Hse - news.hse.gov.uk
General Information:
Latest News:
Case 206 – Wearing personal headphones in the workplace 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Employer says it is against health and safety regulations to wear just one personal headphone in the workplace.
Wallasey care home ordered to pay £40K over pneumonia risk 23 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
A private care home in Wallasey has been ordered to pay £40,000 in fines and costs after it failed to manage the risk of elderly residents catching a potentially fatal form of pneumonia.
Case 205 – Use of stationary cars and moped in school stage production 23 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
A head teacher and a school’s project manager disagreed about the precautions necessary to run a school production involving stationary cars and a moped.
Electricity at work: Safe working practices (third edition) 23 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
The guidance covers the key elements to consider when devising safe working practices and is for people who carry out work on or near electrical equipment. This third edition updates the guidance and ...
Fairground operator in court for ride collapse 22 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
A fairground operator has been fined for safety failings after 22 people, many of them children, were trapped when a poorly maintained ride collapsed.
Builder’s dangerous gas work put lives at risk 22 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
A Wiltshire builder has been fined for illegal and dangerous gas work in Somerset, which could have led to a young family – including two young children – being killed by poisonous carbon monoxide fum...
Construction Operations Chief to take part in live Twitter-chat on national site safety clampdown 22 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
The Health and Safety Executive’s Head of Operations for Construction Mike Cross, will take part in a live Twitter-chat on Wednesday 4 September to answer questions on the latest Construction Initiati...
Pirelli in court over injuries at Carlisle tyre factory 21 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
Tyre manufacturer Pirelli has appeared in court after an employee sustained major injuries to his left arm when it became trapped in a tyre-testing machine.
HSE responds to press reports about whole body vibration in agriculture 21 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
HSE responds to media concerns about Control of Vibration at Work Regulations (2005), which come into force for the agricultural and forestry industries in July 2014.
Machinery safety – what do we do now? – Kenilworth 1 October 2013 21 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
This is a Network Event, organised in conjunction with the Farm Safety Partnership. topics include analysis of the main causes of fatalities, injuries and ill health in agriculture; updates on emergin...
