Archive for September, 2010
29/09/2010
Owners of fire at Penhallow Hotel are to be prosecuted
The owners of a Newquay hotel which caught fire, resulting in three deaths, are to be prosecuted for fire safety breaches, Cornwall Council says. The Penhallow Hotel burnt down in August 2007; three people died and about 90 people managed to escape from the fire at the 54-bedroom hotel. Summonses had now been issued on [...]
28/09/2010
Sainsbury’s has problems with coffee machines
Sainsbury’s has switched off some 158 coffee machines at stores around the country after one exploded and injured customers. A 23-year-old woman had to be taken to hospital with head, arm and eye injuries, with seven people in total suffering minor injuries when the Elektra machine exploded in Kingsmead Shopping Centre, Farnborough, Hampshire this month. [...]
28/09/2010
European Funding for NVQ L4 Site Management
Leeds College of Building has EF funding for NVQ L4 Site Management. The course should cost £2500, but with the funding it is £1000. Delivery is all site based – again South Yorkshire is a priority area – the only restriction is that the company needs to be an SME. For more information, contact Alex Hirst, [...]
28/09/2010
Funding for SMSTS Training
There are three funded places left for the October Site Manager Safety Training Scheme The funded price is £288 per learner and is for South Yorkshire companies only. The next course is due to start on 13th October. Contact Alex Hirst, Business Development Manager Leeds College of Building Tel : 01132226091 / 07765407335 Fax: 01132226001 [...]
20/09/2010
Preventing slips and slips in the workplace
The HSE regularly display case studies of how some of proactive organisations in the UK are managing health & safety in the workplace. This month we feature Slips, Trips & Falls Did you know? Slips and trips are the most common cause of major injuries at work and can happen almost anywhere. 95% of [...]
16/09/2010
HSE provides new information for designers
The HSE has provided new information for designers on how to comply with their duties under CDM 2007 and have produced a CDM Red, amber and green list advising what a designer should be eliminating / avoiding when designing a project and what to encourage As CDM places certain specific duties directly on designers to [...]
10/09/2010
Busy Builder Toolbox Talks
Are you a small builder? HSE Construction Division has prepared some PowerPoint presentations to help you run a successful construction site. These presentations are companions to the already popular Busy Builder leaflets. They can be changed to meet your business needs – but please acknowledge HSE as the source. Find out more Are you a [...]
09/09/2010
Targeted HSE Inspection Campaign in South Yorkshire
The HSE & Sheffield City Council are working in partnership to carry out a targeted inspection campaign of premises in South Yorkshire; the campaign will run in September 2010 During this time, the hope to raise awareness and improve standards of health & safety in businesses Where employers are found not to be complying with the [...]
08/09/2010
New safety advice issued on electric gates
Installers, designers, maintenance firms and manufacturers of electric gates, are being urged to seriously consider new safety advice issued by the HSE following the recent deaths of two children. The safety alert points out that limiting the closing forces of gates alone will not provide sufficient protection to meet the relevant standards, and installers must [...]
07/09/2010
Hydraulic press accident results in prosecution
Two company directors have been prosecuted after an employee had his fingers crushed in a hydraulic press. The 57-year-old worker had the ends of two fingers severed in the incident in April 2009 at a metal fabricating company During its investigations, the HSE found the photoelectric detectors, called light curtains, used to protect workers from [...]
