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HSE: Asbestos - hidden killer campaign. National campaign starts October 2008, targetting tradesmen at risk from asbestos exposure. -added 28.08.08
Details here
HSE: Risk assessment in printing and publishing website. HSE have put together some information on risk management and risk assessment to help small businesses in the printing and publishing industries. -added 21.08.08
Available here
HSE: Retail industry website. HSE has launched a new website offering advice and guidance on health and safety topics in the retail industry such as slips and trips, manual handling and falls from height. -added 21.08.08
Available here
HSE: Mobile elevating work platforms . A new construction information leaflet, ‘The selection and management of mobile elevating work platforms’ CIS58 is aimed at those responsible for selecting, specifying and managing mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) on site. -added 21.08.08
Download leaflet here
HSE: Food Backs 2008! initiative. During October and November this year food and drink trade associations which are members of the Food Manufacture Health and Safety Forum are facilitating a national ‘Food Backs 2008!’ initiative. -added 15.08.08
More information here
HSE: Check your ladder before you use it -using ladders safely. Help and advice - is your ladder up to scratch? On average 13 people a year die at work falling from ladders and nearly 1200 suffer major injuries. More than a quarter of falls happen from ladders. -added 14.08.08
Available here
HSE: DSE - Online Case Studies . Display Screen Equipment (DSE) case studies provided by organisations, sets out the problems they had and the solutions to them. -added 14.08.08
Available here
HSE: Ladder Exchange starts 1 September 2008 . Don’t let a dodgy ladder shatter your life. Ladder Exchange 2008 aims to highlight the risks associated with using a dodgy ladder and provide employers with the opportunity to exchange their substandard ladder for a new one at a discounted price. -added 13.08.08
More information here
HSE: The Asbestos Enforcement Guidance has been updated. The operational circular (OC 265/50 Version 5) ‘Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 - General Enforcement Guidance and Advice’, which provides advice on interpretation of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 (CAR 2006) including enforcement benchmarks for licensed and non-licensed asbestos removal work and the management of asbestos in buildings has been updated. -added 11.08.08
Available here
HSE: The Vibration e-Bulletin. Latest edition out now, covers: hand arm vibration advice for employers, free hand arm vibrationpresentation. -added 11.08.08
Available here
HSE: The How well is your business doing? Benchmark tools for large and small organisations to help you measure how well your business health and safety performance is doing. -added 06.08.08
Available here
HSE: The How well is your business doing? Benchmark tools for large and small organisations to help you measure how well your business health and safety performance is doing. -added 06.08.08
Available here
HSE: The Catering and Hospitality website has been revised with substantial new content including an A-Z of guidance topics. -added 06.08.08
Available here
HSE: Managing Occupational Health in Construction. The information on managing occupational health risks in construction has been updated and includes new information for Construction Design and Mangement (CDM) co-ordinators. -added 04.08.08
Available here
HSE: Scaffolding Information Sheet updated. This information sheet is intended to clarify when scaffold design is required and what level of training and competence those erecting, inspecting and supervising the erection, alteration and dismantling of scaffolding are expected to have obtained. -added 04.08.08
Available here
HSE: A large print leaflet 'Health and Safety for Disabled People and their Employers' is now published on the Disability website. -added 01.08.08
Available here
Disability website
HSE: Young people, especially those new to the workplace, will encounter unfamiliar risks from the jobs they will be doing and from the working environment. Employers what do you need to know? -added 25.07.08
More details here
HSE: Following the merger of Health and Safety Commission with Health and Safety Executive, the 'About Us’ section of the HSE microsite has been reorganised. -added 25.07.08
More details here
HSE/EU: The European Campaign for Safety and Health at Work will this time be a two-year campaign focussing on risk assessment. -added 16.07.08
More details here
HSE campaign pack here
HSE: New Gas Installer Scheme A ‘frequently asked questions’ section is now available relating to the new gas installer registration scheme.
