SOURCE: HSE Firework displays should be enjoyable and spectacular occasions – but they obviously need some responsible planning. The good news is that there is straightforward guidance to help you. If you are organising a major public event, you will…
SOURCE: HSE Health and Safety Executive launches new safety campaign as an average of 20 tradespeople die every week from asbestos related diseases Tradespeople, including construction workers, carpenters and painters and decorators, could come into contact with deadly asbestos on…
SOURCE: MovingOn Blog Soon some vehicles will no longer have to be fitted with tachograph recording equipment and their drivers will not have to comply with EC drivers’ hour rules, but with GB drivers’ hours rules instead. From 2 March…
Source: UKAS The Department for Transport, (Rail Technical and International Safety) has requested UKAS to develop the accreditation regime for conformity assessment bodies for two commission regulations, under the Railway Safety Directive. The two regulations are: EU 445/2011 – relating…
New laws on working safely with explosives and compressed acetylene gas will take effect next month. Two new sets of consolidated regulations – The Explosives Regulations 2014 (ER) and The Acetylene Safety (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2014 (ASR) come into force on 1…
Source: HSE A scheme designed to shift the cost of regulating workplace health and safety from the public purse to businesses who break the law has proven effective and should stay, an independent report has concluded. The report recognised that…
Source: HSE HSE has published new web-based guidance designed to support school leaders to strike the right balance and encourage them to avoid being risk averse. Whilst children need to be kept safe, they also should be able to learn through experience…
Source: HSE This guidance gives advice on the main safety issues at compactors (sometimes referred to as compactor units or packer units) and how the risks can be controlled. It is aimed at employers, managers and supervisors at premises where…
Are you aware that the legislation on storing petrol is changing? Although existing health and safety responsibilities will remain the same, the new Petroleum (Consolidation) Regulations 2014 will come into effect on 1 October 2014 and replace existing petrol storage…
Source: HSE HSE and local authorities use a range and mixture of regulatory interventions to improve the management of health and safety risks.The document Regulation of health and safety at work explains the main features of our regulatory approach, including…