Tough New Health and Safety Sentencing Guidelines from February 2016
Sentencing Council issue new guidelines on Health & Safety offences. Guidance for Corporate Manslaughter and Food Safety & Hygiene offenses also updated. Come in to [...]
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Nationwide Investigation into the Safety of Children’s Fancy Dress Costumes?
Trading Standards to perform spot checks on children’s fancy dress costumes for sale across the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and British Standards [...]
European Union Rule That Traveling To Work, ‘Is Work’
EU Rule that Traveling To Work, ‘Is Work’ Travel to first and last appointment is now working time Impact on industries including Care Work, Gas Fitters and Sales Reps [...]
National Fork Lift Safety Month 2015
Fork Lift Safety Month: 1st – 30th September 2015 The Fork Lift Truck Association’s (FLTA) month long safety campaign. Safetember: see danger, speak up! [...]
Modelling the economic impacts of an accident at major hazard sites
Model to determine broad range of economic costs of accidents at major hazard sites. Model developed by the Health and Safety Laboratory in Buxton (HSL) with further input [...]
Changes to Health & Safety Law for Self Employed
An amendment to Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 exempts the self employed from health & safety law where the activity [undertaking] affects [...]
£20 Million Fund for Driverless R&D
UK Gov launch £20 Million fund for driverless car R&D. Fund to be matched by industry. Code of Practice to make UK best place for testing. Original Author: BIS [...]
New Load Security Guidance
New Guidance on Securing Loads. 2013/14, DVSA issued over 2,000 prohibitions to vehicles that presented a road safety risk Original Author: Moving On Blog Original [...]
HSE releases annual workplace fatalities
142 workers fatally injured at work between April 2014 and March 2015 (a rate of 0.46 fatalities per 100,000 workers). Compares to last year’s all-time low of 136 (0.45 [...]
Safety signs and signals: Updated Guidance.
3rd Edition updates reference to legislation & standards. Original Author: HSE Original Links: http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/l64.htm Content This guidance is for [...]
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