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HSE and LAs to build on best practice

The HSE and the Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS) are launching a guide that sets out examples of best-practice working between the HSE and local authorities (LAs).

News from Health and Safety Executive, Mar 21, 2005

HSC announces date for Work at Height Regulations

The HSC has announced the date on which the new regulations on work at height will come into force: 6 April 2005.

News from Health and Safety Executive, Mar 21, 2005

Firms warned to use ladders of the correct length

Circleworth, a London-based construction company, was fined GBP7500 at the City of London Magistrates Court on 11 March 2005 following a prosecution brought by the HSE.

News from Health and Safety Executive, Mar 15, 2005

Views sought on nuclear decommissioning

The HSC is publishing a consultative document seeking comments on redrafted guidance from the HSE on the Nuclear Reactors (Environmental Impact Assessment for Decommissioning) Regulations 1999.

News from Health and Safety Executive, Mar 11, 2005

New guide to safe manual handling of kerbs

New guidance 'Handling kerbs: Reducing the risks of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)' is being launched by the Health and Safety Executive.

News from Health and Safety Executive, Mar 3, 2005

HSE issues revised guide to railway regulations

The Health and Safety Executive is publishing a web-based revised guide to the Railway and Other Transport Systems (Approval of Works, Plant and Equipment) Regulations 1994 (ROTS).

News from Health and Safety Executive, Mar 1, 2005

Fatal accident leads to large fine for scaffolders

The Health and Safety Executive has successfully prosecuted a scaffolding company, Crowe Fabrications, following a fatal incident on 12 July 2002 in London.

News from Health and Safety Executive, Feb 28, 2005

Watch out for changes to rules on driving hours

Health and safety experts at Park City Consulting are raising awareness of likely changes to 'working time' for drivers.

News from Park City Consulting, Feb 24, 2005

Four-month sentence for assault on HSE inspector

Eric Dawson, a local builder, has been given a four-month custodial sentence at Hartlepool Magistrates Court, following his attack on a Health and Safety Executive Inspector.

News from Health and Safety Executive, Feb 23, 2005

Firms fined following death at sugar factory

Fines totalling GBP650,000 have been imposed on two companies following the death of a woman at a British Sugar plc factory.

News from Health and Safety Executive, Feb 23, 2005

HSE reveals offshore safety record for 2003/4

The Health and Safety Executive has published its full offshore health and safety statistics for 2003/04.

News from Health and Safety Executive, Feb 22, 2005

Free guide to machinery guarding standards

Procter Machinery Guarding is giving away a free guide to machinery and conveyor guarding standards.

News from Procter Machinery Guarding, Feb 17, 2005

Demystifying compliance with DDA requirements

Croner issues some advice for shopkeepers and owners of other small businesses following concerns raised in the Watchdog television programme of 8 February 2005.

News from Croner, Feb 10, 2005

Standards for crane safety and DDA compliance

February's issue of the BSI Business Information Manufacturing and Construction Newsletter focuses on new crane safety and design standards, plus the management of inclusive design.

News from BSI, Feb 10, 2005

Health and safety law: see the future

The first annual statement of changes to domestic occupational health and safety law on which the Health and Safety Executive leads was published on 8 February 2005.

News from Health and Safety Executive, Feb 9, 2005

Triple fine after death of Romanian worker

Three defendants have received fines totalling GBP95,000, plus costs of GBP60,000, at Southwark Crown Court, London, following the death of a worker involved in underpinning a church.

News from Health and Safety Executive, Feb 3, 2005

HSE issues 57 Enforcement Notices in two days

In an example of what can happen when the HSE decides to run a specific campaign, a team of 16 inspectors conducted spot-checks on 72 premises over a two-day period in December 2004.

News from Health and Safety Executive, Jan 27, 2005

HSE warns of bogus 'Enforcement Division'

The Health and Safety Executive is urging businesses across Britain to ignore all correspondence from a firm calling itself the 'Health and Safety Registration Enforcement Division'.

News from Health and Safety Executive, Jan 25, 2005

Amey Rail fined after accident leaves man disabled

Amey Rail Limited has been fined GBP4000 at Camborne Magistrates' Court in a prosecution brought by the Health and Safety Executive following serious injuries sustained by a railway worker.

News from Health and Safety Executive, Jan 24, 2005

Metronet fined following injury to cleaner

Metronet Rail BCV Limited has been fined GBP5000 at the City of London Magistrates' Court following a prosecution after a contract cleaner sustained a serious leg injury on 11 February 2003.

News from Health and Safety Executive, Jan 21, 2005

Company fined after worker suffers fatal fall

McDermott Bros Contractors Limited, a London-based construction company, has been fined GBP150,000 at Southwark Crown Court following an investigation into a fatal fall from height at a building site.

News from Health and Safety Executive, Jan 20, 2005

COSHH amendment bans old-style cement

The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations 2004 will prohibit the supply or use of cement which has a chromium VI concentration of more than 2 parts per million.

News from Health and Safety Executive, Jan 18, 2005

HSC consults on Science Strategy

The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) has launched a consultation on the draft HSC Science Strategy 2005-2008 - Gathering Evidence; Developing Understanding; Identifying Solutions.

News from Health and Safety Executive, Jan 14, 2005