The following are posts from February 2013:
28 February 2013
The GMB union, who represent school support staff, welcomed the call for evidence by the House of Commons Education Select Committee on the issues around asbestos in Schools. Robin Nower, Director of Derisk UK - Asbestos Risk Management, discusses the issues surrounding the management of asbestos in schools in the UK. In this day and age and with the higher media profile of how bad asbestos can b...
[Read on about Asbestos in Schools - Manage the Risk]
25 February 2013
There are just a few days left to take part in the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) consultation on proposals to ensure LA health and safety inspections are targeted at workplaces with the most serious risks or where there is evidence of poor risk control. The LA National Code aims to ensure greater consistency and a tighter focus in the enforcement of health and safety. The HSE are inviting tho...
[Read on about LA National Code Consultation - Closes 1st March 2013]
22 February 2013
The Lfstedt recommendations and the cross-cutting nature of the proposed changes to the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 - that they will affect every workplace in Great Britain - the HSE Board have requested further time to consider proposals following the consultation. In light of this, the proposed changes are now expected to come into force on 1 October 2013, subject to Parliamen...
[Read on about Update on the Amendment to the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981]
21 February 2013
The TUC has published a helpful downloadable document for employers regarding Health & Safety Inspections. They say that for or health and safety laws to be effective, employers must know that if they do not obey the law they could face prosecution. If you would like to download the guide visit the Health and Safety - Time for Change
[Read on about TUC - Time to Change bulletin: Health and Safety Inspections]
20 February 2013
With the regulatory environment subject to recent change, what does the future hold for health and safety direction and practice? CIEH is holding a oneday conference on March 4th 2013 to provide industryand Local Authority professionals with the latest developments in delivering the recommendation for a National Codefor LA enforcement. The agenda will explore the impact of the changes for LA heal...
[Read on about CIEH Health and Safety Conference in March]
20 February 2013
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[Read on about Announcing ToolKit CS support for Windows 8]
15 February 2013
Bradford Area Occupational Health & Safety Forum are holding a free seminar on Legionella at The Banqueting Suite at Bradford City Hall. The event will be held on 12th March and will start at 9.30am and finish at 12.30. Speakers will include the Health Protection Agency, a Local Authority Environmental Health Officer and a speaker from RPS Group's Legionella Consultancy Team. For more information...
[Read on about Free Legionella Event]
13 February 2013
Apprentice tradespeople across Clydebank are set to benefit from a new e-learning package to help them better understand the risks from asbestos. Those who train apprentices are being offered the opportunity to find out how they can use the interactive resource at a free event at Clydebank College, Queens Quay Campus, Clydebank on Wednesday, 6 March, 1-4.30pm. The event has been organised by the...
[Read on about New Government Initiative in Clydesbank]
11 February 2013
HSE recently completed a review of Legionnaires' disease outbreaks over the past ten years that reveals common failings in control, and a potential risk of further legionella outbreaks, such as those in Edinburgh and Stoke in 2012. The review highlighted a range of failures e.g.: departures from planned maintenance schedules (allowing plant conditions to get worse, and longer periods for probl...
[Read on about New HSE interventions on Legionnaires' Disease]
7 February 2013
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a Birmingham builder after he illegally removed and broke up asbestos panels from a home in Castle Bromwich. HSE inspectors visited a house on Rover Drive on 19 July 2012, following a call from a Solihull Council environmental health officer about possible unlicensed asbestos removal work. The subsequent HSE investigation found that, during wo...
[Read on about Builder fined for illegally removing asbestos]
6 February 2013
1 February 2013
