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Britain's Health and Safety Commission (HSC) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are responsible for the regulation of almost all the risks to health and safety arising from work activity in Britain. The HSE looks after health and safety in nuclear installations and mines, factories, farms, hospitals and schools, offshore gas and oil installations, the safety of the gas grid and the movement of dangerous goods and substances, railway safety, and many other aspects of the protection both of workers and the public. Local authorities are responsible to HSC for enforcement in offices, shops and other parts of the services sector. The HSC is sponsored by the Department of Work and Pensions and is ultimately accountable to the Minister of State for Work, the Right Honourable Jane Kennedy MP. |
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The Health and Safety Executive has published a new Approved Code of Practice to help ensure substances that cause occupational asthma are properly controlled by employers. Occupational asthma is the most frequently diagnosed respiratory disease in Great Britain. HSE estimates that between 1,500 and 3,000 people develop it every year. |
07 May 2006 |
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Nominations for Good Practice Awards to recognise outstanding and innovative ways of handling dangerous substances by British companies, are being sought by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. |
06 May 2006 |
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Up to 13.4 million days a year are lost due to stress at work and although guidance has been available for almost a decade, the Health and Safety Commission wanted an innovative approach which would provide the tools for bosses and workers to tackle the challenge in their own firms. |
05 May 2006 |
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The Health and Safety Executive has today published new guidance aimed at tackling one of the main causes of accidents at power presses. Accident data shows that poor maintenance was at the root of about 40% of incidents involving mechanical presses. |
04 May 2006 |
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The Manual Handling Assessment Chart (MAC) to help managers identify high risk manual handling jobs has been launched today by the Health and Safety Executive. The website http://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/mac was also launched today. Employers, safety reps, health professionals and members of the public should find this site useful as it provides up to date information on health and safety relating to Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) - the general name for conditions such as back pain and RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury). |
03 May 2006 |
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The Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens today published new health and safety guidance on how to control the risks posed from infections at work, as part of the European Week for Safety and Health 13 -18 October 2003. |
02 May 2006 |
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A new approach of 'community sharing' in the call centre industry could improve their occupational health record and benefit UK industry overall, says the Health and Safety Executive today as it publishes the first major study of call centre working. |
01 May 2006 |
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Sponsored by the Health and Safety Executive, 'Worksmart', has already run in its more general form on ITV television networks across the country in 2001 and 2002. It achieved a 250% per cent increase in awareness of health and safety issues among viewers in the target audience. It was piloted with Granada Television, North West, where it ran for two years. |
21 April 2006 |
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The 2005 Regulations reflect the experience and changes in the offshore oil and gas industry since 1993. They will cut bureaucracy for industry and allow Health and Safety Executive inspectors to carry out more planned interventions. |
07 April 2006 |
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The Health and Safety Executive is reminding employers that the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 come into force today. The regulations replace the existing Noise at Work Regulations 1989 for all industries in Great Britain except music and entertainment, which have until April 2008 to comply. |
06 April 2006 |
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The amendment changes the civil liability provisions in the Regulations so as to exclude the right of third parties to take legal action against employees for contraventions of their duties under these Regulations. This extends to employees the same protection against third party action as that provided for employers. |
06 April 2006 |
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The safety of a nuclear plant is the responsibility of the licensee, who is required to submit to HSE a written demonstration of safety, or safety case, which is periodically updated to reflect changing conditions. The Safety Assessment Principles provide a famework for the technical judgements that HSE inspectors have to make to establish whether safety cases are adequate, thus ensuring a consistent approach to the assessment process. |
04 April 2006 |
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The Health and Safety Executive has updated information on managing asbestos in schools. The potential exposure of teachers and pupils to asbestos remains low but HSE is re-issuing the guidance to remind those responsible of their duties relating to the management of asbestos. |
03 April 2006 |
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The responsibility for railway health and safety regulation is transferring from the Health and Safety Commission and Executive to the Office of Rail Regulation on 1 April 2006. |
31 March 2006 |
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'Each year approximately 17 workers are killed on essential projects procured by the public sector ', Lord Hunt, Minister for health and safety, said today at a major construction event. 'This human cost is too high a price to pay, both economically and ethically'. |
28 March 2006 |
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The Health and Safety Executive is today inviting views and comments on a review of its strategy for regulating the design of new nuclear power stations. This follows a request from the Department of Trade and Industry, as part of the Government's Energy Review, for advice on the potential role of pre-licensing assessments of power station designs. |
27 March 2006 |
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Hearing loss caused by work is preventable but once your hearing, or that of your workers, has gone it won't come back. A communications campaign was launched today through key trade journals, direct mail-outs, online newsletters and press activity to remind people of the simple rules of thumb to see whether the new regulations may apply. If they do, employers can get help tackling noise at work through HSE's noise web pages and Infoline. |
27 March 2006 |
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Following the successful prosecution for manslaughter following the death of 23 cockle pickers on Morecambe Bay in February 2004 the Health and Safety Commission has today taken the opportunity to re-empahsised the importance of worker protection imposed by health and safety legislation. |
24 March 2006 |
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'Watch out for your bin man' is the Health and Safety Executive's call to the people of Leicester this week, following the launch of an initiative designed to make householders more aware of the safety of the people who collect their waste and recyclables. |
24 March 2006 |
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Total Lindsey Oil Refinery Limited has been fined £14,000 following a prosecution brought by the Health and Safety Executive after an explosion at its refinery in Immingham, North Killingholme. HSE's investigation found that TLOR failed to adequately manage risks posed to workers carrying out maintenance on its behalf on a crude oil storage tank. |
23 March 2006 |
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The Health and Safety Executive has today issued an information document to the owners of vertically opening powered rolling doors following a number of serious and fatal accidents to children riding on these doors. |
22 March 2006 |
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The Health and Safety Executive has today issued an information document to the owners of vertically opening powered rolling doors following a number of serious and fatal accidents to children riding on these doors. |
22 March 2006 |
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The Health and Safety Executive is today reminding industry of the dangers of misusing retractable type fall arresters, sometimes referred to as 'inertia blocks', following the interim findings of a research project commissioned by HSE. |
21 March 2006 |
