date

HSE — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:50:33 +0000

HSE/LA Partnership News, now there are five ways to stay up to date with news and updates form HSE’s Local Authorities Team and it’s all free of charge.

Further information on how to stay up to date

Carbon monoxide awareness week warning to rogue gas fitters

HSE — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:10:52 +0000

Rogue gas fitters are being warned that they will be taken to task over shoddy jobs that risk lives.

HSE is using Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week (16-20 November) to renew its commitment to bring them to justice. According to provisional figures, HSE successfully prosecuted 28 people for breaching gas legislation in 2008/09, covering 66 separate offences.

View press release ‘Carbon monoxide awareness week warning to rogue gas fitters’

Stress at work - causes, signs and symptoms

HSE — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:09:51 +0000

What is stress? - HSE’s formal definition of work related stress is “The adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed on them at work.” In these pages we explain what stress is, its causes and the signs and symptoms to watch for.

Further information on Stress at work

Suspended prison sentence for gas fraud plumber

HSE — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:00:31 +0000

A plumber from Mansfield has been given two suspended prison sentences and 100 hours community service for endangering homeowners’ lives in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

HSE and Nottinghamshire County Council Trading Standards jointly prosecuted Lee Underwood, trading as LPH and Lee Plumbing and Heating.

View press release ‘Suspended prison sentence for gas fraud plumber’

Failings led to drowning of seven-year-old

HSE — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:30:07 +0000

HSE said today that serious management failings led to the death of a young boy, who drowned in a swimming pool at a Dundee leisure centre.

The seven year-old, Luke Hutton, died in September 2007 at the Olympia Leisure Complex, Dundee.

View press release ‘Failings led to drowning of seven-year-old’

Theme park prosecuted after toddler is injured

HSE — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:00:38 +0000

HSE today (16 November) successfully prosecuted Malton-based theme park, Flamingo Land Ltd, after a toddler fell eight feet through a simulator ride last year.

The company pleaded guilty to breaching section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, and was fined £5,000 and ordered to pay £3,277 costs at Scarborough Magistrates Court.

View press release ‘Theme park prosecuted after toddler is injured on ride’

Waste - Risk comparator tool

HSE — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:30:06 +0000

The HSE waste and recycling team needs your help - We now want to update and simplify the ‘risk comparator tool’ in the light of more recent developments and user’s experience, and we need your help to do this.

Find out how your feedback can help

School trips - ‘Getting it Right’

HSE — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:15:57 +0000

This website is about learning lessons. It is aimed at anyone connected with educational visits, particularly those involving adventure activities. The site provides a range of information including a section on ‘Getting it Right’ and various useful links.

Further information on school trips

The Hidden Killer - Chris Morgan’s story

HSE — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:27:19 +0000

Christopher Morgan used to work as a pipe fitter when he came into contact with asbestos - he now has mesothelioma an incurable cancer caused by exposure to the deadly fibres.

In this video, he tells his story.

View Chris Morgan’s story

After dinner speech given by HSE Chair at NW Hazards BRANCH XXI Symposium

HSE — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:45:51 +0000

Transcript of after dinner speech given by HSE Chair Judith Hackitt at North West Hazards BRANCH XXI Symposium in Manchester on 11 November 2009.

Read the HSE Chair’s after dinner speech

Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week

HSE — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:00:33 +0000

HSE is pleased to back Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week by raising awareness that ‘Cowboys and Gas don’t mix’ – If you use an unregistered gas engineer you could be putting your life at risk. Unsafe gas work can lead to a gas leak, fire, explosion and exposure to carbon monoxide, which could result in you, your family or friends being seriously injured or killed.

Unsafe gas work can put your life at risk - find out more

Property developer fined for putting workers at risk

HSE — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:10:28 +0000

A London property developer and landlord was yesterday fined £10,000 at City of London Magistrates Court after workers on two of his developments were put at risk.

HSE prosecuted Lahrie Mohamed of South Woodford, London, after uncovering breaches of health and safety law on two sites in Waltham Forest, north east London.

View press release ‘Property developer fined for putting workers at risk’