Archive for the ‘Manufacturing’ Category
15/06/2011
Dangerous assumptions led to fatal machine crush
A textile company failed to ensure that staff followed a safe system of work when cleaning a baling machine, which was involved in a fatality. Bradford Crown Court heard that an employee was asked to clean a baling machine, despite not being trained how to do so. He was given a brief demonstration of how [...]
10/06/2011
HSE investigation into wood dust
The HSE is to investigate the occupational risks facing those in the furniture and woodworking industries, more than 10 years after the last checks. It says about 50 people a year are diagnosed with nasal cancer which may have developed decades after their exposure to wood dust, while others have asthma as a result of [...]
07/06/2011
Worker pulled through 5″ gap
Two firms have pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety rules after a worker miraculously survived being dragged through a gap in a machine no wider than a CD case. The worker suffered horrific injuries when he was dragged through the machine for processing heavy steel beams at a factory; he broke his back in [...]
02/01/2011
Clean Air – Take Care
This is a great video for learning more about the benefits of Respiratory Protective Equipment …and its free!
29/11/2010
HSE target West Yorkshire
More than 70 firms across West Yorkshire have been told to make safety improvements to protect their workers after an intensive two-week inspection initiative. Flammable liquids not being stored properly, missing or inadequate guards around machines and uncontrolled exposure to fumes from welding, were some of the hazards identified by the HSE officers who visited [...]
08/11/2010
Company fined over noise exposure
A manufacturing firm has been fined for putting the hearing of its employees at risk. The company failed to comply with an Improvement Notice requiring a reduction in their daily noise exposure levels despite being given two extensions to the formal warning. Staff at its factory worked for several hours a day near a granulator machine, [...]
27/10/2010
IOSH Working Safely Training – bringing health & safety to life
Courses being run over December, in partnership with N D Safety Working safely is for people at any level, in any sector, needing a grounding in the essentials of health & safety. Everyone at work should have an understanding of why they must ‘work safely’ – and this course offers exactly that. Working safely meets [...]
27/10/2010
Key facts on Hand Arm Vibration
HAVS is preventable, but once the damage is done it is permanent. HAVS is serious and disabling, and nearly 2 million people are at risk. Damage from HAVS can include the inability to do fine work and cold can trigger painful finger blanching attacks. The costs to employees and to employers of inaction could be [...]
27/10/2010
Key facts on noise at work
Hearing loss caused by work is preventable. Read the following key facts about noise at work Hearing loss caused by work is preventable but once your hearing has gone it won’t come back. Damage can cause loss of hearing ability and people may also suffer a permanent sensation of ringing in the ears, known as tinnitus. Hearing [...]
20/10/2010
IOSH Managing Safely – November
No more ‘death by PowerPoint’. We know that getting people fully involved, having fun, and learning by doing, is the way to achieve health and safety training success. We want to get delegates really thinking about what they’re learning – and having the confidence and enthusiasm to put it into practice when they’re back at [...]