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The Health and Safety Commission today published a consultative document seeking comments on proposals for the Biocidal Products (Amendment) Regulations 2006. Biocidal products are used in a variety of industries to control unwanted organisms, such as animals, insects, bacteria, viruses and fungi. They are intended to kill or otherwise exert a controlling effect by chemical or biological means. |
17 March 2006 |
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West Coast Traincare was yesterday fined £13,000 following a prosecution brought by the Health and Safety Executive after a train maintenance worker's hand was run over by a train. HSE's investigation found that there was an inadequate system in place for safely carrying out the work. |
15 March 2006 |
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Henderson General Services Ltd, a construction company based in Putney, London, was fined £18,000 and ordered to pay costs of £4,296, at the Old Bailey on Monday 13 March 2006. The prosecution, brought by the Health and Safety Executive, followed its investigation into the death of Mr James Grimes who died when he fell from a ladderwhile he attempted to access a scaffold. |
14 March 2006 |
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The Chief Executive of the Health and Safety Executive Geoffrey Podger, in a speech, today at the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health conference, has set out the challenges facing a modern regulator. |
13 March 2006 |
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New research on asbestos confirms that risks from asbestos containing textured coatings are much lower than previously thought. The new research published today supports the proposal that work with textured coatings will no longer require a licence. |
13 March 2006 |
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Back pain and manual handling injuries are among the most common occupational ill health problems in the UK. In catering and hospitality industry kitchens there are many tasks that without proper controls can cause back pain or upper limb injuries. |
10 March 2006 |
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The Health and Safety Executive has today issued a safety alert to the waste and recycling industry following nine reported fatalities in eight weeks. In seven instances, people were killed by being struck by a vehicle. |
01 March 2006 |
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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, minister responsible for health and safety, today announced the 13 award winners from the third round of the Workers' Safety Adviser Challenge Fund. The aim of the fund is to increase worker involvement and consultation. |
01 March 2006 |
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The Health and Safety Executive today launches new resources for employers to help them involve workers in health and safety management. Published as part of a new 'worker involvement' website the tools provide a wealth of sound help and advice to businesses. |
28 February 2006 |
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Today, the Health and Safety Executive announced the revised Construction (Design and Management) Regulations would be implemented in Spring 2007. The Regulations will revise and bring together provisions in the existing CDM Regulations 1994 and the Construction Health Safety and Welfare Regulations 1996 into a single regulatory package. |
28 February 2006 |
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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath today launched Workplace Health Connect, a new free advisory service on workplace health for smaller businesses: 'This new confidential advisory service for small businesses offers cost-effective and simple solutions to help cut workplace injuries and ill-health. It is simply unacceptable that UK small businesses incur major costs because they are unaware of effective and efficient solutions to manage health and safety.' |
23 February 2006 |
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The Health and Safety Executive today issued precautionary advice to operators of fuel storage sites following the publication of a progress report by the Buncefield Major Incident Investigation Board on the joint investigation by HSE and the Environment Agency. |
21 February 2006 |
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'Stress is the main cause of sickness absence in the public sector,' Geoffrey Podger, Chief Executive of the Health and Safety Executive, will today tell Human Resource Directors in the police service, 'but there is a growing realisation that it can be tackled effectively.' |
20 February 2006 |
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'Stress is the main cause of sickness absence in the public sector,' Geoffrey Podger, Chief Executive of the Health and Safety Executive, will today tell Human Resource Directors in the police service, 'but there is a growing realisation that it can be tackled effectively.' |
20 February 2006 |
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The Health and Safety Executive today issued a reminder to companies working with radiation on the importance of protection control measures, including basic monitoring. The reminder follows the conclusion of a case brought jointly by HSE and the Department for Transport against specialist contractor, AEA Technology plc. |
20 February 2006 |
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The Health and Safety Executive yesterday served two summonses on Corus UK Ltd for breaches of health and safety law, following the conclusion of its investigation into the explosion at Blast Furnace 5 at their Port Talbot site in November 2001. The explosion killed three men, Len Radford, Andrew Hutin, and Stephen Galsworthy. |
16 February 2006 |
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A statement on incidents at nuclear installations in Britain that meet Ministerial reporting criteria is reported to the Secretaries of State for Trade and Industry and for Scotland and published every quarter by the Health and Safety Executive. |
16 February 2006 |
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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, Minister with responsibility for health and safety, is launching the review by opening a stakeholder forum on 20 February at HSE's London offices. He said today: 'Every year between 20-30 people are tragically killed through carbon monoxide poisoning. I want to ensure that we have an effective regime to improve gas safety.' |
15 February 2006 |
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'If you see it, sort it' is the message from Stephen Williams, the Chief Inspector of Construction at the Health and Safety Executive, as construction inspectors begin a nationwide inspection programme targeting building sites with poor housekeeping. |
02 February 2006 |
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Addressing healthcare staff and patient safety experts at the National Patient Safety Agency's event 'Patient Safety 2006', Lord Hunt pointed out: 'Injuries from incidents such as falls account for around a third of patient injuries. For health services staff, 54% of major reported injuries are due to slips, trips and falls, compared with 34% across all employment sectors. Given that the vast majority of such injuries result in broken bones, the costs to the health services in staff absence are phenomenal, while those injured endure a great deal of pain and suffering.' |
02 February 2006 |
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Yesterday the Great Yarmouth based company was fined a total of £50,000 and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £86,000 at Norwich Crown Court, after pleading guilty to breaching health and safety law. This criminal case follows an investigation by HSE into the condition of asbestos containing materials at the firm's site in South Denes Road in October 2003. |
02 February 2006 |
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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath yesterday underlined the cost of sickness absence to the British economy. The latest estimate puts the cost to the economy at around £12 billion per year, with absenteeism in the private sector making up around £8 billion of the total. |
31 January 2006 |
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The Health and Safety Executive today signed a ground-breaking partnership agreement with EEF, the manufacturers' organisation, to promote effective health and safety management across manufacturing industries. |
27 January 2006 |
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Over 1,000 construction workers fracture a bone or dislocate a bone every year. This February, as part of an initiative to reduce the number of slips and trips on construction sites, Health and Safety Executive inspectors will be carrying out a nationwide 'Watch Your Step' inspection programme. |
24 January 2006 |
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The Health and Safety Executive confirmed today that it is to produce a report on health and safety issues relating to significant energy sources and technologies, as a contribution to the Government's Energy Review. |
