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• Behavioural economics - literature review and research proposals

  
  What's new at HSE — Authority: 442
  Historically, economists can be accused of having ignored behavioural issues. However, recent times have seen an upsurge in interest generated by the failure of conventional economics to adequately address recent economic reality. Read RR752 report
  4 hours ago

• Offshore escape to sea ladders

  
  What's new at HSE — Authority: 442
  Information sheet providing advice to duty holders that a change in the means of descent to sea will normally comprise a material change to the safety case, requiring submission of a revised safety case to HSE. View information sheet
  4 hours ago

• Offshore differential pressure gauge indicators

  
  What's new at HSE — Authority: 442
  Offshore information sheet - highlights a recurring problem with the fasteners holding together either side of Barton Differential Pressure Gauge Indicators (Model 227). View information sheet
  4 hours ago

• Factory Owner Prosecuted for Accident at Factory Site

  
  YTPF Blog — Authority: 127
  Keeping fireworks in unlicensed metal containers landed Martin Winter, owner of a fireworks factory, in deep trouble. Winter knew the potential dangers the fireworks posed if caught in a blaze, yet he did nothing to avert a possible catastrophe. The catastrophe finally occurred in the form of a massive explosion at ...
  5 hours ago

• Factory Owner Accused of Gross Negligence after Firemen Die in Explosion

  
  Truly Affordable — Authority: 130
  A fireworks factory owner has been accused of manslaughter after two firemen died in a major explosion that occurred at the factory in December 2006. The blast also resulted in injuries, and 20 people were injured. The people who died were Fireman Geoff Wicker and support officer Brian Wembridge. The blast ...
  5 hours ago

• Court Gives Verdict in Three-Year-old Factory Blast Case

  
  Content State — Authority: 130
  A blast in the East Sussex factory of Festival Fireworks UK Limited in December 2006 had killed two people and badly injured around 20 more people. The deceased were fire fighter Geoff Wicker and support officer Brian Wembridge, who were shooting the incident with their camera while the other officers were getting ...
  5 hours ago

• Docks form - have your say

  
  What's new at HSE — Authority: 442
  Time is running out to have your say on HSE’s public consultation proposing the removal of the requirement  for a certificate confirming the safety of a vessel used to transport a person at work in dock operations to or from any working place in docks premises. Have your say on the Docks form
  7 hours ago

• Toad Busters banned from gassing pests

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  A group fighting to keep cane toads out of Western Australias Kimberley says it is being stopped from using carbon dioxide to gas the pests because bureaucrats have told them it is too cruel. Kimberley Toad Busters has labelled the Department of Environment and Conservations (DEC) refusal to sanction the use of ...
  18 hours ago

• HSE Warns Against Use of Agricultural Machines for Transport

  
  InfoTavern — Authority: 130
  The Health and Safety Executive has warned against the use of agricultural machines for any purpose other than their intended one, following an accident that occurred on a farm. In the accident, an employee lost his life as he fell off the machine he was travelling on. The accident occurred in 2007 on an ...
  21 hours ago

• The World’s Most Famous Pornstar

  
  A Tangled Rope — Authority: 130
  Rotorblade Trimquim first came to the world’s attention in the hardcore hot auditing action film Double-Entry Babes II , where her ability to reconcile a cash book whilst seemingly being brought to multiple orgasm by two well-oiled, well-hung studs became the most downloaded video clip on the internet last year, ...
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• Stress at work - are you dealing with it?

  
  What's new at HSE — Authority: 442
  Stress affects people in different ways. If it’s not spotted or understood, it can lead to more physical and mental problems.  Help to deal with stress
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• More US chemical exposures?

  
  Green Chemicals — Authority: 129
  I was a little bit tied up with deadlines when this report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) came out two weeks ago but this is still interesting enough to warrant a post before the year ends. CDC said its recently released Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environment Chemicals ...
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• HSE Urges Employers to Exchange their Defective Ladders

  
  Unrelating — Authority: 128
  HSE has rolled out its Ladder Exchange scheme to get rid of damaged ladders from work premises. The scheme will continue till December 31. This scheme that allows employers to trade their old, broken ladders for new and safe ones has been quite a success. The scheme also allows for thorough examination of ...
  1 day ago

• HSE Encourages Businesses to Join Ladder Exchange Program

  
  The Fast Mystic — Authority: 130
  With HSE’s Ladder exchange Program is currently underway and is scheduled to close at the end of the year. The body has been involved in encouraging business owners to take part in the program. Run with the help of retailers, trade associations and manufacturers, the program allows business owners to have their ...
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• Airline loses 8-year-old

  
  Parent to Parent — Authority: 142
  Image via Wikipedia I’ve heard of kids flying alone before, but I’ve never heard of an airline losing a child. Check out this story from the Charlotte Observer about how an 8-year-old boy was temporarily lost by an airline worker. The parents, who live in different states, had paid extra for him to be ...
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• HSE in Scotland - free news and updates

  
  What's new at HSE — Authority: 442
  Get regular news and updates about health and safety in Scotland for free by email. Subscribe to the HSE in Scotland eBulletin
  2 days ago

• Health And Safety For Professional Window Cleaners Covered By Recent Safety Regulations

  
  Website Marketing Club — Authority: 163
  Window cleaning companies have a professional responsibility to ensure that workers are safe whilst carrying out window cleaning for their company. All window cleaners must be put through health and safety for professional window cleaners that includes, interviews and checks before they are employed. Qualifications ...
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• Health And Safety For Professional Window Cleaners Covered By Recent Safety Legislation

  
  Chillicious.com — Authority: 156
  Window cleaning from professional companies needs to be reliable and trustworthy. Therefore professional window cleaning companies must abide by certain health and safety for professional window cleaners safety standards. Many professional window cleaners wear a uniform that conforms to safety standards as well as ...
  2 days ago

• Heavy Fine Imposed Due to Failure to Meet Fire Safety Standards

  
  The Smart Pounder — Authority: 131
  Two years back, Hampshire Fire and Rescue Services Fire Safety Officers held a fire safety investigation at the Southampton property of ATS Euromaster and found various contraventions of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. During the investigation, it was found that one of the fire exits was ...
  2 days ago

• Explosion at Kraft Foods Ohio plant injured 1

  
  JusticeNewsFlash.com | Legal News | Lawyer Press Release — Authority: 443
  Legal news for Ohio employment attorneys. An explosion at Kraft’s Coshocton plant injured one worker. Occupational Health and Safety Administration alerts- An explosion at Kraft Foods plant injured a worker. Coshocton, OH– The blast proof walls at Kraft Foods’ Coshocton plant were tested when an explosion at ...
  3 days ago

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