-added 14.07.08
Questions here
HSE: Sound advice - Music and Entertainment guidance. HSE, music and entertainment industry representatives have published guidance and launched a website providing guidance on noise at work legislation. HSE has published the website which includes practical examples to help the industry control the risks from noise at work.The website will be helpful for people involved in music and entertainment, including those working in concert halls and theatres, rock and pop venues, pubs and clubs and studios.
The HSE have also published a new priced guidance book 'Sound advice - control of noise at work in music and entertainment'. It contains practical guidelines on the control of noise at work in music and entertainment, including concert halls and theatres, amplified live music venues, pubs/clubs and studios.
-added 15.07.08
HSE website here
'Sound Advice' website here
Sound advice - control of noise at work in music and entertainment details here
HSE: REACH presentations updated. The list of Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation & restriction of CHemicals (REACH) presentations has been updated to included additional presentations from the UK Competent Authority (UKCA) and stakeholders.
-added 10.07.08
Available here
HSE: Air Transport website updated. Find out more about health and safety in air transport industry. What the risks are, how others have tackled these issues, case studies, where to get information to manage these risks and how to contact the various organisations that deal with health and safety.
-added 10.07.08
Available here
HSE: Ladder Exchange - starts September. Falls from height continue to be the main cause of death in the workplace and one of the main causes of serious injury. Don’t let a dodgy ladder shatter your life. A new Ladder Exchange initiative is due to run in the autumn. -added 10.07.08
Details here
HSE: Skin at work advice for medical and health and safety professionals. Work-related skin diseases (WRSDs) can affect people in a wide range of occupations, this part of the site deals with WRSDs in more technical depth. It includes information on; the causes of WRSDs, details of research and links to training tools. -added 04.07.08
Available here
HSE: Thorough examination of lifting equipment (INDG422) published. This leaflet provides advice on the options you have under Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER), relating to the requirement for thorough examination and inspection of lifting equipment and explains the benefits of having an ‘examination scheme’. However, this does not replace the necessity for operators to carry out checks to lifting equipment and accessories before use. -added 04.07.08
Available here
HSE: The Workplace Transport Checklist, prepared as a guide to what employers should consider when trying to reduce the risk from vehicles in the workplace, has been updated. -added 04.07.08
Available here
HSC/E: HSC Annual Report and HSC/E Accounts 2007/08 have been published. The Annual Report describes delivery of the HSC Business Plan 2007/08 together with other key developments in the organisation during the year. The Accounts include operating costs for the Commission and Executive and a balance sheet for the Executive at 31 March 2008. -added 26.06.08
Available here
HSE: A selection of LEV (local exhaust ventilation) calculators to help designer/supplies of LEV to work out conversions, averages, volume flow, air change rate, air density and air velocity. -added 24.06.08
Available here
HSE: Agriculture Information Sheet No 38, ‘Power-fed Mobile Wood Chippers - Operator Protection at Infeed Chutes’ has been updated. -added 19.06.08
View here
HSE: Consultation on revision of sunbed guidance. Have your say. Your opportunity to comment on the revision of sunbed guidance, responses by 17 July 2008. -added 16.06.08
More details here
HSE: PowerPoint slides for promoting the leadership guidance. These are now available to help promote top-level leadership of health and safety. It covers the (Institute of Directors) IOD/HSE guidance on leading health and safety at work and includes information on the new law on corporate manslaughter/homicide. -added 16.06.08
Available here
HSE: The Health and Safety Executive Business Plan for 2008/09 has been published. -added 16.06.08
Available here
British Standards: New edition of OHSAS 18001:2007 has been published. OHSAS 18001 is the internationally recognized assessment specification for occupational health and safety management systems. It was developed by a selection of leading trade bodies, international standards and certification bodies to address a gap where no third-party certifiable international standard exists.