23 January 2006 |
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Construction company proprietor Wayne Davies of A & E Buildings, based in Knighton, Powys, was today sentenced to an 18-month custodial sentence following a prosecution brought by the Crown Prosecution Service. The case heard at Hereford Crown Court, followed a joint investigation between the police and the Health and Safety Executive into the death of Mark Jones. |
20 January 2006 |
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The draft package implements changes to the european asbestos worker protection directive and tightens statutory protections for those working with asbestos, by introducing a single, lower control limit for worker exposure to all types of asbestos and requiring specified training for all employees who are liable to be exposed to asbestos. |
18 January 2006 |
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The Health and Safety Executive's manufacturing sector has announced a 'best practice' conference on rehabilitation and managing sickness absence among employees in manufacturing industries. |
16 January 2006 |
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The Health and Safety Commission today announced the appointment of the Rt. Hon. Lord Newton of Braintree as the independent chairman of the board supervising the investigation into the Buncefield oil depot incident on 11 December 2005. |
12 January 2006 |
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The majority of resolutions to make business improvements this year will not stand the test of time according to an opinion survey released today by the Health and Safety Executive as part of its Better Business campaign. The results show that 57 per cent of small businesses make New Year's resolutions, but that 21 per cent of these will break them within a fortnight, and 43 per cent will break them within one month. |
10 January 2006 |
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At a routine meeting at Dacorum Borough Council, the Buncefield Investigation Manager, Taf Powell, was invited to listen to the views of owners of businesses based near the Buncefield oil depot following the incident at the site on 11 December 2005. |
10 January 2006 |
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The Health and Safety Commission has formally asked the Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency to investigate last week's incident at the Buncefield oil depot; to appoint an Investigation Board with an independent chair and to make a special report to the HSC as soon as possible. |
20 December 2005 |
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In an event held to celebrate the achievement, Health and Safety Commission Commissioner, Hugh Robertson, congratulated all those who had helped reach the target. He said: 'Well done to everybody in the industry who has risen to the challenge of the 'Hard Target, to cut reportable injuries by 50% by 2005. The quarry industry has shown that a competent management and a genuinely involved workforce will deliver targets making it an exemplar to other traditional heavy industries.' |
15 December 2005 |
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Following the excellent work of both the Police and Fire Services, as well as many other agencies, and the successful existinguishing of the fires on the Buncefield Oil Storage site, Hertfordshire Constabulary has now started its phased withdrawal from operations. |
15 December 2005 |
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Workplace Transport Safety: An Employers' Guide (HSG136) was launched by HSE at the Health and Safety Partnership Conference held today at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London. |
14 December 2005 |
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Lord Hunt, Minister responsible for health and safety at work, today called on local authorities to ensure that they make worker involvement a key element of their health and safety work programme for 2006/7. His announcement heralded the launch of the Health and Safety Commission's local authority phase of its Worker Involvement Programme. |
14 December 2005 |
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'Managing employees' health and wellbeing can make a big difference to organisations' productivity and efficiency.' This is the message given by Jonathan Rees, Deputy Chief Executive of the Health and Safety Executive, in his speech Health and Wellbeing: its contribution to efficiency today. The speech was delivered to the public sector's second annual Efficiency Delivery Conference, Putting policy into practice, at the QEII Conference Centre. |
12 December 2005 |
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Announcing the report, Kevin Allars, Head of HSE's Hazardous Installations Chemical Industries Division, said: 'The fire and explosion at the Humber refinery was a very serious event and could have been catastrophic. It shows the potential harm that arises from major hazard plant. Our investigation revealed that as well as failing to inspect pipework at its site adequately, the company's management had not correctly analysed the effects of an operating change, nor recorded it. This led to operators, inspection and monitoring staff not having a common understanding of the actual operating arrangements at the plant.' |
01 December 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Executive has published further guidance on Whole Body Vibration. The guide, 'Whole Body Vibration: The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005' gives advice to employers of what can be done to reduce and control the risks of WBV under the Control of Vibration Work Act 2005 which came into being earlier this year. |
30 November 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Executive today published its initial draft simplification plan, as part of its commitment to deliver the wider better regulation agenda, on its website. We want to know what you think. |
29 November 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Commission today published its tenth progress report on recommendations made following Public Inquiries into the Southall and Ladbroke Grove rail incidents and Joint Inquiry into Train Protection Systems. |
24 November 2005 |
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A statement on incidents at nuclear installations in Britain that meet Ministerial reporting criteria is sent to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Secretary of State for Scotland and is published every quarter by the Health and Safety Executive. |
23 November 2005 |
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New health and safety qualifications aimed at people working in farming have been recognised by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. A Health and Safety Executive initiative, vocational qualifications for health and safety in agriculture are the first such qualifications designed specifically for the farming industry and will pave the way for a new generation of training courses to tackle the industry's poor health and safety record. |
21 November 2005 |
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Construction company Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd of Thornton Heath, Surrey, was today fined a total of £60,000 and ordered to pay £45,000 costs at Wolverhampton Crown Court, after pleading guilty to breaches of health and safety legislation. The case brought by the Health and Safety Executive follows its investigation into the death of employee Stephen Haywood during construction of the Nesscliffe Bypass in Shropshire on 4 October 2002. |
18 November 2005 |
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New regulations to replace the Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 1992 have been laid before Parliament. The Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005 will become law on 6 April 2006. |
18 November 2005 |
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Justin McCracken, Acting Chief Executive of the Health and Safety Executive, said today in response to the tragic incident in North Yorkshire earlier this week: |
16 November 2005 |
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A new database expanding and updating existing information on important Court judgments in repetitive strain injury cases, will be of direct and immediate benefit to the Health and Safety Executive who funded it, and to legal and health professionals working in the field RSI, trade unions, insurers and designers. The longer term aim is reducing the number of sufferers from this debilitating industrial injury. |
14 November 2005 |
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A serious injury to a young warehouse employee has prompted the Health and Safety Executive to emphasise a number of important safety issues to employers in the warehousing and commercial storage sectors. These include supervision of inexperienced workers, planning work at height and ensuring safety procedures are maintained outside normal working hours. |
14 November 2005 |
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Statistics released today by the Health and Safety Executive show the rate of fatal and major injuries in the construction industry is reducing. |
