Archive for the ‘Latest News’ Category
08/11/2011
UK fatalities rise !
Last week, the HSE released its annual figures for workplace deaths – with an increase of 24 fatalities compared to the previous year. IOSH voiced its concerns over these statistics, suggesting the figure could be a delayed effect of the recession and‘belt-tightening’.
03/11/2011
FREE!!! Health & Safety Diagnostics Tool
Wow! What a great free tool from the HSE, designed to measure your health & safety culture. Its simple, easy to use and gives some great (if not painful) feedback with an action plan – check it out here: http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/lwit/step1.htm
31/10/2011
Asbestos in Schools
In 2010/11 HSE focused on schools outside local authority control as the latest initiative in a series of interventions targeting asbestos management in schools. The primary aim of the intervention was to determine the level of compliance with CAR in a sample of targeted schools. HSE inspectors inspected a random sample of 164 non-local authority [...]
28/10/2011
Protecting new workers
Workers are as likely to have an accident in the first six months at a workplace as during the whole of the rest of their working life. The extra risk arises due to: lack of experience working in a new industry or workplace; lack of familiarity with the job and the work environment; reluctance to [...]
18/10/2011
Safe Maintenance Campaign
The Health and Safety Executive, in partnership with the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), the EEF and the TUC, launched the UK’s involvement in the Healthy Workplaces European Campaign on Safe Maintenance in London on 21 June 2010. The Healthy Workplaces Europe-wide Campaign for 2010-2011 aims to promote safe and healthy workplaces by [...]
13/10/2011
Asbestos……I may have exposed….what should I do?
People who believe they may have been exposed to asbestos are understandably anxious and concerned about the possible effects on their health. Many cases of inadvertent, short-term exposure to asbestos will most likely have been minimal, with little likelihood of any long-term ill effects. However, although the type of asbestos involved may be known, there [...]
12/10/2011
Free information – Help to support employees with cancer
The charity Macmillan Cancer Support has launched a new resource for employers to help them support both people with cancer, and their carers, in the workplace. ‘The Essential Work and Cancer Toolkit’, which includes an employer’s guide produced in collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), aims to give employers a better [...]
10/10/2011
CSCS Card Audits
Members of the UKCG www.ukcg.org.uk, CECA www.ceca.co.uk and the HBF’s www.hbf.co.ukMajor Home Builders Group (MHBG) will all be conducting CSCS card audits during the Autumn to check that all workers on their sites hold CSCS cards appropriate to the jobs they are undertaking. So if you are working on any of their sites ensure you are carrying your [...]
04/10/2011
Fork lift accident figures revealed
The UK’s road freight industry has seen a 237% increase in lift truck-related injuries to workers in the last decade, giving it the worst fork lift safety record of all sectors of the economy, figures show. Data released by the Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) as part of National Fork Lift Safety Week reveal that [...]
03/10/2011
Changes aim for swifter justice over workplace deaths
More health and safety prosecutions will take place before Inquest as changes to a key agreement between those who investigate and prosecute work-related deaths seek to speed up justice in England and Wales. Only in exceptional circumstances are cases currently taken before an Inquest by regulators other than the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Health and [...]
