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Safety Health & Environment Forum

Monday, November 16, 2009

This month’s SHEFS (Safety, Health and Environemenal Forum - Scotland) meeting will hear from Keith Scott, Chair of IIRSM and Group Head of Safety at Royal Mail

INDG422 - Thorough Examination of industrial lift trucks

Monday, November 16, 2009

Thorough Examination of industrial lift trucks is required under Health and Safety Law; LOLER 1998, which covers lifting regulations, and PUWER 1998,

Employer without compulsory insurance fined

Monday, November 16, 2009

A Cambridgeshire retailer has been fined £1,000 for failing to have compulsory insurance to protect his employees.

Safer movement of heavy goods - HSE drive to lift standards in Scotland

Monday, November 16, 2009

HSE Inspectors will be carrying out a series of inspections at harbours, marine bases and pipe yard sites throughout the North East and Highlands of Scotland

The Mirror’s ‘Penman and Sommerlad Investigate’ focuses on health and safety

Friday, November 13, 2009

Last year was the safest in history for British workers. There were 180 workplace deaths in 2008/9, the lowest ever recorded.

Ship repair company fined £85,000 after crane platform crush fatality

Friday, November 13, 2009

HSE highlighted the importance of having sufficient information, training and supervision for lifting operations, following a successful prosecution of a Cornwall ship repair company.

Asbestos: The Hidden Killer - Chris Morgan’s Story

Friday, November 13, 2009

Christopher Morgan has mesothelioma - an incurable cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.

Company fined after wall collapses on Wigan worker

Friday, November 13, 2009

A construction company in Leigh has been ordered to pay £11,517 after one of its workers was seriously injured when a wall collapsed on him in Wigan.

Public Consultations News and updates

Friday, November 13, 2009

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HSE warns firms to better protect employees who work at height

Friday, November 13, 2009

HSE has delivered a stark warning to companies who fail to protect employees working at height - they will be held to account.

RoSPA awards made easy - Networking event

Friday, November 13, 2009

Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has developed a unique Awards Networking Event 2 December 2009, Hilton Hotel, Coventry.

Director fined for repeated negligent safety practices

Friday, November 13, 2009

A businessman from Northamptonshire has been fined £60,000 after ordering a worker to clean a moving machine that trapped and mangled his arm, requiring it to be amputated.

Response to Judicial Review of Wolverhampton City Council’s decision to grant planning permission against HSE’s advice

Friday, November 13, 2009

HSE statement about the judgement that Wolverhampton Council failed to notify the HSE that it was minded to grant planning permission,

Worker loses arm despite century-old protective law

Friday, November 13, 2009

A court today heard how an Inverurie papermill worker lost his arm despite a century-old piece of legislation designed to protect factory workers.

Edinburgh council fined £14,000 for asbestos failures that put workers at risk

Friday, November 13, 2009

Edinburgh Council has today (11 November) been fined £14,000 after 14 of its employees, were potentially exposed to asbestos while carrying out refurbishment work.

Risk leadership and organisational type

Friday, November 13, 2009

The anecdotal experience of new entrants in the UK offshore industry is that they are not, as a group, safer or less safe than established organisations.