08 November 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Commission and the Health and Safety Executive strongly condemn any form of harassment or bullying at work and are supporters of Ban Bullying At Work Day (7 November 2005). |
08 November 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Executive announced today that it will prosecute Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd and Amey Rail Ltd in connection with the partial derailment of a high-speed train near Southall station, West London in November 2002. |
04 November 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Commission today published a consultative document seeking comments on proposed amendments to its asbestos regulations and an Approved Code of Practice. |
03 November 2005 |
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Lord Hunt, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions Minister for Health and Safety today emphasised the strong benefits to individuals, organisations and society who effectively manage stress at work . |
02 November 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Executive has published a new edition of its guidance for food manufacturing industries, A recipe for safety: Occupational health and safety in food and drink manufacture. This publication provides practical advice for management, supervisory staff and workers' representatives in the food and drink manufacturing industries. It also aims to increase understanding of the injury and ill health picture in these sectors and to stimulate awareness of priority areas for attention. |
25 October 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Executive has published new free guides to help raise awareness of the risks associated with ladder use and to give advice on how to use ladders safely. The guides are aimed at all users of ladders and their employers and have been published as part of HSE's campaign to reduce falls from height. |
24 October 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Executive today published its sixth annual Offences and Penalties Report 2004/5. The web only publication can be accessed at: www.hse.gov.uk/enforce/off0405/index.htm |
20 October 2005 |
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Allan Sefton, Director of Rail Safety at the Health and Safety Executive, said today that a decision on whether to prosecute for health and safety offences in relation to the Potters Bar train derailment will be taken after a Coroner's Inquest is held. |
17 October 2005 |
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Amendments that clarify and simplify working with contained Genetically Modified Organisms have recently come into force. Key requirements of the regulations include: |
12 October 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Executive has today issued a warning to the construction industry about possible dangers with two items of mobile plant commonly used by construction companies, mobile elevating working platforms and telehandlers. |
07 October 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Executive today announced that it is content for the Sizewell B nuclear power station to operate for up to a further ten years, subject to continued satisfactory safety performance. |
06 October 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Executive has published updated guidance on organising public firework displays safely. |
06 October 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Executive and the Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services jointly launched the Large Organisation Partnership Pilot today. The pilot will focus on developing closer partnerships to improve health and safety. |
04 October 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Executive has granted consent to Magnox Electric Ltd for a decommissioning project at the company's Chapelcross nuclear power station in Dumfries. |
04 October 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Executive spoke on BBC's Newsnight programme last Friday (9 September) to dispel the myth that window cleaners can no longer use ladders because they are banned by the Work at Height Regulations. Sensible risk management is the key to securing compliance with health and safety regulations, including the WAHR. |
12 September 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Executive today urged the offshore oil and gas industry to increase its efforts to meet the 2010 target of safest sector in the world, as set by the industry's own Step Change in Safety initiative. |
08 September 2005 |
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The Construction Industry Advisory Committee, are pleased to announce that the industry's leading health and safety campaign, Working Well Together, will once again visit construction workers at their places of work during a five week nation-wide roadshow. |
06 September 2005 |
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A revised version of guidance designed to help employers who supply and use personal protective equipment at work meet their duties under the law has been published by the Health and Safety Executive. |
30 August 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Executive has recently investigated several complaints relating to flame failure devices on gas forges used primarily by farriers. The key issues are the purchase of suitable equipment and safe operation of the forge. |
30 August 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Executive has issued a note clarifying guidance for managing health and safety in public paddling pools, tidal pools and segregated areas of rivers, lakes and the sea. HSE has issued the note in response to requests from operators of such facilities to make clear their responsibilities. |
08 August 2005 |
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The Inquest into the deaths of three men, which resulted from an explosion at the Corus steelworks at Port Talbot, Wales, on 8 November 2001, has resulted in a verdict of accidental death. The verdict was announced on Friday 5 August at Swansea's Guildhall. |
08 August 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Commission has today published a Consultative Document outlining proposals to amend the Nuclear Reactors (Environmental Impact Assessment for Decommissioning) Regulations 1999 (EIADR99). |
01 August 2005 |
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Statistics released yesterday by the Health and Safety Executive show the total number of fatal injuries to workers in construction for this year is 72, a small increase on 71 workers in 2003/04. However, due to a continued rise in employment, the fatal injury rate has fallen by 3% to 3.48 per 100,000 workers, continuing the downward trend of the past four years. This is the lowest level seen on record. |
29 July 2005 |
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At the launch of the Health and Safety Executive's annual fatal injury statistics Bill Callaghan, Chair of the Health and Safety Commission called for all sections of industry to continue to improve their control of risk. |
28 July 2005 |
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HSE has launched a new guide for safety and other trade union representatives, offering practical advice on long-term sickness absence and return to work issues. The Health and Safety Commission in a new strategy for Workplace Health and Safety have recognised the need to strengthen the role of health and safety in getting people back to work. HSE has published advice to help trade union officials to implement solutions to reduce sickness absence in the work place. |
27 July 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Executive today signed an agreement with the National Trust and Swindon Borough Council to work together on health and safety at Trust premises. Senior managers from the three organisations met at the new Trust headquarters in Swindon to launch the agreement. |
25 July 2005 |
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Following the prosecution of a Berkshire fruit farming company last week, the Health and Safety Executive is using the case to emphasise a number of important safety issues to employers in the agriculture sector. These include: ensuring workers are properly trained; the need to carry out a risk assessment; and checking that machinery is suitable for the purpose for which it is being used. The prosecution followed HSE's investigation into the deaths of two Polish workers who became entangled in farm machinery used to coil rope. |
19 July 2005 |
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The warning comes after a multi-agency investigation into illegal diving for razor fish (spoots) off Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland. The investigation revealed that some fishermen operating in the area are dropping electrified cables, which consist of several un-insulated metal electrodes, into the water that are then dragged by the vessel across the seabed stunning razor fish as they go. A diver who follows the path of the cable then collects the fish. However, if the diver comes into contact or even close proximity to the electrodes there is a real risk of electrocution.
