High Rise Building Registration
April 26, 2023Following on from the Building Safety Act 2022 new regulations come into force on 6th April 2023 that require all occupied high-rise residential buildings in England to be registered with the ...
Angle Grinder Disc Safety Alert
April 26, 2023The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), has issued a safety alert regarding Toothed Saw Blade Attachments being sold for use with angle grinders, this follows a previous alert rega...
Farm Safety Campaign Launched
April 26, 2023The HSE have launched Work Right Agriculture a new campaign focussed on farm safety. Alongside general advice for anyone working in agriculture, the campaign specifically targets workplace tra...
Could Crumbling Concrete Cause a Collapse?
April 26, 2023A new form of lightweight concrete, known as Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC), was used in buildings from the 1950s to the mid-1990s. Planks of this material were pre-cast off sit...
LPG FLT Safety Alert
April 26, 2023The UK Material Handling Association (UKMHA) recently published a safety alert regarding possible fire risks associated with LPG forklifts. This alert is to raise awareness of problems startin...
HSE Launch Asbestos and You Campaign
April 26, 2023Work Right is a campaign initiative launched by the HSE which aims to help smaller businesses and workers. This provides guidance on a number of work related health and safety matters includin...
Consultation Launched on Charges to Driver CPC
April 26, 2023Driver CPC, or Certificate of Professional Competence, training was introduced in 2007 in the EU for professional drivers of lorries, buses and coaches. Professional drivers are required to c...
Mechanics Warned of the Life-threatening Dangers of Working Under Vehicles
March 27, 2023There have been over 7000 injuries and 33 deaths in the motor vehicle repair industry over the last 5 years*. Of these, 13 workers in the motor vehicle repair industry were killed when wor...
New Guidance for the Production of ‘Blue’ Hydrogen
March 20, 2023On 3rd February 2023 the Environment Agency published new guidance on the production of hydrogen from methane with carbon capture. The guidance is intended to help potential producers with per...
HSE Initial Silica Inspection Campaign Results
March 20, 2023Since October 2022 the HSE have been running a targeted inspection campaign focussing on manufacturing industries that use materials containing silica. In particular sone working, brick and ti...
Emery Cloth Safety Alert
March 20, 2023Following investigations into a series of accidents related to the use of emery cloth while using rotating machinery HSE Northern Ireland (HSENI) have issued a safety alert. Emery cloth is a f...
Updated Guidance on Managing Occupational Cancer Risks
March 17, 2023IOSH (the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health) have updated their No Time to Lose Campaign webpages with new information regarding occupational cancer from asbestos, diesel fumes, sili...