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November News Letter
1st Nov, 2007Insufficient ventilation led to LPG blast Two men in Lancashire, received serious burns after a heater ,being used in a shipping container, exploded. A court heard that Mr Fretwell received burns to his hands, arms and face and spent two weeks in hospi... Click for more...
New HSD Innovations launched!
29th Jan, 2007Our new site www.hsdinnovations.com has just launched which provides bespoke software solutions. Click for more...
Tragedy Shows Danger of Lifting Operation
6th Sep, 2006Anyone involved in lifting operations on building sites should ensure they are properly planned and appropriately supervised”. This is the message from the HSE’s construction inspector, Emma Davies, following the prosecution of two construction compa... Click for more...
Lift Fall Kills Two
6th Sep, 2006Lift operating company Otis was fined £400,000 plus £145,000 costs following an incident that claimed the lives of two men who were killed when they fell down a lift shaft at Shirley Towers, a high-rise block of flats in Southampton. The incident took ... Click for more...
Be Height Aware
6th Sep, 2006Everyday actions like reaching for a mobile phone or a cup of tea could be risking the safety of people working at height, with falls from below head height injuring thousands every year at work. TV DIY expert Tommy Walsh has joined forces with the HSE... Click for more...
Fine After Ladder Death
6th Sep, 2006Henderson General Services Ltd, a construction company based in Putney, was fined £18,000 and ordered to pay costs of £4,296 at the Old Bailey in March. The prosecution followed the death of James Grimes, who died when he fell from a ladder while he ... Click for more...
Foreign Workers Face Greater Risk
6th Sep, 2006Stephen Williams, the HSE’s chief inspector of construction, has given the first indication of public concern at the HSE about the risks being run by foreign nationals on UK construction sites. Speaking at the annual Working Well Together/HSE Health an... Click for more...
Date Set for New CDM
6th Sep, 2006The HSE has announced that the revised Construction (Design and Management) Regulations will be implemented in Spring 2007. They will revise the existing CDM Regulations 1994 and the Construction (Health Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996, and brin... Click for more...
Fall Death Lands Boss in Jail
6th Sep, 2006Construction company proprietor Wayne Davies, of A&E Buildings, based in Knighton, Powys, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison following a prosecution brought by the CPS. The case was heard at Hereford Crown Court following a joint investigation... Click for more...
New Products Available!
14th Jul, 2006We have recently added some new products to our site. Click here to view them. Click for more...
Ladders are not banned
26th Feb, 2006An HSE representative spoke on the BBC’s Newsnight programme recently to dispel the myth that window cleaners can no longer use ladders because they are banned by the Work at Height Regulations (WAHR). Since the introduction of the WAHR there have been... Click for more...
Hand-arm vibration: new guide
26th Feb, 2006The HSE has published a comprehensive guide on hand-arm vibration (HAV). The guide, Hand-arm vibration: Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005, gives advice on what needs to be done to reduce and control the risks of HAV under the new Regulation... Click for more...
Road firm in dock over stop-go Man's death
26th Feb, 2006Balfour Beatty were fined a total of £60,000 and order to pay £45,000 costs at Wolverhampton Crown Court in November, after pleading guilty to a breach of Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. The case was brought following the d... Click for more...
Record fine for fatal gas explosion
26th Feb, 2006Transco PLC has been fined a total of £15 million at the High Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh, under Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. The jury returned a guilty verdict following a six-month trial. On 22 December 1999 at 5.30am... Click for more...
Rail companies in dock over Southall case
26th Feb, 2006The HSE began prosecution of Network Rail and Amey Rail in December in connection with the partial derailment of a high-speed train near Southall station, West London, in November 2002. The HSE alleges that, by failing to install or maintain the railw... Click for more...
Canary Wharf crane collapse is still a mystery
26th Feb, 2006The HSE has recently completed its exhaustive investigation into the collapse of a Wolff 320 BF tower crane at Canada Square, London, in 2000, in which three workers were killed. A public report explains that despite a very technical and complex invest... Click for more...
New construction chief at the HSE
1st Feb, 2006Stephen Williams has been appointed chief inspector of construction at the HSE. Commenting on his appointment, Stephen said: “I am delighted to be taking on this position at such a challenging time for the industry. The world will be focusing on our sa... Click for more...
MEWP trap risk
1st Feb, 2006The HSE has issued a warning to the construction industry about possible dangers with two items of mobile plant commonly used by construction companies – mobile elevated work platforms (MEWPs) and telehandlers. Geoff Cox, head of operations for Yorkshi... Click for more...
Asbestos – new consultation
1st Feb, 2006The HSC has published a consultative document seeking comments on proposed amendments to its asbestos regulations and ACoP. The draft regulations include a single, tighter control limit for work with all types of asbestos; specific training requirement... Click for more...
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Asbestos
4th Jan, 2006Asbestos4th Mar, 2005 to 31st Apr, 2006ASBETOS NEWS,We are writing to alert you to an important new legal duty that will apply from May 2004, to all commercial premises, including Schools and Colleges. The Government and Health and Safety Executive are... Click for more...
Welcome to our New Website
1st Jan, 2004We are currently adding content for this website. Click for more...