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14 July 2005 |
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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath today called for a common sense approach to risk management as he formally launched a debate on the causes of risk aversion in health and safety. |
14 July 2005 |
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A Health and Safety Executive report, published today, confirms evidence of a positive link between the appointment of safety representatives and levels of health and safety awareness and performance. |
30 June 2005 |
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New regulations that will help both employers and employees to take preventive action from vibration risks in the workplace come into force on 6 July 2005, says the Health and Safety Executive. The European Physical Agents (Vibration) Directive (Directive 2002/44) deals with the control of diseases caused by vibration at work from equipment, vehicles and machines. |
29 June 2005 |
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Today, HSE's Chief Inspector of Construction, Rosi Edwards and Plymouth City Councillor Sue Dann, cabinet member for transport and human resources, visited a mobile unit used to deliver free health and safety training to take part in a training session and celebrate the success of the initiative. During the visit, the Chief Inspector and City Councillor also committed to further action to improve the South West and Plymouth's health and safety performance and discussed the benefits of sensible health and safety with successful delegate, Paul O'Leary. |
28 June 2005 |
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The 2005 designer initiative in Scotland and Northern England has revealed that designers in the construction industry are becoming increasingly aware of their responsibilities to design out health and safety risks. |
27 June 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Executive is appealing to waste management and recycling industries to visit its 'Better Backs' micro site at www.betterbacks.hse.gov.uk or call 0845 345 0055, both of which offer practical tips on how to avoid back-related injuries in the workplace. |
13 June 2005 |
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The Health & Safety Executive is reminding those involved in the glazing and cladding industries of the importance of conducting suitable risk assessments and having safe systems of work in place for packing and unpacking large sheets of glass. |
08 June 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Executive has warned the motor vehicle repair trade of the need to have its vehicle lifts and ramps regularly and thoroughly examined by a competent person after a Peterborough worker was almost crushed under a vehicle ramp. |
24 May 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Executive is continuing its national initiative to reduce musculoskeletal injuries and ill health in mattress manufacturing and intends to engage the industry, through a partnership approach, at two free workshops next month. |
18 May 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Executive has granted exemptions to enable twelve heritage/charter train companies, and other operators of their Mark 1 rolling stock to continue to run stock without central door locking. |
09 May 2005 |
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The breathing performance for a single demand valve and first stage regulator combination is set out in British Standard EN250. This, however, gives no indication as to how two demand valves would perform together when drawing on a single first stage regulator. This, along with evidence of divers struggling to use 'octopus' systems in genuine emergencies, prompted the research. |
21 April 2005 |
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New regulations came into force on 6 April 2005, applying to all work at height where there is a risk of a fall liable to cause personal injury. To assist the construction industry the Health and Safety Executive has today published a Question and Answer Brief to explain what the new regulations mean in practice and the standards HSE expects the industry to meet. It is available on the HSE website. |
13 April 2005 |
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A group of offshore oil and gas industry safety regulators, which includes the Health and Safety Executive, has announced a commitment to producing common standards and further co-operation in the name of global consistency and improved international health, safety and environmental performance. |
08 April 2005 |
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New regulations on the manufacture and storage of explosives have been laid before Parliament, the Health and Safety Executive announced today (5 April). The Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations 2005 will come into force on 26 April. |
06 April 2005 |
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Health and Safety Executive construction inspectors will again 'Take a Designer to Site' during April and May 2005, continuing the campaign to reduce the number of incidents involving falls from height in the construction industry. |
04 April 2005 |
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From 6 April, a new focus on good practice will help employers prevent their employees' health being harmed by the chemicals used in their workplace. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations. |
01 April 2005 |
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A key element is to ensure that any future reporting requirements are easy to understand and that businesses can achieve compliance without undue administrative costs. It is also essential that any reporting system is unbureaucratic and does not burden business unnecessarily. |
31 March 2005 |
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A statement on incidents at nuclear installations in Britain which meet Ministerial reporting criteria is reported to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Secretary of State for Scotland and is published every quarter by the Health and Safety Executive. |
24 March 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Executive has launched a three-year initiative with the waste and recycling industry to address the high number of fatal and serious incidents that occur during collection and processing of municipal waste and recycling activities. |
21 March 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Commission has published a consultative document seeking comments on redrafted guidance from the Health and Safety Executive on the Nuclear Reactors (Environmental Impact Assessment for Decommissioning) Regulations 1999 (EIADR99). |
10 March 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Commission has today published a consultative letter containing proposals for regulations concerning the civil liabilities of employees. The proposed changes are being made to address concerns raised, in particular by Public Concern at Work and the TUC. |
24 February 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Commission's Textiles Industry Advisory Committee is holding an open meeting in Leicester to offer practical advice on controlling noise in the textiles and footwear industries. |
31 January 2005 |
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Constructing Better Health, the construction industry's occupational health pilot scheme, received a welcome boost this week when the Association of British Insurers pledged a contribution of £100,000 for 2005, with the potential for a further £100,000 donation in 2006. |
28 January 2005 |
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The Health and Safety Executive today launched a new web-based tool to assist SME's track and assess how well they are managing their own health and safety performance supported by the DTI's Small Business Service. |
20 January 2005 |
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The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (COSHH 2004) will prohibit the supply or use of cement which has a chromium VI concentration of more than 2 parts per million. |
17 January 2005 |
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Following recent press coverage on health and safety issues relating to paddling pools run by local authorities, Justin McCracken, Deputy Director General of the Health and Safety Executive, said: 'What all pool operators must do is weigh up the risks and provide precautions which match the level of risk they have identified, and they have had to do this by law for 30 years. Each situation has to be assessed on its own merits and, for paddling pools, issues such as the size, depth and usage of the pool will determine what measures are appropriate. |
