Opportunities to attend health and safety events in Scotland about risk assessments and farm safety for school children.
Category: Risk
Blind daredevil makes health & safety pledge
Monday, September 14, 2009
Dean Dunbar, from Blairgowrie, Perthshire, braved two massive waterfalls
Risk assessment guidance - what do you think?
Thursday, September 10, 2009
We would like to know your views on HSE’s risk assessment guidance webpages.
‘Health and safety gone mad’ - Kevin Myers responds
Thursday, September 10, 2009
HSE Deputy Chief Executive Kevin Myers responds to articles in The Mirror on 5 September - ’Palarva’, and ‘Sorry, no
Example risk assessment package
Friday, September 4, 2009
This template brings together your risk assessment, health and safety policy and record of health and safety arrangements into one document
Firm fined after worker’s foot is crushed by heavy machinery
Friday, September 4, 2009
HSE is warning employers that adequate safeguards need to be put in place when dealing with heavy lifting
Council signs up to ‘sensible risk’ policy
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Bath and North East Somerset Council has joined forces with HSE to promote a ‘sensible’ approach to risk and combat some of the silly myths
Myth: Health and safety bans traditional school ties
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Few parents would see wearing school ties as a safety issue and we agree with them. After all, millions of kids have been
Local authorities sign up to sensible risk
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Sign-up to sensible risk was launched on 3 July 2007. The chief executives of HSE, the Local Government Association and a number of Local Authorities
Employers - take proper precautions to prevent falls
Friday, August 21, 2009
Employers are being warned to take correct precautions when their staff work at height, after a farm employee
HSE warns construction companies after deaths of two workmen
Friday, August 14, 2009
HSE is reminding construction companies of the financial penalties of not carrying out full risk assessments or ensuring their staff are properly trained
Specialist Inspectors - Risk Assessment
Friday, August 7, 2009
Posts are available for specialist inspectors in HSE’s Hazardous Installations Directorate as part of the Risk Assessment and Process Integrity Unit or Explosives Inspectorate,
HSE say earplug myth is summer madness
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
The Heath and Safety Executive has moved to silence critics claiming audiences must wear earplugs when attending
Principal Inspector of Mines
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Post for a principal inspector of mines is available in HSE’s Hazardous Installations Directorate. You will be expected to mainly operate from an ‘office at home’
The People - Myth busting
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
HSE Chair Judith Hackitt responds to a reader’s letter in The People newspaper regarding schools.
Myth: Health and safety laws mean concert-goers have to wear earplugs
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
HSE have put forward another health and safety myth - Health and safety laws mean concert-goers have to wear
Bucks Chief Executives sign up to sensible risk management
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Buckinghamshire Council Chief Executives were keen to add their support to the Sensible Risk Management Campaign
HSE won’t rain on your parade…or your fete!
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
HSE has chosen village fetes as July’s ‘elf and safety’ myth, to illustrate the confusion that exists around organising public events.
Speech to international risk and safety institute
Friday, July 10, 2009
HSE Chair Judith Hackitt gave a speech at an International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM) event in
Safety advisers need accreditation, HSE chair says
Friday, July 3, 2009
Health and safety advisers need accreditation to ensure they meet appropriate standards of professional competence,
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