| Careers in HSE – trainee inspector recruitment campaign Our trainee Inspector recruitment campaign starts on April 7 2010, details will be available on our careers in HSE web page at that time. To keep up to date with recruitment news subscribe to the What’s New eBulletin. Careers in HSE – trainee inspector recruitment campaign |
| Nuclear LLC Quarterly reports – Wylfa The Nuclear Local Liaison Committee (LLC) Quarterly reports for 2009 quarter 4 for Magnox North Limited Wylfa power station are now available in English and Welsh. View Magnox North Limited Wylfa power station LLC fourth Quarterly report in English and Welsh |
| Prestigious award for HSE employee A Health and Safety Executive employee, Rhaynukaa Soni has been named Female Professional of the Year, at the Political and Public Life Asian Voice Awards Ceremony. Rhaynukaa was presented with the prestigious award by Britain’s main Asian newspaper, Asian Voice for her work with HSE’s Construction Division’s London outreach project. View press release ‘Prestigious award for HSE [...] |
| Firm fined after worker trapped for more than two hours in trench collapse A building firm has been fined £5,000 after a worker was injured and trapped for more than two hours when the trench he was in collapsed. Vickers Construction Limited, of Yarm Road, Eaglescliffe, was today (8 March) also ordered to pay costs of £3,178.10 at Darlington Magistrates’ Court after it pleaded guilty to breaching section 2(1) [...] |
| Senior Management Team meeting minutes The minutes for the Senior Management Team meetings held on 6 January and 3 February 2010 are now available. View Senior Management Team meeting minutes |
| Consultation: biological agents pt1 Midway through consultation on a proposed Legislative Reform Order that will allow HSE to make regulations for the protection of animal health under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. Consultation ends 28 March 2010. Your views – animal health consultation |
| SEVESO eBulletin – free news and updates The Seveso Directive is the main piece of EU legislation that deals specifically with the control of on-shore major accident hazards involving dangerous substances. Sign up for free regular news and updates about changes to EU legislation that affect COMAH businesses. SEVESO eBulletin – free news and updates |
| Inspections aim to improve safety on Hartlepool industrial estates Hartlepool Council and HSE have joined forces in a bid to improve health and safety on local industrial estates. Local authority and HSE inspectors will be working together as they target industrial estates on the issue of health and safety – raising awareness, promoting sensible management and improving standards in those businesses visited. Enforcement will be [...] |
| All sectors of industry called to action on safety alerts All sectors of industry are being urged to play their part in sharing information to prevent accidents. HSE has revamped its Safety Bulletin system which warns industry of problems with equipment, process, procedures and substances that may lead to injury, with bulletins now available automatically via email, text message or RSS feed, as well as on [...] |
| Trafford lorry builder fined after worker crushed A lorry-trailer building company in Trafford has been fined after a worker was crushed by more than two tonnes of metal. HSE prosecuted S Cartwright and Sons (Coachbuilders) Ltd following the incident in Broadheath near Altrincham. The company was fined £15,000 and ordered to pay £18,315 towards the cost of the prosecution at Manchester Crown Court, [...] |
| Senior Management Team meeting agenda The agenda and papers for the Senior Management Team meeting held in Bootle, Merseyside on 3 February 2010 are now available. View Senior Management Team meeting agenda and papers |
| Next generation of builders given advice to prevent shattered lives Construction students from Coleg Sir Gar in Ammanford received valuable advice in staying alive while working at height at a safety day organised by HSE and the South Wales Working Well Together group. Supporting HSE’s “Shattered Lives” campaign which highlights the often devastating consequences of slips, trips and falls in the workplace, the safety days aim [...] |
| Wood Action Group The agenda and minutes 30th September 2009 meeting of the Wood Action Group are now available View 30 September 2009 agenda View 30 September 2009 minutes |
| Chief Scientific Adviser’s science reviews of the Health and Safety Laboratory HSE’s Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) intends to review the whole of the Health and Safety Laboratory’s (HSL) scientific activities over a four-year period. The 2009 Science Review is the first of the four to be completed and covers the Centre for Workplace Health clinical statistics, clinical modelling & epidemiology, biological monitoring, Centre for Interdisciplinary NanoResearch, immunology & [...] |
| HSE investigates incident at Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Ltd HSE was informed early this morning of an incident at Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Ltd near Grimsby shortly after midnight. HSE sent two inspectors on site this morning, and is liaising with the police, fire service and the Environment Agency View HSE investigates incident at Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Ltd news announcement |
| The true cost to Glasgow businesses of slips, trips and falls in the workplace Glasgow businesses lost at least 1,344 working days in 2008/09 as a result of slips, trips and falls in the workplace. According to figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), there were five fatalities and 1,405 major injuries as a result of slips, trips and falls in Scottish workplaces in 2008/08, with a further 2,742 [...] |
| The true cost to Aberdeen businesses of slips, trips and falls in the workplace Aberdeen businesses lose at least 465 working days in 2008/09 as a result of slips, trips and falls in the workplace. According to figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), there were five fatalities and 1,405 major injuries as a result of slips, trips and falls in Scottish workplaces in 2008/09, with a further 2,742 [...] |
| The true cost to Edinburgh businesses of slips, trips and falls in the workplace Edinburgh businesses lost at least 777 working days in 2008/09 as a result of slips, trips and falls in the workplace. According to figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), there were five fatalities and 1,405 major injuries as a result of slips, trips and falls in Scottish workplaces in 2008/09 with 2,742 workers having [...] |
| Nuclear LLC Quarterly reports – Sizewell B The Nuclear Local Liaison Committee (LLC) Quarterly reports for 2009 quarter 4 for British Energy Generation Ltd Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station are now available. View British Energy Generation Ltd Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station LLC fourth Quarterly report |
| Careers – Trainee Inspector recruitment starts 7 April Trainee Inspector recruitment starts 7 April – details will be available from the careers page at that time. Subscribe to the What’s New eBulletin to keep up to date with recruitment news. Trainee Inspector recruitment |