06 January 2005 |
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The warning comes after the prosecution of Nicholas Alfred Arrowsmith who had applied to HSE for a replacement Part II (AODC transitional certificate) commercial diving certificate. HSE carried out routine checks of Arrowsmith's qualifications and found he was only qualified to the lower Part I level. Further investigation revealed that the copy of the certificate Arrowsmith sent to HSE had been tampered with so as to make it appear that he had reached the Part II level. |
22 December 2004 |
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The Health and Safety Executive is advising owners of diving cylinders to note that from 1 July 2006 the regulations covering the periodic inspection and testing of their cylinders will change. In the future, persons conducting cylinder inspections in the UK will be subject to a third party conformity assessment. |
21 December 2004 |
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Dr Allan Sefton, head of the Health and Safety Executive's HM Railway Inspectorate, is remaining in post until HMRI's forthcoming merger with the Office of Rail Regulation. This extension to Dr Sefton's contract beyond his planned retirement date of 14 April 2005 has been agreed by both HSE Director General Timothy Walker and ORR Chairman Chris Bolt. |
13 December 2004 |
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A statement on incidents at nuclear installations in Britain which meet Ministerial reporting criteria is reported to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Secretary of State for Scotland and is published every quarter by the Health and Safety Executive. |
09 December 2004 |
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The review, conducted by the Health and Safety Executiv, attracted a large number of responses from the first aid community and employers, revealing majority support for continuing with the current framework. The Regulations are regarded as a cost effective way of ensuring delivery of first aid provision, although further work could be done to improve understanding of the system and the way it operates. |
09 December 2004 |
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Concern that migrant workers could be missing out on crucial health and safety training because their employers are not providing safety material in any language other than English has prompted the Health and Safety Executive and the Trades Union Congress to produce new safety information translated into 21 different languages. |
09 December 2004 |
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The Health and Safety Executive has issued a warning on the importance of following manufacturers' instructions on the use of fall arrest equipment, in particular systems based on twin tailed energy absorbing lanyards. The warning has been prompted by a recent incident in Australia, where a worker was killed when his lanyard failed. |
08 December 2004 |
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A high level agreement has been reached by the Health and Safety Commission, with the Health and Safety Executive and the Local Government Associations, representing local authority interests, about building a new partnership to deliver health and safety enforcement. |
08 December 2004 |
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Savill Fabrications Limited was fined £4,000 at City of London Magistrates on 2 December 2004 following an HSE prosecution for a breach of health and safety law. The prosecution followed an HSE investigation into an incident on 25 May 2001 when Savill's employee Mr Robert Totham suffered serious injuries following a fall from height at a construction site at Kew Riverside, Surrey. |
03 December 2004 |
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The aim of the fund is to inspire organisations to collaborate on projects that encourage and promote employees and their employers to work together to drive improvements in managing health and safety. The scheme focuses on small firms and organizations that lack such arrangements. Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to improve health and safety, support the work of a WSA to promote worker involvement and demonstrate the vitality of the partnerships they have established to achieve this aim. |
01 December 2004 |
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Figures published today by the Health and Safety Executive show an increase in the number of reported workplace injuries, which could reflect improved reporting, and a decline in new cases of work-related ill health. The most significant improvements have occurred in areas where health and safety inspection, enforcement, advice and partnership working have been most evident. |
18 November 2004 |
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A statement of nuclear incidents at nuclear installations in Britain during the second quarter of 2004 is published today by the Health and Safety Executive. It covers the period 1 April to 30 June 2004. There are two installations mentioned in the statement. |
12 November 2004 |
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SAT has been designed for those with responsibility for assessing slip hazards on smooth floors prone to contamination from substances such as water, food, oil and dust. Already being used successfully by HSE and local authority enforcement officers, it is now being made available to the wider health and safety community. |
12 November 2004 |
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Representatives of the Health and Safety Executive and the UK's cleaning industry met last month to set up a new liaison forum. The cleaning industry is a major employer in the UK, and this first meeting is a major step in driving forward improvements in health and safety. |
11 November 2004 |
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The Health and Safety Executive today published new guidance designed to help directors and senior managers in major hazard industries to improve the effectiveness of their leadership. Leadership for the major hazard industries also aims to encourage senior managers to reflect on their current approach and challenge them to continuously improve health and safety performance in their companies. |
04 November 2004 |
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The Health and Safety Executive today launches a new approach to help employers work with their employees to manage the risks from work-related stress. |
03 November 2004 |
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The HSWA resulted in the creation of the HSC. Working with others in the health and safety system in Great Britain, the HSC and Health and Safety Executive have seen and contributed to major advances in reducing injuries and ill health including established occupational diseases. Throughout that time, consultation with industry, unions, local government and other stakeholders has been a core principle of the way the HSC/E works and the open meeting provides an opportunity for that relationship to develop further. |
12 October 2004 |
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The Health and Safety Executive has prepared interim updated estimates of the costs to Britain of workplace accidents and work-related ill health. These indicate that in 2001/02 health and safety failures cost. |
08 October 2004 |
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Two companies, McGinley Recruitment Services Limited and Balfour Beatty Rail Infrastructure Services Limited, today received fines totalling £325,000 in the Central Criminal Court, London. The prosecution, brought by the Health and Safety Executive, followed its investigation into the death of rail worker Michael Mungovan. |
01 October 2004 |
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Bill Callaghan, Chair of the Health and Safety Commission announced today a partnership initiative between the Health and Safety Executive and Local Authorities in Kent to run the country's largest ever workplace transport safety campaign. |
28 September 2004 |
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The Health and Safety Commission today published its third progress report on recommendations made following recent rail Public Inquiries. |
14 September 2004 |
