The owner of a pallet manufacturing firm has appeared in court after he allowed fires to be repeatedly lit at his premises next to gas storage sites in Carlisle.
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WIS 16: Circular saw benches – Safe working practices (revised)
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
This revised woodworking information sheet (WIS) gives practical guidance on safe working practices at circular saw benches.
Portable appliance tests (PAT)
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Catering and hospitality – Example risk assessments
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
You must manage the health and safety risks in your workplace. To do this you need to think about what, in your business, might cause harm to people and decide whether you are doing enough to prevent that harm. This is known as a risk assessment.
Widnes firm fined over employee’s fall injuries
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
A Cheshire worker could have been killed when he fell from the top of a chemical storage tank, a court has heard.
Printing company fined £112,500 over death of worker
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
One of the UK’s leading printing groups has been fined £112,500 at Peterborough Crown Court today after a maintenance engineer was crushed to death in a printing press.
Manufacturing: Rubber industry – case studies
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
These are real case studies and show the consequences to employees if there is inadequate health and safety in place. They also show that once a solution has been found, in addition to controlling the risk there can be other significant benefits for a company.
COSHH and your industry – How does it affect you?
Monday, March 26, 2012
How does Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) affect you in your industry? Select your industry to view key messages and how COSHH affects you.
Unregistered gas fitter’s work put people at risk
Friday, March 23, 2012
A Wrexham-based gas fitter has been sentenced after installing and illegally servicing equipment which could have resulted in harm to the tenants and landlord of a Wrexham property.
Leisure park worker trapped in trench collapse
Friday, March 23, 2012
A worker at a holiday park suffered serious injuries when a trench he was working in collapsed on top of him.
Lung diseases: Susceptible trades and industries – Quarries
Friday, March 23, 2012
Crystalline silica is one of the commonest minerals in the earths crust. When crushed during quarrying activities, materials containing silica create respirable crystalline silica (RCS) dust associated with the respiratory disease silicosis.
Exposure to lead statistics – latest figures for 2010/11
Friday, March 23, 2012
Latest statistics for blood-lead measurements taken under statutory medical surveillance for work with lead.
Electric Shock: poster – First aid procedures
Friday, March 23, 2012
This poster gives basic advice on first-aid procedures if someone has an electric shock at work. This poster is not a substitute for effective first-aid training.
Manufacturer fined after hydraulic press crushes Stranraer worker’s arm
Thursday, March 22, 2012
A machinery manufacturer has been fined after its hydraulic press crushed a Stranraer worker’s arm which was later amputated.
Safety chief teams up with teacher to prove red tape is no challenge
Thursday, March 22, 2012
The head of Britain’s safety watchdog has paid a visit to a Welsh school to see an award-winning teacher prove that it is possible to inject excitement into education – without falling foul of red tape.
Accident book
Thursday, March 22, 2012
The Accident Book will allow you to comply with legal requirements to record accidents at work. It also contains guidance on the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 and the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981.
GMOs (Contained Use) Public Register – updated February 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
An electronic copy of the Genetically Modified Organisms Public Register, updated for February 2012, is now available to view.
Mersey shipbuilding firm sentenced over welder death
Thursday, March 22, 2012
A Merseyside shipbuilding firm has been fined £120,000 over the death of a welder who became trapped while driving a forklift truck.
Adventure activities licensing – FAQs
Thursday, March 22, 2012
This page provides answers to some of your frequently asked questions about adventure activities licensing.
Essex school fined over student injury
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
A secondary school in Colchester has been prosecuted after a teenage boy was injured when a stack of timber board fell on him, causing severe injury to his ankle and foot.
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