The following are posts from July 2012:
24 July 2012
To mark the 40th anniversary of the launch of the 'Robens Report' which took a look 'behind the Health & Safety at Work Act' (HSWA), Prospect (a union representing professional engineers) has compiled 40 stories from the Health and Safety Executive's front line. 40 at 40is a collection of contemporary personal insights into some extraordinary and diverse encounters, from people who rarely make th...
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23 July 2012
There is an interesting discussion on the HSE Construction Forum. With the lack of HSE 'to cover' all the works happening at the moment a query was raised that if you were undertaking a fairly low risk project and the works went over the threshold to make it a notifiable project but a CDM-C was not appointed what would the HSE do even if the works completed without accident or injury? If there...
[Read on about What if you didn't notify the HSE about a notifiable project?]
18 July 2012
A school in Dorset has recently been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for the unsafe removal of asbestos insulation boards which lead to several people being exposed to asbestos fibres. Sherborne School and Peter Eldridge, the director of a company responsible for the refurbishment project, have been fined after an investigation found they had failed to identify and prevent the...
[Read on about Safety failings led to asbestos exposure at Dorset school]
16 July 2012
The HSE has published the results for their investigations (Project RR941) into the extent to which CDM helped or hindered the construction of London 2012 by reviewing how CDM duties were put into practice. Key messages and findings from the report include: Millions of hours of work can be undertaken and a project delivered in a tighttimescale without compromising health and safety Early and...
[Read on about CDM Lessons Learned from the Olympics]
10 July 2012
Interestingly the Construction Enquirer reports that Seddon Group has received more than 1,400 applications after launching an apprentice recruitment drive across the UK. This proactive approach to get new blood into the industry needs to be applauded. However, there are concerns that funding is over complex and a review is required. The main aim of the recruitment drive is to reach young people...
[Read on about Apprentice Applications On The Up]
10 July 2012
10 July 2012
Selfridges & Co has appointed Altius Vendor Assessment to manage supplier pre-assessment, compliance and accreditation on behalf of the retail group. The Altius online vendor accreditation and management system takes a thorough evidence-based approach to checking the competences of suppliers from health and safety compliance through to financial health, environmental performance, customer service...
[Read on about Selfridges Partners With Altius To Improve Supply Chain Management]
9 July 2012
The cost recovery scheme introduced by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) - Fee for Intervention (FFI) - will start on 1 October 2012 subject to Parliamentary approval. New detailedFFI guidance has been published on HSE's website setting about how the scheme will work in practice. Developed in consultation with representatives from industry, it explains how FFI works and includes examples illu...
[Read on about HSE Cost Recovery Scheme Starts October 2012]
6 July 2012
The HSE has now published the provisional data regarding fatal Injuries for the period April 2011- March 2012. The data suggests a leveling-off in the previous downward trend over the last four years. Is this down to better health and safety activity or the lessening on construction work happening at the moment? For a full review see hse.gov.uk/statistics/fatals
[Read on about Latest Statistics on Fatal Injuries 2011/12]
5 July 2012
5 July 2012
Its seems that many UK businesses see H&S Compliance as a burden a recent survey reveals. One of the main issues they have is that they find it difficult to find the information on which health and safety regulations applied to their operation. Additionally lack of time and physical resource as well as the penalties for non-compliance were sited as major reasons for their concerns. Many opt to ha...
[Read on about H & S Compliance A Burden?]
4 July 2012
Further to one of our recent postsregarding the HSE review of the current AcOP the SHP report that protests have challenged Employment Minister Chris Grayling. Their issues are that the government should be doing 'more' to strengthen regulations rather than cutting it. For more on this article see Protesters tell Government: you lie, we die
[Read on about You Lie We Die?]
3 July 2012
