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Gas – Exercise Quartz information
10 Mar 2010, 12:30 pmThe Network Emergency Coordinator (NEC) is regularly required to carry out a full-scale simulation of a Network Gas Supply Emergency (NGSE). Following the exercise, a report is produced for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) detailing the ... -
Construction site safety leaflets
10 Mar 2010, 11:30 amNew safety leaflets for construction site builders have been published on the HSE website. What you need to know as a busy builder: Running a small construction site Manual Handling Roofwork Welfare -
Merseyside builder fined after putting lives at risk
10 Mar 2010, 10:30 amA Merseyside builder has been fined £1,500 after he and another man were spotted working on a pub roof in St Helens without safety equipment. HSE prosecuted Charles Molloy from Molloy Building Contractors after an inspector spotted the men on the roof ... -
Falkirk Wheel turns in support of national safety campaign
10 Mar 2010, 9:30 amBritish Waterways Scotland is backing a national campaign by HSE to make people aware of the potentially devastating consequences of slips, trips and falls in the workplace. One of Scotland’s top visitor attractions, 35 metre high Falkirk Wheel ... -
Intervention overview record system
10 Mar 2010, 8:30 amThis Semi-Permanent Circular introduces the revised ‘traffic light’ process. The system does not provide a performance forecasting tool for offshore installations or duty holders; it makes possible the use of gap analysis and trending ... -
Initiative launched to encourage quieter workplaces
10 Mar 2010, 7:30 amA new initiative has been launched to encourage manufacturers to make quieter machinery and businesses to use it, in a bid to reduce noise-related ill health in the workplace. 170,000 people in the UK suffer deafness, tinnitus or other ear conditions as ... -
Free – Stone SHAD, London 25 March
9 Mar 2010, 4:45 pmQuality marble, granite and other stone finishes are now common in high specification houses and flats and there are many small companies that provide and install these surfaces. To help the small businesses that carryout this type of work, HSE has ... -
Careers in HSE – trainee inspector recruitment campaign
9 Mar 2010, 4:29 pmOur trainee Inspector recruitment campaign starts on April 7 2010, details will be available on our careers in HSE web page at that time. To keep up to date with recruitment news subscribe to the What’s New eBulletin. Careers in HSE – ... -
Nuclear LLC Quarterly reports – Wylfa
9 Mar 2010, 10:00 amThe Nuclear Local Liaison Committee (LLC) Quarterly reports for 2009 quarter 4 for Magnox North Limited Wylfa power station are now available in English and Welsh. View Magnox North Limited Wylfa power station LLC fourth Quarterly report in English and ... -
Prestigious award for HSE employee
9 Mar 2010, 9:00 amA Health and Safety Executive employee, Rhaynukaa Soni has been named Female Professional of the Year, at the Political and Public Life Asian Voice Awards Ceremony. Rhaynukaa was presented with the prestigious award by Britain’s main Asian ... -
Firm fined after worker trapped for more than two hours in trench collapse
9 Mar 2010, 8:00 amA building firm has been fined £5,000 after a worker was injured and trapped for more than two hours when the trench he was in collapsed. Vickers Construction Limited, of Yarm Road, Eaglescliffe, was today (8 March) also ordered to pay costs of ... -
Senior Management Team meeting minutes
9 Mar 2010, 7:30 amThe minutes for the Senior Management Team meetings held on 6 January and 3 February 2010 are now available. View Senior Management Team meeting minutes -
Consultation: biological agents pt1
8 Mar 2010, 3:30 pmMidway through consultation on a proposed Legislative Reform Order that will allow HSE to make regulations for the protection of animal health under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. Consultation ends 28 March 2010. Your views – animal ... -
SEVESO eBulletin – free news and updates
8 Mar 2010, 2:40 pmThe Seveso Directive is the main piece of EU legislation that deals specifically with the control of on-shore major accident hazards involving dangerous substances. Sign up for free regular news and updates about changes to EU legislation that affect ... -
Inspections aim to improve safety on Hartlepool industrial estates
8 Mar 2010, 1:00 pmHartlepool Council and HSE have joined forces in a bid to improve health and safety on local industrial estates. Local authority and HSE inspectors will be working together as they target industrial estates on the issue of health and safety – ...