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The site, which can be found at http://www.hse.gov.uk/surfaceengineering, is designed to give everyone working in the industry access to free, up to date advice on health and safety. |
03 September 2004 |
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Waste management and recycling is one of the UK's fastest growing industries due to the need to provide environmentally friendly and sustainable solutions to our everyday problems of waste. Unfortunately, it is also one of the most dangerous. |
02 September 2004 |
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The warning follows the prosecution of Asahi Glass Fluoropolymers U.K. Limited of Thornton Cleveleys near Blackpool who appeared before Fylde Coast Magistrates' Court in Fleetwood on Tuesday 24 August 2004. The company was fined £3,000 and ordered to pay full costs of £1,396 following a guilty plea for breaching Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. |
27 August 2004 |
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'Maintaining portable and transportable electrical equipment' gives practical advice on how to maintain equipment in a safe condition and prevent accidents. It covers equipment that may be connected to either fixed mains or a locally generated supply, and that could result in an electric shock, burn or fire due to damage, wear or misuse. First published in 1994, this second edition contains updated advice, with new sections on cables and the repair and replacement of equipment. |
26 August 2004 |
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The Health and Safety Executive has recently updated its popular guide aimed at employers, employees and the self-employed who use, or have control over, portable or transportable electrical equipment. |
26 August 2004 |
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The first edition provides details with links to further information including the current safety case regulation consultation, the working time directive, latest safety statistics and OSD's plans for tackling installation integrity and maintenance management matters. |
25 August 2004 |
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The Health and Safety Executive is reminding construction workers of the dangers they face when working in excavations following recent fatalities caused by trench collapses. |
19 August 2004 |
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Health & Safety Executive inspector, Mike Walters, currently seconded to the Transport & General Workers Union, is appealing for people in farming to help improve child safety by taking part in two surveys. |
10 August 2004 |
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Recently published figures from the Health and Safety Commission on fatal injuries in Health and Safety Executive and local authority enforced sectors for 2003/04 show increases in the number of fatal incidents involving motor vehicle repair activities. |
09 August 2004 |
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Three employees working on a farm near Thetford were asphyxiated in a slurry tank. They were overcome by carbon dioxide; this, compounded by a lack of oxygen, resulted in the workers drowning in less than one metre of liquid. A fourth worker, who also entered the tank, was very fortunate to escape with his life. |
29 July 2004 |
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Following the recent prosecution of Clarkson Textiles Ltd, of Nelson, Lancashire, the Health and Safety Executive issues a reminder to the textile industry, particularly companies working with flock or other dusty materials, to be aware of the risk of fire or explosion. |
28 July 2004 |
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The trend for agriculture in Wales is similar to the pattern for Great Britain. In the last ten years 57 workers have been killed in Wales, including four times more self-employed than employees. In Great Britain as a whole, there is a downward trend in fatal incident rates in the employed sector, but not among the self-employed. |
20 July 2004 |
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Following an incident to a small child on 22 June 2004 at a construction site in Filey, North Yorkshire, the Health and Safety Executive has issued a reminder to contractors that it is their responsibly to keep children off sites and to store materials and plant safely. |
16 July 2004 |
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The Secretary of State for Transport announced today moves to transfer responsibility for railway safety regulation from HSC/E to the new Office of Rail Regulation. |
15 July 2004 |
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Dr Roger Nourish, Head of HSE's Agriculture and Food Sector said: 'Last year I appealed to Scottish farming families to work with us to stem the rising number of deaths in agriculture. This year has seen a return to single figures. And for the first time in over a decade no agricultural employee was killed in Scotland while at work. The overall reduction in the number of deaths is welcome but we must not be complacent. The trend for agriculture as a whole of a rising fatal accident incidence rate amongst the self-employed and family farms is still a concern. We need to sustain and build on the improvements in Scotland over the past year.' |
24 June 2004 |
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The Health and Safety Commission today encouraged the civil air transport industry to continue to work in partnership with the Health and Safety Executive and trade unions to drive down the costs of accidents and ill health. Speaking at the Airport Operators' Association Operations and Safety Conference, Bill Callaghan, Chair of HSC. |
16 June 2004 |
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Construction sites across Great Britain will be inspected by the Health and Safety Executive during June 2004 as part of a Europe-wide inspection campaign to reduce the number of fatal and serious injuries in the industry. |
07 June 2004 |
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A statement of nuclear incidents at nuclear installations in Britain during the first quarter of 2004 is published today by the Health and Safety Executive. It covers the period 1 January to 31 March 2004. During this period there were no incidents at civil licensed nuclear installations that met the reporting criteria. |
03 June 2004 |
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Three-way karabiners are still the best form of rope-to-harness connector for tree surgery and arboriculture but improvements are needed, say researchers at the Health and Safety Laboratory. |
03 June 2004 |
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During April 2004 HSE construction inspectors met designers and planning supervisors at 122 sites across Scotland and the North of England, focusing on falls from height. Designers had the opportunity to explain what they have done, during the design stage, to reduce the risks from work at height for workers on site during construction and those carrying out future maintenance as required by Regulation 13 of the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 1994. An overview report of the site visit initiative is available on the HSE web site from today. |
02 June 2004 |
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The Health and Safety Commission today welcomed the publication of the Better Regulation Task Force's report Better Routes to Redress. The report explores why some believe there is a 'compensation culture' and the damage that this perception could do to the prosperity and well-being of the UK if it is not tackled. It also considers how people with genuine grievances can have better access to redress, mediation and rehabilitation, and makes recommendations about how these processes can be improved. |
27 May 2004 |
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The Health and Safety Commission today welcomed the publication of the Better Regulation Task Force's report Better Routes to Redress. The report explores why some believe there is a 'compensation culture' and the damage that this perception could do to the prosperity and well-being of the UK if it is not tackled. It also considers how people with genuine grievances can have better access to redress, mediation and rehabilitation, and makes recommendations about how these processes can be improved. |
27 May 2004 |
