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HSC report shows progress but scope to improve
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published statistics on work related injuries and ill health for 2004/2005 that show progress, though fatal and major injuries remain a concern.
News from Health and Safety Executive ( 9 November 2005)
New BSI explosive atmosphere standard and handbook
BSI Business Information is promoting publications relating to explosive and flammable atmospheres.
News from BSI Business Information ( 8 November 2005)
New standards for pressure vessel materials
BSI Business Information is promoting two standards relating to materials for pressure vessels.
News from BSI Business Information ( 8 November 2005)
HSE to prosecute Network Rail and Amey Rail
The Health and Safety Executive will prosecute Network Rail Infrastructure and Amey Rail in connection with the partial derailment of a high-speed train near Southall, West London, in November 2002.
News from Health and Safety Executive ( 7 November 2005)
HSE consults on changes to asbestos regulations
The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) has published a consultative document seeking comments on proposed amendments to its asbestos regulations and an Approved Code of Practice (ACoP).
News from Health and Safety Executive ( 4 November 2005)
HSE publishes monthly SPAD report for September 05
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its final monthly Signals Passed at Danger (SPAD) report before moving to a quarterly reporting system.
News from Health and Safety Executive ( 3 November 2005)
EU exempts Deca-BDE from RoHS Directive
Technical background article In a Decision published on 15 October 2005, the EU has exempted Deca-BDE, a highly effective flame retardant, from the Directive on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS).
News from EBFRIP (28 October 2005)
HSE updates guidance for food manufacturers
The Health and Safety Executive has published a new edition of its guidance for food manufacturing industries, 'A recipe for safety: Occupational health and safety in food and drink manufacture'.
News from Health and Safety Executive (26 October 2005)
HSE publishes free guides to ladder safety
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is publishing new free guides to help raise awareness of the risks associated with ladder use and to give advice on how to use ladders safely.
News from Health and Safety Executive (26 October 2005)
It is time to Stop That Noise! throughout Europe
'Stop that Noise!' week across Europe turns spotlight on 60million EU workers exposed to noise.
News from European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (24 October 2005)
HSE publishes Offences and Penalties Report 2004/5
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published its sixth annual Offences and Penalties Report 2004/5 on 20 October 2005.
News from Health and Safety Executive (21 October 2005)
Transco fined £1million for fatal gas explosion
Transco was today fined £1,000,000 and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £134,000 at Manchester Crown Court on 20 October 2005, after pleading guilty to breaching health and safety law.
News from Health and Safety Executive (21 October 2005)
Tackling ill-health improves competitiveness
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath has told key members from European businesses, trade unions and the European Commission about the challenge that Europe is facing in tackling occupational ill-health.
News from Health and Safety Executive (19 October 2005)
HSE statement on potters bar train derailment
The Health and Safety Executive has said that a decision on whether to prosecute for health and safety offences in relation to the Potters Bar train derailment will be taken after a Coroner's Inquest.
News from Health and Safety Executive (18 October 2005)
HSE announces Ladders Week and free guides
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced a national initiative to promote the safe use of ladders: Ladders Week will run from 14 to 18 November 2005.
News from Health and Safety Executive (17 October 2005)
Channel Tunnel Safety Authority Annual Report 2005
The Channel Tunnel Safety Authority (CTSA) has published its Annual Report for the period from 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005.
News from Health and Safety Executive (17 October 2005)
BS EN ISO/IEC 17050 covers conformity assessment
To assist those carrying out self assessments, BSI Business Information has published a new standard, BS EN ISO/IEC 17050:2004, 'Conformity assessment, Supplier's declaration of conformity'
News from BSI Business Information (17 October 2005)
HSE announces revised GMO regulations
Amendments that clarify and simplify working with contained Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) have recently come into force.
News from Health and Safety Executive (13 October 2005)
BSI publishes new version of BS EN ISO 9000
The latest edition of BS EN ISO 9000 has just been published, BS EN ISO 9000:2005, 'Quality management systems, Fundamentals and vocabulary'.
News from BSI Business Information (13 October 2005)
HSE gives 10-year green light for Sizewell B
The Health and Safety Executive is content for the Sizewell B nuclear power station to operate for up to a further ten years, subject to continued satisfactory safety performance.
News from Health and Safety Executive ( 7 October 2005)
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