Archive for November, 2009
28/11/2009
HSE CONSTRUCTION INFONET – NOVEMBER 2009
Construction Infonet is a free e-Bulletin from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to provide a regular update on health and safety issues for all in the construction industry. Please find attached some articles from Novembers Issue 1. HSE AGREES PROPOSALS FOR NEW TOWER CRANE REGULATIONS Detailed recommendations for a statutorily-based tower crane register [...]
26/11/2009
Pledge to be part of the solution
New research from HSE demonstrates that both employers & employees recognise that providing a safe workplace makes sound commercial sense. Workplace deaths have fallen over the last 30 years but thousands still die every year as a result of work-related accidents & ill health. Results also showed that 65% of employees said that good health [...]
26/11/2009
Work at height solutions
Check out the website from Easi-Dec, it has some great solutions for short duration work at height which I’m sure you’ll find useful http://www.easi-dec.co.uk/
25/11/2009
Protect your workers from falls from height…or else
The HSE has delivered a warning to companies who fail to protect employees working at height – they will be held to account. The warning follows a hearing on November 12th at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court where a company was found guilty of a breach of Regulation 6(3) & 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations [...]
20/11/2009
Wall collapse costs construction company big bucks
A construction company has been ordered to pay £11,517 after one of its workers was seriously injured when a wall collapsed on him. The HSE has successfuly prosecuted Hughes Brothers Building & Joinery Ltd following the incident at its site on Millers Lane in Platt Bridge. The company pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 2(1) of the [...]
17/11/2009
Hello World!!
Welcome to our new look website!! We have improved our website to make it more appealing, easier to navigate, to introduce a new online risk assessment feature, and to introduce the SPECTRUM blog which we hope will become a great source of information for you Firstly, we hope that you find it easy to navigate [...]
16/11/2009
Tradesmen think they are no longer at risk from asbestos
The biggest killer in industry - asbestos – continues to be a big risk to tradesmen as the annual rate of death from Mesothelioma - the asbestos related cancer continues to grow. Tradesmen are of the opinion that it is a historical problem and that they are no longer at risk. In fact the deadly substance may be [...]
16/11/2009
Retained Consultancy Service
Protecting the future of your business Under current legislation businesses have to appoint a Safety Director to oversee health & safety management. Without internal competence, you run the risk of breaking the law and making the Safety Director vulnerable We can act as your Competent Person 24 hours a day, providing you with peace of [...]
16/11/2009
Support After a Visit
Let us assist to minimise the possibility of prosecution Minimise the risk of prosecution. Inspectors have the right to enter any workplace without giving notice, and check that you are complying with health and safety law; where you aren’t they can issue improvement notices. We can be there to help you in any dealings with [...]
