HSE is reminding employers of their duties to the safety of staff following an incident in Kettering where an employee fell six foot and suffered serious injury.
Category: Manufacturing
Warning to safeguard employees after worker’s hand fractured
HSE is warning employers to ensure they have adequate safeguards in place to prevent access to dangerous parts of their machinery.
Warning to safeguard employees after double-fracture to finger
HSE is warning employers to ensure they have adequate safeguards in place to prevent access to dangerous parts of their machinery.
Coventry company prosecuted for third time
HSE is warning employers to make sure they have appropriate measures in place to prevent access to dangerous machinery.
Automotive manufacturer fined £3,200 following serious incident
HSE is warning employers not to neglect their duties after a worker suffered multiple fractures at a Sunderland
Safety alerts relevant to the manufacturing sector
Safety alerts can now be accessed from the manufacturing portal of the HSE website.
Wales e-Bulletin
Latest HSE in Wales e-Bulletin has been issued, Keep in touch with workplace health and safety in Wales?
Chipboard manufacturer fined following serious accidents
HSE is warning those responsible for the health and safety of workers not to neglect their duties following two serious incidents at a Hexham-based manufacturer.
Audits: semiconductor manufacturing plants
Information for HSE staff - plans to audit all semiconductor manufacturing plants in Britain, concentrating on the
Chemical labelling and packaging - have your say
Time is running out to have your say on proposed amendments to the Chemical (Hazard Information and Packaging
CDOIF agenda and papers
The agenda and papers for the Chemical and Downstream Oil Industries Forum (CDOIF) meeting
Legionella Awareness seminar
HSE invites water management specialists plus suppliers and users of surface treatment equipment to
Targeted initiatives within the manufacturing industries
The paper and board - Making a Difference 2008 – 2011 section of this Sector Information Minute (SIM) has been updated.
Deadline: biocides containing “unsupported” active substances
Reminder - certain biocidal products containing active substances cannot be sold in the EU or stored
New example risk assessment
A new free example risk assessment for factory maintenance is now available to view or download.

