The following are posts with the ACoP tag:
6 February 2014
When designing projects with the avoidance of risk in mind theACoPrequires designers to apply the Hierarchy of Risk Control and the General Principles of Prevention. This is a series of steps to be followed when designing to eliminate and reduceriskby their design decisions, as follows: Consider whether it is possible to eliminate or control the hazard and the resulting risk by designing it out...
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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
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29 June 2012
The HSE appear to be following recommendations put forward by Professor Lfstedt in his review of health & safety legislation. Professor Lfstedt (who spoke at our Health and Safety Conference earlier this year) stated that Health and Safety legislation required a complete overhaul. Lord Young, in his 2010 report 'Common sense, common safety' (PDF), also suggested that reforms were needed. The HSE...
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5 March 2007
5 March 2007
2 March 2007
2 March 2007
8 February 2007
8 February 2007
1 November 2006
We all know that CDM2007 is on the horizon nevertheless some of us have a few concerns over possible changes in the ACoP. A lot of people are beginning to put together training courses, power point presentations etc. on the basis that the material that was presented to the HSC and approved and accepted by the HSC is now written in stone. We need to know that what we are preparing and delivering is...
[Read on about Concerns over possible changes in the ACoP]
