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Category: Press release
Food manufacturer fined after worker’s fingertips amputated
Friday, October 2, 2009
HSE is warning food companies about the need for suitable risk assessments and adequate guarding of machinery after
Machinery guarding warning
Friday, October 2, 2009
Employers operating machinery need to ensure that risks are fully assessed and that potentially dangerous moving
Fragile roofing warning after firm fined for worker’s seven-metre fall
Thursday, October 1, 2009
HSE warns of the dangers of working on fragile roofs, this follows the conviction of a Lancashire-based company and a director for breaching
Cutting deaths in construction – Glasgow event aims to reduce risks
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Eleven workers in the construction sector were killed and more than 1,500 were seriously injured in Scotland last year.
Company fined after employee dies from serious head injuries at work
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
HSE is urging companies to implement and maintain safe systems of work and to offer full training to staff to ensure that the health and safety of employees is not put at risk.
HSE marks 35 years
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
The number of employees being killed or injured at work is at its lowest level
Cheltenham borough council fined £14,000 after ride on mower incident
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
HSE is warning that care needs to be taken when using ride-on mowing machines following a court prosecution of an employer.
HSE board member advises businesses on back pain
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Back pain shouldn’t hold you back from work, was HSE board member Professor Sayeed Khan’s key message
HSE prosecution prompts warning to landlords
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
HSE is warning landlords to be extra vigilant in ensuring the properties they own contain safe gas appliances that are correctly checked and certified.
Crumlin company fined after worker loses parts of fingers in machinery
Monday, September 28, 2009
Machinery workings must be guarded to prevent operatives contacting dangerous parts HSE has said.
Firms fined £108,000 after diver fatality in canal lock
Monday, September 28, 2009
HSE highlighted the importance of safe practices when diving after a fatality at a canal lock.
Businesses urged take proper precautions after worker fractures skull in fall
Monday, September 28, 2009
Businesses are being warned to take correct precautions when their staff work at height, after a roofer sustained serious head injuries
Kent company fined after employee is crushed to death
Sunday, September 27, 2009
The crushing of a vehicle spray painter has led to a HSE prosecution that concluded today.
HSE fines laundry company after man is crushed by machine
Friday, September 25, 2009
HSE is urging laundry companies to ensure that they have safe systems of operation in place and carry out risk
HSE warns employers to control risks from workplace vehicles
Friday, September 25, 2009
HSE is warning employers that they must have systems in place for ensuring pedestrians and vehicles can move safely around the workplace
HSE prosecutes water filtration company after worker is severely injured
Friday, September 25, 2009
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging companies to ensure that their equipment is fit for purpose
Safety regulator disappointed by ‘killer’ advert ruling
Thursday, September 24, 2009
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today expressed its deep disappointment at a decision by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)
School fruit and vegetables tested for pesticide residues
Thursday, September 24, 2009
The Pesticide Residues Committee (PRC) today published findings from the Department of Health’s School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme for Spring 2009.
Pesticide residues committee publish 2008 annual report
Thursday, September 24, 2009
The Pesticide Residues Committee (PRC) publishes their 2008 annual report today.
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