Hot and Bothered – Can I Stop Working?
July 3, 2019With record temperatures predicted for western Europe and the summer holidays not yet begun temperature in the workplace can be a hot topic. While regulations do state that “During working h...
Lost Your MOT Certificate?
July 3, 2019The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) have launched a new free online service, that allows motorists to replace a lost, stolen or damaged MOT certificate via the GOV.UK website at: ht...
UPDATING THE CONSTRUCTION HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT TEST
May 17, 2019CITB, the Construction Industry Training Board, have announced that with effect from 26th June 2019 there will be a significant update to the Health, Safety and Environment test to better refl...
SAME LICENCE BIGGER VAN – part 2
May 17, 2019Last year we reported how, as part of a plan to encourage the use of low emission vehicles, the Government was looking to allow category B licence holders to operate alternatively-fueled vehic...
Noise – A note worthy appeal
May 17, 2019While many of the articles you will find here look at health and safety regulations from the point of view of enforcement by the authorities, failures in complying with regulations are often c...
SAFETY IN STAGES – GUIDANCE FOR THEATRICAL MACHINERY
May 17, 2019IOSH the (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health) has launched a new online safety guide aimed at those involved in designing, manufacturing and using machinery on theatrical sets. The ...
High rise fire safety in Scotland
May 17, 2019The Scottish Government has launched a consultation exercise to gather information and views on proposed actions to strengthen fire safety for people who live in high rise buildings. Followin...
What are the HSE’s plans?
May 17, 2019The HSE recently launched their business plan for 2019/2020, this sets out what their key areas of work will be for the coming year. Naturally the HSE has an overall objective to improve wor...
Who will answer your fire alarm?
May 17, 2019Individual fire authorities are responsible for creating appropriate strategies for their own area. With limited resources and many calls on those resources fire authorities have to make dif...
New guidance for STIG of the dumper truck
May 17, 2019The Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group (SFPSG) have launched a good practice guide for the safe use of forward tipping dumpers. These are commonly used on construction sites to move soil and m...
Lower limits for exposure
May 13, 2019In January 2018 the European Union adopted a directive (Directive 2017/2398) concerning workplace exposure to substances that have been identified as being either carcinogenic or mutagenic (ca...
HSE fee for intervention rate up
May 13, 2019The Health and Safety Executive’s Fee For Intervention (FFI) scheme was launched in October 2012, this allows the HSE to charge organisations for the costs involved in investigating, issuing n...
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