Clyde Valley Housing Association Limited was fined £70,000 after a security guard died from carbon monoxide poisoning on a construction site in Burbank, Hamilton. Hamilton Sheriff Court heard that on 6 February 2008, the security guard was overcome with fumes from a petrol generator used inside the site office. View press release ‘£70,000 fine for Clyde Valley [...]
A Black Country waste management firm has been fined £12,000 after a guard-rail gave way resulting in a worker falling nearly three metres, narrowly missing a crushing machine. AB Waste Management Ltd which is based at High Street, Amblecote, Stourbridge was prosecuted by HSE for the safety failing. The company pleaded guilty of breaching Regulation 5 [...]
The scheme explains how HSE plans to meet its statutory duties to promote equality for all groups in society. As the national regulatory body responsible for promoting better health and safety at work within Great Britain, (in close partnership with Local Authorities), we are committed to ensuring our policies and employment practices are fair, accessible [...]
New regulations come into force today (6 April) requiring HSE to be notified of conventional tower cranes installed on construction sites. View press release ‘New tower crane regulations come into force’
The Notification of Conventional Tower Cranes Regulations 2010 (the ‘Regulations’) come into force on 6 April 2010. To accompany these regulations a poster is available to download. Tower cranes site poster
A Hayle-based company has been fined £3,000 for repeated safety offences, leaving workers at risk of serious injury at its factory. Specialist boring equipment manufacturer, Rigibore Ltd of Guildford Industrial Estate, Venton League, Hayle, pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 11(1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, for failing to prevent access to [...]
Nearly one in four of the construction sites visited by HSE during March failed safety checks. Inspectors from HSE carried out checks at 2014 construction sites across Great Britain as part of an intensive inspection campaign aimed at reducing death and injury in one of Britain’s most dangerous industries. View press release ‘1 in 4 construction sites [...]
A rubber manufacturer has been fined £10,000 after a Manchester worker narrowly escaped being killed in a factory explosion. Dave Lomas, 56 from Ancoats, was returning from a coffee break when he saw a five-foot iron girder fly through the factory, smashing his workstation into pieces. The father of four, and grandfather of ten, would normally [...]
HSE’s board member for agriculture, Judith Donovan responds to a letter in Farmers Weekly setting straight HSE’s attitude to risk and the reasons behind its ‘Make the Promise’ campaign. View Judith Donovan’s response to Farmers Weekly letter ‘Health and safety is a national joke’
Steel giant Corus was today fined £10,000 following an explosion in a 75-metre-tall steel chimney in Scunthorpe. Four nearby contractors were lucky to escape serious injury in the incident at Dawes Lane Coke Ovens on 3 October 2007. View press release ‘Corus fined for chimney explosion’
The Government’s health and safety minister saw first hand (26 March) how an Essex construction firm is improving safety on site by getting employees to play their part. Lord McKenzie, accompanied by HSE Board Member Robin Dalhberg, visited construction workers and contractors for Higgins Construction at the Swan Housing Association site in Basildon and heard how [...]
2 April 2010
Asbestos The Survey Guide
The HSE has reviewed its ‘MDHS 100′ guidance on asbestos surveying, which describes Type 1, 2 and 3 surveys and this document was replaced on 29th January 2010 with ‘Managing Asbestos in Premises, The Survey Guide (HSG 264)’, which describes management surveys and refurbishment/demolition surveys.
The HSE estimates that there are between half a million and a million non-domestic properties , within the UK, which still contain asbestos, and there will be an increasing requirement for the more invasive refurbishment/demolition surveys which are particularly demanding.
‘Managing asbestos in Premises, The Survey Guide (HSG 264)’ therefore places a far greater emphasis on competency.
Why? CSCS SmartCards are much harder to forge than plain printed CSCS cards
Beware fake CSCS cards can easily be detected using an inexpensive card reader Smartcards not only provide much quicker access to CSCS data, they may be used for other applications too Your qualifications on CSCS cards can potentially be updated electronically without having to apply for a replacement card.
