The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today urged businesses to spend less time dotting ‘i’s and crossing ‘t’s and more time on putting practical actions into effect. To help companies do this HSE has issued a revamped risk assessment guide featuring examples that spell out, in plain English, what is – and what is not [...]
Category: Health and safety
E074:06 11 July 2006 - HSE publishes revamped guidance to simplify risk assessments
Thursday, July 13, 2006
AFAG 704 Excavators in tree work
Thursday, July 13, 2006
This leaflet covers the safe working practices to be followed when operating tracked 360 degree excavators and walking excavators in forestry and other tree work. For guidance on specific operations involving excavator base units see AFAG leaflets 204 Flails and mulchers in tree work, 504 Extraction by cable crane, 603 Mechanical harvesting, and 605 Mechanical roadside [...]
AFAG 204 Flails and mulchers in tree work
Thursday, July 13, 2006
This leaflet covers the safe working practices to be followed when operating front-, rear- or arm-mounted flails and mulchers in forestry and other tree work. The flail or mulcher may be part of a purposebuilt machine or mounted on and powered by a tractor, excavator or other suitable base vehicle.
Read the free leaflet
Work-related deaths: a protocol for liaison - MISC733
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
This protocol has been developed through the representative bodies to emphasise the importance of working together to investigate thoroughly work-related deaths in Scotland, and where appropriate, to prosecute.
Read MISC733 [PDF 80kb]
RR477 - Review of the level of accuracy required and means of demonstrating that accuracy for approval of dosimetry services by the Health and Safety Executive
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
This report considers methods of assessing the accuracy and reliability of dosimetry systems, the current
HSE process of dosimetry service approval and possible improvements and alternative approaches, for both
external and internal dosimetry.
Read the report here
RR471 - A literature review of the effects of environment microclimatic conditions on the slip potential for flooring
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published a wide range of publications concerning the risk of slips
and trips along with practical measures that can be taken to minimise the risk. The work detailed in this report comprised a literature/information review considering the following environmental parameters: internal air temperature, surface temperature, relative humidity, ventilation and [...]
E073:06 - Survey results question difference in public/private sector sick leave
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
The popular view that public sector workers take more sick leave than their private sector counterparts is misleading says an HSE report. The results of a recent HSE survey suggest that there is evidence of higher rates of employer under-recording of employee absence within the private sector, this being concentrated within smaller businesses.
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E072:06 HSE welcomes the integration of health and safety into the 2012 construction commitments
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) welcomes Olympics Minister, Tessa Jowell’s signing of the ‘2012 Construction Commitments’ on behalf of the Government. The Commitments provide a strong health and safety message for those contractors considering tendering for Olympic construction contracts.
Read the full Press Release.
Quarterly Local Liaison Committee (LLC) /Site Stakeholder Group (SSG) Reports for 2006
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Hartlepool Q1, Torness Q1
Risk management website updated
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Risk Management involves you, the employer, looking at the risks that arise in the workplace and then putting sensible health and safety measures in place to control them. By doing this you can protect your most valuable asset, your employees, as well as members of the public from harm.
Visit the updated risk management website
AS23(rev3) - Manual handling solutions - Leaflet
Monday, July 10, 2006
Back, neck and limb disorders are the most common types of ill health in agriculture. Many of these disorders are related to manual handling tasks. This leaflet describes the causes of manual handling health problems, explains how to assess the risk, outlines steps that can be taken to reduce the risk of injury and preparations [...]
INDG125(rev1) - Handling and stacking bales in agriculture - Leaflet
Monday, July 10, 2006
This leaflet offers practical safety advice to all those involved in the handling and transporting of baled fodder and straw. It deals with the collection, loading, transporting and stacking of conventional bales, round bales and big/high-density bales.
Read leaflet
Quarterly Local Liaison Committee (LLC) /Site Stakeholder Group (SSG) Reports for 2006
Monday, July 10, 2006
Hunterston ‘B’ Q1, Trawsfynydd Q1, Trawsfynydd Q1 (Welsh version)
Safe use of site dumpers: Construction site transport safety - CIS52
Monday, July 10, 2006
This information sheet outlines the precautions necessary to ensure the safe use of forward tipping dumpers (commonly known as site dumpers) in the construction industry. It is aimed at managers and drivers and all those who influence the use of site dumpers.
Read CIS52 [PDF 70kb]
GMOs - The Public Register - July 2006 Update
Monday, July 10, 2006
Electronic copy of the public register
New vibration site
Monday, July 10, 2006
Worried about risks from exposure to hand-arm vibration or whole-body vibration? Whether you are an employer, worker, safety representative or specialist, these pages offer helpful advice on how you can reduce and control the risks from hand-arm and whole-body vibration. Regular exposure to hand-arm vibration can cause a range of conditions known as Hand Arm [...]
Proposals to implement the second list of indicative occupational exposure limit values (European Directive 2006/15/EC)
Thursday, July 6, 2006
This Consultative Document sets out the Health and Safety Commission’s (HSC’s) proposals for establishing Workplace Exposure Limits (WELs) for the 33 substances listed in the Directive.
Consultation ends: 27 September 2006
Read the full consultation document [PDF 300kb]
Topic inspection pack - Work-related contact dermatitis
Wednesday, July 5, 2006
This inspection pack provides information for awareness raising and enforcement in selected industrial
Quarterly Local Liaison Committee (LLC) /Site Stakeholder Group (SSG) Reports for 2005
Wednesday, July 5, 2006
Harwell Q4, Winfrith Q4
Quarterly Local Liaison Committee (LLC) /Site Stakeholder Group (SSG) Reports for 2006
Wednesday, July 5, 2006
Dungeness ‘A’ Q1 , Aldermaston
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