News and Prosecutions
Builder ignored advice over unsafe roof working
10 March 2010
A builder has been fined £1500 after an HSE inspector saw two men working on a pub roof without proper safety equipment.
Two tonnes of falling metal crushed worker
9 March 2010
An incident in which over two tonnes of falling metal crushed an employee has landed a lorry-trailer manufacturer with penalties of more than £33,000 after it failed to provide proper…
Minister resists extending RIDDOR to work-related road injuries
8 March 2010
Road safety minister Paul Clark has confirmed that there are no immediate plans to bring work-related deaths and injuries under the HSE’s injury and incident reporting system RIDDOR.
HSE calls on industry to improve safety alerts
8 March 2010
The HSE wants all industry sectors to improve the way they share critical safety information such as failures with equipment, procedures and substances.
Rail regulator raises Network Rail maintenance fears
5 March 2010
An Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) review of Network Rail’s maintenance restructuring plans has raised significant concerns over managers’ safety critical working hours, the classification of vital safety roles, and…
Articles
Multiplication game
10 March 2010
Tim Marsh argues that in creating a sustainable safety culture, two out of three is bad.
British Sugar gets personal
10 March 2010
Lucie Ponting reports on British Sugar’s half-yearly safety performance discussions designed to make safety issues “personal” for everyone in the company.
Shedding light on optical radiation
8 March 2010
Dave Merchant tries to simplify the science behind the forthcoming Optical Radiation Regulations.
Trainer's toolkit: all aboard
8 March 2010
Paul Smith suggests ways of maximising delegate involvement.
SMEs: Well advised
8 March 2010
In the first of two pieces on access to competent advice for smaller businesses, Paul Reeve looks at the best balance of in-house and external expertise.
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