March 29, 2010
The HSE is warning all users of telescopic variable reach trucks, commonly known as telehandlers, of the danger of not replacing broken windows on these machines.
The Safety Notice was after a man was killed whilst operating a telehandler; it is suspected that the man was leaning through the broken right side window aperture, when he was crushed and [...]
March 25, 2010
What is a near miss?
One of many definitions is “an unplanned event which could have lead to harm or loss”
But what does it mean?
Consider this…
A spanner falls from a scaffold platform but falls into a pile of sand causing no injuries and no damage. The only difference between this near miss and an injury is [...]
March 22, 2010
More than a quarter of the construction sites visited in Greater Manchester last week failed safety inspections.
HSE inspectors carried out checks at 163 construction sites in Manchester, Salford and Trafford during two days of intensive inspections. They issued a total of 56 enforcement notices at 42 sites, either stopping work immediately or requiring improvements to [...]
March 19, 2010
In a recent Working Well Together Campaign meeting in Scunthorpe, Neil Stephens – Head of Planning & Comms – Construction Division at HSE announced 4 x new leaflets on health & safety to help the busy builder
The leafets, for manual handling, roofwork, welfare, and running a small construction site provide pictorial evidence of what an [...]
March 17, 2010
HSE inspectors are to launch an intensive inspection initiative aimed at stopping dangerous practices on building sites across Great Britain.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) wants to raise awareness of construction site risks and prevent unnecessary injuries and deaths.
Construction is one of Britain’s most dangerous industries. During 2008/09, 53 workers died and 11 264 were [...]
March 10, 2010
A company has been ordered to pay nearly £15,000 after an employee was “lucky to escape death” when he fell from height at work and fractured his skull.
The employee also fractured his shoulder and a number of ribs while working for Pontiac Coil Europe Ltd in Nottingham.
The employee, who was 62 at the time of [...]
March 8, 2010
Construction site safety must be put at the top of the industry’s agenda, according to the Health and Safety Executive.
The HSE said a new investigation into the major hazards posed to workers on construction sites across the UK will aim to remind the industry that site safety is the number one priority for contractors and [...]
March 8, 2010
Handling and storing large sheet stone slabs carries a high risk of serious personal injury unless undertaken in a safe manner. Due to their size and configuration, such slabs are potentially unstable when stored on edge.
Six people have been killed in the last five years due to being struck by falling stone slabs of this [...]
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