Job vacancy details are available for an Accountant in the Financial Management Systems Team, of the Planning, Finance and Procurement Directorate (PFPD). The post is based in Bootle, closing date 30 July 2009. View job profile and vacancy details Read more here ...
Health and safety advisers need accreditation to ensure they meet appropriate standards of professional competence, the Chair of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has said. View Safety advisers need accreditation press release Read more here ...
HSE Chair Judith Hackitt’s response to a Daily Mail article (2 July) on the activity of a campaign group protesting against the ‘proliferation of nannying health and safety notices’ Read Rebuttal letter from HSE’s Chair Read more here ...
A topic inspection pack for Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) systems is now available. View Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) systems pack [PDF] Read more here ...
A step by step guide to the duty to manage asbestos. This systematic guide takes duty holders through the process of understanding their duties as defined in Regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006. A set of questions will enable you to identify whether you are a duty holder and take you through a series of steps to help [...]Read more here ...
At the request of the Secretary of State, HSE has instigated a review of health and safety at work in relation to workplace temperatures. The Stakeholder forum, 23 July, Rose Court, London, will consider the reasons for and against a maximum workplace temperature and HSE’s Chief Executive, Geoffrey Podger, will open the event. View stakeholder forum details Read more here ...
The owners of a Prestwick meat processing plant have been convicted of failing to have a safe isolation procedure in place for machinery, after a worker lost three fingers when a machine he was attempting to repair started up. Read Prestwick meat processing plant fined press release Read more here ...
The owners of a Brechin rendering plant have been convicted of failing to ensure proper health and safety standards were in place, after two workers were overcome by fumes produced by rotting animal waste. Read Brechin rendering plant fined press release Read more here ...
Britain’s workplace safety regulator today warned businesses in Scotland of the continued need to put safety first as new figures reveal the number of employees killed at work. View Avoidable workplace accidents claim 26 lives in Scotland press release Read more here ...
HSE has issued a new warning urging parents in Scotland to keep their children away from construction sites so they stay safe. Read safety warning to children in Scotland about construction sites press release Read more here ...
Health and safety issues in the stonemasonry industrywebsite has been rebranded - New design, new features, better navigation, ask the expert, manual handling, hand and arm vibration, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease… View rebranded stonemasonry site Read more here ...
Job vacancy details for the post of an Internal Communications Adviser, based in Bootle, closing date 16 July are now available. View job profile and vacancy details Read more here ...
The Bradford Area Occupational Health and Safety Forum will be holding a free seminar to discuss issues around employing people with disabilities and mild mental health problems. Manningham Mills Community Centre, Bradford, Tuesday, 14 July. View Dispelling the myths around the employment of disabled people event details Read more here ...
The HSE Annual Report 2008/09 reports on the work of HSE during the year and delivery of the HSE Business Plan 2008/09. Included with the report are the account for the same period in the form of operating costs and a balance sheet for HSE at 31 March 2009. View the HSE Annual Report 2008/09 Read more here ...
Effective health and safety performance comes from the top; members of the board have both collective and individual responsibility for health and safety. We show you how to plan, deliver, monitor and review health and safety in your organisation. Health and safety in your businesses Read more here ...
Kevin Myers, HSE Deputy Chief Executive, has responded to an article in the Guardian -”Fears for safety as nuclear watchdog hires staff from firms pitching to build reactors”, 27 June 2009. Read Kevin’s response in full Read more here ...
The Welsh version of ‘Farmwise: Your essential guide to health and safety in agriculture’ is now available. View Farmwise leaflet Read more here ...
This SIM introduces ‘A working arrangements protocol’ between the Health and Safety Executive, Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services (on behalf of Local Authorities in England) and the Commission for Social Care Inspection to facilitate effective working relationships in areas of mutual interest within England. View working arrangements protocol SIM Read more here ...
Transcript of the speech given by Judith Hackitt, HSE Chair, at the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (Nebosh) graduation event, Warwick on 1 July 2009. Read the transcript of the Nebosh speech Read more here ...
Minutes for the meetings of the Waste Industry Safety and Health (WISH) Forum are now available for January 2009 and September 2008. View WISH Forum minutes Read more here ...