-added 16.06.08
More details here
HSE: The third edition of PUWER Approved Code of Practice published. It has been amended and updated to reflect the latest legislation. -added 05.06.08
More details here
HSE: A new edition of 'A Guide to RIDDOR 1995' published. This new edition contains the same regulations (with minor changes to regulation 2) but brings the associated guidance up to date, particularly in relation to the changes in reporting arrangements and the need to use the Incident Contact Centre. -added 05.06.08
More details here
HSE: Controlling Airborne Contaminants at Work (HSG 258) published. This book provides guidance on the supply of new Local Exhaust Equipment (LEV). It describes the principles and good practice of deciding on, designing, commissioning and testing cost-effective LEV. The guidance will be helpful for employers and managers in medium sized businesses and trade union and employee safety representatives. -added 05.06.08
More details here
HSE: Ionising radiation advice for HSE Inspectors. HSE internal operational circular - advice to Inspectors about the workplace risks from ionising radiation. -added 29.05.08
Available here
HSE: Working in hot and cold environments. Information about how the temperature of the environment you work in can affect you and advice on how to manage it. Key issues and risks include heat stress, cold stress, dehydration, working in the sun and handling food in a cold environment. -added 29.05.08
Available here
Communities and Local Government: A consultation document prepared on the future of Building Control has been published. Closing date for consultation is 10 June 2008. -added 27.05.08
Available here
Royal College of Physicians: Occupational Health Clinical Effectiveness Unit have developed 4 leaflets on Managing Occupational Aspects of Latex Allergies. These include:
Latex allergy: national guideline
Summary leaflet for employers
Summary leaflet for employees
Summary leaflet for healthcare professionals
-added 23.05.08
Available here
HSE: Musculoskeletal disorders - a quick exposure check. Work related musculoskeletal disorders, usually upper limb, neck and back problems - are a significant problem in food and drink manufacture. A Quick Exposure Check (QEC) is a practical tool for individual physical work activities to be assessed in collaboration with the worker. -added 23.05.08
Available here
HSE: New information and guidance for downstream users, distributors and guidance on safety data sheets for Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals (REACH) have been made available. -added 23.05.08
Available here
HSE: Guidance sheets for compliance with the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) regulations in the Microelectronics Industry are now available. -added 23.05.08
Available here
HSE: Local Exhaust Ventilation website launched. It complements HSE guidance on how to apply and use local exhaust ventilation (LEV) to remove airborne contaminants from the workplace before people breathe them in.
-added 14.05.08
Available here
HSE: 'Time to Clear the Air!' A simple guide to buying and using local exhaust ventilation (LEV) is now available. -added 14.05.08
Available here
HSE: 'Clearing the Air' A workers’ pocket guide to local exhaust ventilation (LEV) is now available.
-added 14.05.08
Available here
HSE: The What to Expect when a Health and Safety Awareness Officer calls leaflet has been updated. It explains what a Health and Safety Awareness Officer (HSAO) is and what they do.It also tells you what you can expect when an HSAO calls and what happens following their visit.
-added 14.05.08
Available here
HSE: The Asbestos Inspection Pack giving advice and guidance for health and safety Inspectors has been updated. It explains why managing asbestos is a priority and how HSE is tackling the issue through their "Asbestos: Hidden Killer" communications campaign. -added 14.05.08
Available here
HSE: The level of risk from occupational exposure to asbestos: Guidance for HSE and LA staff when responding to enquiries. HSE frequently receives requests from employers, employees, trade unions, other interested parties and members of the public for advice on how to manage the health aspects of such exposure. This gives advice on how to deal with such requests consistently.
-added 07.05.08
Available here
HSE: The European Campaign for Safety and Health at Work, formerly known as Euroweek, will this time be a two-year campaign focussing on risk assessment. The UK's campaign, aimed at employers, workers, safety representatives and other stakeholders, will be officially launched in London on 24 June 2008. Full details of activities and downloadable tools and materials will be available on that date. A number of nationwide events are planned for European Week itself on 20-24 October 2008.