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Bill Callaghan, Chair of the Health and Safety Commission, today launched an innovative three month consultation campaign asking managers and employers for their views on proposals to reduce work-related stress. A video explanation of the proposals is available via HSE's website and feedback can be delivered online. |
25 May 2004 |
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Protection for building and maintenance workers from the fatal diseases caused by asbestos will be enhanced tomorrow when the new duty to manage comes into force. The duty will require anyone responsible for the maintenance of commercial, industrial or public properties or for the common areas of domestic properties, to check for asbestos and properly manage the risk. |
20 May 2004 |
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The Heath and Safety Executive has published a report on its review of the decommissioning strategy for the BAE SYSTEMS Marine Ltd nuclear licensed site at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. HSE's HM Nuclear Installations Inspectorate undertook the review, in consultation with the Environment Agency. |
14 May 2004 |
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The Health and Safety Commission is seeking comments on a proposed policy statement which sets out the criteria for delicensing parts of, or entire sites licensed by the Health and Safety Executive under the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (the NI Act). |
05 May 2004 |
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For one in ten of all adults who suffer from asthma, work is the cause. There are at least 1500 cases each year. Bakers are one of the most vulnerable groups, as flour and grain is the second biggest cause of occupational asthma. Some 65,000 baking industry workers are potentially at risk from flour dust. |
04 May 2004 |
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Raise your game on safe lifting, this is the Health and Safety Executive's message to Safe Equipment Demonstration visitors this year. |
30 April 2004 |
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The Health and Safety Executive will today launch new guidance designed to help reduce the risk of accidents that occur when transporting paper. |
24 April 2004 |
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New regulations on the carriage of dangerous goods by road and rail will come into force on 10 May 2004, the Health and Safety Commission announced today. The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004 (the Regulations) consolidate into one set the previous extensive portfolio of over a dozen sets of regulations. |
21 April 2004 |
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The Health and Safety Executive today urged companies and other organisations to ignore information they receive from three firms purporting to regulate health and safety legislation. |
20 April 2004 |
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Building designers are still not doing enough to design out risk, the Health and Safety Executive has concluded. |
20 April 2004 |
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The shipbuilding and shiprepairing industries have accident incidence rates almost twice that of all manufacturing. The Shipbuilding and Shiprepairing industries health and safety committee will, this week, be addressed by Justin McCracken, Deputy Director of the Health and Safety Executive, on the benefits of working together to reduce accidents. |
19 April 2004 |
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With summer on the way, the Health & Safety Executive is reminding farmers and others responsible for farmland which may be used for recreation, about the risk to visitors of ill health from organisms living in the guts of animals. |
07 April 2004 |
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The Health and Safety Executive is launching a new DVD aimed specifically at diving instructors, providing them with practical advice for teaching recreational diving safely. |
25 March 2004 |
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The Health and Safety Executive is repeating its 'designer initiative' during April 2004 in a bid to reduce the number of falls from height accidents in the construction industry. The initiative focuses on bringing designers onto the construction sites where their designs are being built. |
24 March 2004 |
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Responding to the findings of the staff survey published today by the Commission for Health Improvement, Chris Taylor, Head of the Health Services Unit at the Health and Safety Executive, said: |
10 March 2004 |
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The Health and Safety Commission is inviting firms to comment on a proposed ban on high-chromium cement, a known cause of allergic dermatitis, a painful, disfiguring and sometimes disabling skin disease. Once skin is sensitised, the condition can become irreversible and force people to give up their jobs. |
08 March 2004 |
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Firms working with chemicals will be able to get free online advice on how to protect people and the environment. A new web tool will for the first time bring together the regulation of occupational health, safety at work and the environment. The tool, Chemical Essentials, is being developed by the Health and Safety Executive, the Environment Agency and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. |
26 February 2004 |
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The Health and Safety Executive today published the latest statistics (2002/03) on blood-lead levels of workers in Great Britain exposed to lead, as collected under the Control of Lead at Work Regulations. |
25 February 2004 |
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A radical new strategy to improve future standards of workplace health and safety in Great Britain was launched today by Des Browne, Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions and Bill Callaghan, Chair of the Health & Safety Commission. |
23 February 2004 |
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The Health and Safety Executive is reminding employers within the catering industry about their duty to provide workers with free personal protective equipment. The duty applies to catering employers both in the private and the public sectors. |
18 February 2004 |
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Commenting on an article in the British Medical Journal 30/1/04, once again highlighting the likely deaths from mesothelioma, Bill MacDonald, Head of asbestos policy at HSE, said: |
12 February 2004 |
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A new advice leaflet on improving health and safety in the recovered paper industry will be launched on Wednesday 25 February 2004 at a free half-day seminar, aimed at those working in the recovered paper industry. |
09 February 2004 |
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The Health and Safety Executive has published a new information sheet giving the catering and hospitality industries advice on aspects of safety for gas-fired equipment used for cooking. |
06 February 2004 |
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The Health and Safety Executive has published a new volume of its Railway Safety Principles and Guidance series. The guidance was developed by industry experts and will help in the development of safety cases and railway standards. It is aimed mainly at those responsible for safe train movements, particularly those working for infrastructure controllers, and train and station operators. |
02 February 2004 |
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Following the latest fatal accident at a large paper baler, the Health and Safety Executive has issued a warning to all industries of the dangers of clearing machinery blockages or carrying out running repairs without proper isolation procedures and / or interlocking. |
22 January 2004 |
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There should be fewer bad backs among workers in agriculture when an agreement to switch to smaller bags for seed comes into effect. The agreement was initiated by the Health and Safety Commission's Health in Agriculture Group. |
20 January 2004 |
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The Health and Safety Executive and the General Medical Council today signed a Memorandum of Understanding which codifies their commitment to working together in the interests of patients and everyone involved in delivering health services. |
15 January 2004 |
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