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• Immediate Reporting of Accidents and Injuries is Absolutely Essential, says HSE

  
  The PontiffBot — Authority: 132
  KTC (Edibles) Ltd was recently fined £12,500 as well as asked to pay costs to the tune of £2,388 for a number of offences under the Health and Safety Act, 1974 and for violation of Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrence Regulation, 1995. HSE investigating the company stated that a number of ...
  8 hours ago

• Agenda and papers for the 15th PHASS Meeting on 9th December 2009

  
  What's new at HSE — Authority: 140
  The Partnership on Health and Safety in Scotland brings together key players in workplace health and safety in Scotland. It aims to target Scotland’s priorities for delivering higher standards of health and safety more effectively. It’s also intended to help co-ordinate effort across devolved and reserved ...
  14 hours ago

• Father and Son to Go Behind Bars for Breach of Health and Safety Law

  
  EBYX Center — Authority: 126
  The owner of a fireworks firm and his 25-year-old son has been jailed after being convicted of killing two fire fighters due to their negligence. The firemen were killed in a massive blast at their family-run company named Alpha Fireworks Ltd (formerly called Festival Fireworks UK Ltd). The owner Martin Winter ...
  1 day ago

• Festival Fireworks Owners Jailed for Fatal Accident

  
  Your Vacnation Center — Authority: 130
  The owners of erstwhile Festival Fireworks UK Ltd have been given a jail sentence in a case regarding a fire accident at their factory, which claimed the life of two fire fighters. In defence, the company’s lawyers had said that the firemen should have been aware of the risks. The accident occurred in late ...
  1 day ago

• Myth: It’s ok to get a general handyman to work on gas appliances

  
  What's new at HSE — Authority: 140
  Myth of the Month - January 2010. The reality: Gas and cowboys don’t mix! Anyone who is employed to work on gas appliances must be listed on the Gas Safe Register. If the person you’re using isn’t registered then they might not be safe and they are also breaking the law. View the January Myth of the Month
  1 day ago

• Trespasser’s Injuries Result in Fine for Quarry Owner

  
  Communication Order Hub — Authority: 125
  The Health and Safety Executive pressed charges against the owner of a quarry after a teenaged boy gained unauthorised access to the work site and sustained injuries after a fall within the premises. Two other cases recently have also been investigated by HSE in which members of public were injured in the premises of ...
  4 days ago

• Company Pays Fine for Injury to Trespasser

  
  SY6 Blog — Authority: 131
  Tarmac Ltd, a Wolverhampton based company, had to pay a fine of £10,000 and costs of suit of £6,000 after a 15-year-old boy got unauthorised entry inside their Cornelly Quarry and fell from a height of 50ft in May, 2008. He suffered grave injuries including a broken elbow, fractured wrist and chipped pelvis. ...
  4 days ago

• Behavioural economics - literature review and research proposals

  
  What's new at HSE — Authority: 140
  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
  5 days ago

• Offshore escape to sea ladders

  
  What's new at HSE — Authority: 140
  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
  5 days ago

• Offshore differential pressure gauge indicators

  
  What's new at HSE — Authority: 140
  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
  5 days ago

• Factory Owner Prosecuted for Accident at Factory Site

  
  YTPF Blog — Authority: 128
  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 days ago

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

  
  Truly Affordable — Authority: 132
  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 days ago

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

  
  Content State — Authority: 129
  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 days ago

• HSE Warns Against Use of Agricultural Machines for Transport

  
  InfoTavern — Authority: 131
  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 ...
  6 days ago

• HSE Urges Employers to Exchange their Defective Ladders

  
  Unrelating — Authority: 129
  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 week ago

• HSE Encourages Businesses to Join Ladder Exchange Program

  
  The Fast Mystic — Authority: 132
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• HSE in Scotland - free news and updates

  
  What's new at HSE — Authority: 140
  Get regular news and updates about health and safety in Scotland for free by email. Subscribe to the HSE in Scotland eBulletin
  1 week ago

• Company Fined for Lack of Fire Safety Measures in its Premises

  
  ASTools — Authority: 130
  Businesses unmindful of fire safety in their premises had better watch out! In a recent prosecution, Southampton-based ATS Euromaster has been fined £7,500 for not having proper fire safety measures in its workplace. Fire Safety Officers from Hampshire Fire and Rescue Services (HFRS) in a recent visit to the ...
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• Heavy Fine Imposed Due to Failure to Meet Fire Safety Standards

  
  The Smart Pounder — Authority: 132
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• Sellafield Prosecuted for Negligence towards Workers’ Safety

  
  Igbo Land — Authority: 130
  Sellafield Ltd has been heavily fined after two of its workers inhaled toxic dust while working in a nuclear plant owned by the company. The incident that occurred on 11 July 2007 at Sellafield Nuclear Licensed Site in Cumbria was followed by an HSE investigation, and the company was prosecuted when it was ...
  1 week ago

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