-added 07.05.08
More information here
HSE: HSE has launced a Podcast service. Free regular audio news and updates from the Health and Safety Executive. In our first episode we spoke to Judith Hackitt, the Chair of the Health and Safety Executive Board about health and safety leadership. -added 01.05.08
Available here
HSE: Manual handling assessment charts updated. The Manual Handling Assessment Charts (MAC) is a tool designed to help health and safety inspectors assess the most common risk factors in lifting (and lowering), carrying and team handling operations. -added 01.05.08
Available here
HSE: Guidance on Pandemic Flu updated. The guidance has been updated for April 2008 and includes areas on what is pandemic flu, what are the signs and symptoms, is bird flu the same as pandemic and general advice. -added 01.05.08
Available here
HSE: HSE organisation chart has been updated. With the merger of The Health and Safety Commission and The Health and Safety Executive, the organisation chart has been updated. -added 01.05.08
Available here
HSE: The Event Safety Guide (HSG 195) has been updated. With changes in legislation and practices over time, it is inevitable that some areas of guidance will become out of date. HSE are currently engaged in revising and updating the Event Safety Guide. However they have recently been asked to clarify the position of paramedics and ambulance technicians. -added 01.05.08
Available here
HSE: VDU / Display screen equipment (DSE) FAQs have been updated. -added 01.05.08
Available here
HSE: Information on employing overseas workers in food manufacture has been collected together in a new webpage.
-added 23.04.08
Available here
HMG: The Work and Pensions Committee have published the report 'The Role of the HSC and the HSE in Regulating Workplace Health and Safety'.
The report includes a broad range of recommendations, including:
* introduction of a system of accreditation for health and safety
consultants to counter some of the problems caused by over-zealous consultants who encourage employers to be over-cautious in their interpretation of their health and safety duties, needlessly adding to the burden of compliance;
* an increase by HSE in its deployment of resources to front-line
inspection. (Evidence to the Committee convinced it that increasing the number of inspections carried out by HSE is the best means of improving workplace health and safety standards and preventing workplace accidents.);
* an increase in current penalties for heath and safety offences;
* renewed effort to cut the number of fatalities in the
construction industry, the offshore industry and to protect migrant
workers;
* duties on board level directors if HSE/IoD guidance proves
ineffective;
* revision of RIDDOR;
* stronger workforce involvement;
* a re-examination of 'reasonably practicable';
* coverage of H&S in MBAs;
* new H&S awards schemes and an H&S element in IIP; and
* embedding H&S in education.
The Committee supports Dame Carol Black's call for a fully developed occupational health service, but it does not believe that this service should be delivered by HSE.
The Chairman of the Committee, Terry Rooney MP, says "HSE needs an effective enforcement strategy to ensure that employers comply with their health and safety obligations. Where duties are not met, penalties must reflect the seriousness of the threat to workers'
safety." He adds "At present businesses can expect an HSE inspection just once every 14.5 years; this is not enough to act as a deterrent to those employers tempted to cut corners on health and safety. HSE must increase its levels of inspection to improve protection for workers, particularly in the construction and offshore industries. Increasing inspection rates should be HSE' s primary focus."
-added 22.04.08
Available here in a pdf version
Available here as a browsable html version
HSE: Agriculture Self Assessment software has been updated. The free interactive software to help farmers carry out a comprehensive health and safety assessment of their farms and to raise the levels of health and safety awareness in the industry. It is aimed at all farmers (regardless of whether you employ anyone) and farm managers who are responsible for health and safety.
-added 08.04.08
Available here
HSE: REACH case studies published. -added 21.03.08
Available here
HSE: New website has been launched to provide advice and help for people working in Britain from overseas and employers of overseas workers. -added 21.03.08
Available here
HSE: More examples of Risk Assessments published. New risk assessment examples have been added for the following: village hall, road haulage, car parking service, nightclub, food preparation and service.
The following risk assessment examples have also been updated: convenience store/newsagents, estate agency, butcher and travel agents.
-added 14.03.08
All examples available here
ECHA: The European Chemical Agency has published guidance on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals Regulations (REACH) for downstream users.
-added 07.03.08
Available here
HSE: A new Display Screen Equipment (DSE) website has been launched. Find out about working with VDU’s, faq’s, DSE regulations, guidance, check lists, case studies and advice on call centre working practises.
-added 04.03.08
View site here
HSE: Examination and Testing of Lifts guidance leaflet published. Simple guidance for lift owners. The lifting operations and lifting equipment regulations (LOLER) introduced new requirements for the safe provision and use of lifting equipment. -added 28.02.08
Download guidance leaflet here
HSE: Control the Risks from Hand-arm Vibration guidance leaflet published. Advice for employers on the Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005. You should read this leaflet if you are an employer whose business involves regular and frequent use of hand-held power tools, hand-guided powered equipment, powered machines which process hand-held materials. -added 28.02.08
Download guidance leaflet here
HSE: As part of the going asbestos awareness raising campaign and to mark National Action Mesothelioma Day, HSE has launched a web video, 'Asbestos the hidden killer' featuring Tom King a carpenter by trade, who has been diagnosed with the terminal lung cancer, mesothelioma. -added 28.02.08
Watch video here
HSE: 'Asbestos kills: Protect yourself! ' Guidance leaflet and pocket card produced. These are particularly for electricians, plumbers, heating and ventilation engineers, joiners or those have a similar building or maintenance role. -added 28.02.08
Download guidance leaflet here
Download pocket card here
HSE: 'Shattered Lives' Campaign website launched - find out how to identify hazards and avoid slips, trips and falls accidents in your workplace. -added 28.02.08
View campaign website here
HSE: Benefits of Good Health and Safety
website. Maximise the benefits, minimise the costs of health and safety, Addressing health and safety should not be seen as a regulatory burden; it offers significant opportunities. -added 25.02.08
View website here
HSE: The main group of workers at risk from needlestick injuries are those within the healthcare sector, but injuries also occur in other fields of work including the prison service, police, parks constabulary, probation services, customs and excise, social work, youth work, funeral industry, body piercing/body art industry, car-breaking and the construction/demolition industry. Workers may acquire a blood-borne infection if they are exposed to infected blood or body fluids. Where the skin is punctured or scratched by a needle or sharp device that has been used in a medical procedure this is commonly referred to as a needlestick or sharps injury. -added 18.02.08
More information here
HSE: New examples of risk assessments for a poultry farm, plastering company, call centre, private hire and dry cleaners have been added to the HSE's website to help you see what a risk assessment might look like. -added 18.02.08
Available here
HSE: Updated guidance for employers and employees to use if the Chief Medical Officer declares a Pandemic Flu outbreak within the United Kingdom. -added 15.02.08
Guidance available here
Pandemic Flu webpage here
HSE: List of European CEN ‘C’ standards (British standards) for food machinery that are available (except for drafts) from the British Standards Institute. -added 15.02.08
Available here
HSE: The Health and Safety in HSE annual report which summarises health and safety issues within HSE and charts HSE’s performance against the Health and Safety Corporate Plan, is now available for 2006/07. -added 11.01.08
Available here
HSE: Asbestos Hidden Killer Campaign has been launched. HSE is working with key stakeholders (Trades Unions, Trade Associations, Suppliers) to raise awareness amongst tradesmen that they are at risk from exposure to asbestos. During February and March 2008 a campaign will be rolled out to target building maintenance and repair workers (e.g. electricians, plumbers and carpenters and joiners) using the theme ‘You are more at risk than you think!’ that features both national and regional activity. -added 05.01.08
More details here
HSE: Four new information leaflets have been added to the REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) web page. -added 22.01.08
Available here
BHSEA: At the Annual General Meeting today
Mr Bob Cole was elected Chairman
Mr Ed Friend Vice Chairman
Mr Mark Hoare, the outgoing Chairman was elected Vice President
Dr Morris Cooke continues as President
Mr Gerry Mulholland continues as Construction Chairman
A full report will be available in the January 2008 News Letter
HSE: Table 1 of the COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) workplace exposure limits information has been updated to consolidate amendments to the list made in October 2007. -added 14.01.08
Available here
HSE: ‘Working in the UK from overseas?’ INDG 410 leaflet have been updated. Essential guidance for employers, employment agencies and businesses, gangmasters etc. on their health, safety and welfare responsibilities for temporary (including migrant) workers.
-added 09.01.08
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