What's new at HSE » Construction http://news.hse.gov.uk News and updates from the Health and Safety Executive Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:41:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Dodgy ladders shatter lives http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/27/dodgy-ladders-shatter-lives/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/27/dodgy-ladders-shatter-lives/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:18:59 +0000 steve http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4664 Exchange your dodgy ladder now. Ladder Exchange 2008 aims to highlight the risks associated with using a dodgy ladder, providing employers with the opportunity to exchange their substandard ladder for a new one at a discounted price.

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Find out more about the October asbestos campaign 

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/22/construction-mobile-phone-text-alerts/feed/ Construction eBulletin – August 08 http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/22/construction-ebulletin-%e2%80%93-august-08/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/22/construction-ebulletin-%e2%80%93-august-08/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:04:19 +0000 Fiona http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4709 Construction Infonet is a free email newsletter from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) providing regular updates on health and safety issues for all in the construction industry.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/22/construction-ebulletin-%e2%80%93-august-08/feed/ Construction events http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/21/construction-events-3/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/21/construction-events-3/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:36:40 +0000 Fiona http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4708 List of events aimed at the construction industry throughout autumn starting with a free Working Well Together health and safety awareness day on 11 September in Lancashire.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/21/construction-events-3/feed/ Events in Scotland http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/20/events-in-scotland/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/20/events-in-scotland/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:38:51 +0000 Fiona http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4699 A number of Health and safety related events are being held throughout Scotland in the next few months, beginning with a noise and vibration seminar  in Hamilton on 26 August.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/20/events-in-scotland/feed/ Mobile elevating work platforms http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/15/mobile-elevating-work-platforms/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/15/mobile-elevating-work-platforms/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:36:26 +0000 Fiona http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4682 A new construction information leaflet, ‘The selection and management of mobile elevating work platforms’ CIS58 is aimed at those responsible for selecting, specifying and managing mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) on site.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/15/mobile-elevating-work-platforms/feed/ Prosecutions following multiple breaches of asbestos safety laws http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/08/prosecutions-following-multiple-breaches-of-asbestos-safety-laws/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/08/prosecutions-following-multiple-breaches-of-asbestos-safety-laws/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:06:20 +0000 Fiona http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4651 HSE has issued a stark warning about managing the risks from asbestos, following its prosecution of a two companies in Essex, after workers in their employment were exposed to asbestos containing materials.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/08/prosecutions-following-multiple-breaches-of-asbestos-safety-laws/feed/ Liverpool city centre crane collapse, 15 January 2007 - August 2008 update http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/04/liverpool-city-centre-crane-collapse-15-january-2007-august-2008-update/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/04/liverpool-city-centre-crane-collapse-15-january-2007-august-2008-update/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:19:44 +0000 Peter http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4625 HSE has recently written to all GB crane hire and supply companies asking them to take forward certain actions which have arisen from the HSE investigation into the collapse of a luffing jib crane in Liverpool.  The inquest into the worker’s death on 8 July this year returned a verdict of accidental death.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/04/liverpool-city-centre-crane-collapse-15-january-2007-august-2008-update/feed/ Managing occupational health risks in construction http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/04/managing-occupational-health-risks-in-construction-2/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/04/managing-occupational-health-risks-in-construction-2/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:16:59 +0000 Fiona http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4622 The information on managing occupational health risks in construction has been updated and includes new information for Construction Design and Mangement (CDM) co-ordinators.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/04/managing-occupational-health-risks-in-construction-2/feed/ Scaffold checklist updated http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/01/scaffold-information-sheet-updated/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/01/scaffold-information-sheet-updated/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:32:03 +0000 Peter http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4618 This information sheet is intended to clarify when scaffold design is required and what level of training and competence those erecting, inspecting and supervising the erection, alteration and dismantling of scaffolding are expected to have obtained.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/01/scaffold-information-sheet-updated/feed/ Construction Infonet – July 2008 http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/23/construction-infonet-%e2%80%93-july-2008/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/23/construction-infonet-%e2%80%93-july-2008/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:38:18 +0000 Fiona http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4594 July edition of Construction Infonet is now available. In this issue, nationwide events, ladders exchange, recent enforcement activity and HSE warns children ‘building sites are not playgrounds’. keep up to date with news in construction subscribe for your copy.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/23/construction-infonet-%e2%80%93-july-2008/feed/ Wates Construction Ltd fined £7,000 http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/23/wates-construction-ltd-fined-7000/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/23/wates-construction-ltd-fined-7000/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:03:25 +0000 Fiona http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4592 HSE is warning construction firms to check the safety of gas flues, following roofing work, after the occupants of 11 bungalows in Birmingham were put at risk of carbon monoxide entering their loft spaces.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/23/wates-construction-ltd-fined-7000/feed/ Assessing and modelling fatigue crack growth in structural steels http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/03/assessing-and-modelling-fatigue-crack-growth-in-structural-steels/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/03/assessing-and-modelling-fatigue-crack-growth-in-structural-steels/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:02:08 +0000 phil http://www.hsenews.com/2008/07/03/assessing-and-modelling-fatigue-crack-growth-in-structural-steels/ This report aims to find the best way in which information gained during in-service inspection can be used to improve the prediction of the remaining useful life of structural steels and in particular offshore structures approaching the end of there design lives.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/03/assessing-and-modelling-fatigue-crack-growth-in-structural-steels/feed/ Specialist Inspector vacancies http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/02/specialist-inspector-vacancies/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/02/specialist-inspector-vacancies/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:03:40 +0000 Peter http://www.hsenews.com/2008/07/02/specialist-inspector-vacancies/ HSE currently has posts for Specialist Inspectors within occupational hygiene, occupational health, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and construction engineering. Based at various locations across the United Kingdom, closing date 28 July 2008.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/02/specialist-inspector-vacancies/feed/ Small reduction in fatal injuries at work no reason for complacency http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/01/small-reduction-in-fatal-injuries-at-work-no-reason-for-complacency/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/01/small-reduction-in-fatal-injuries-at-work-no-reason-for-complacency/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:16:16 +0000 Fiona http://www.hsenews.com/2008/07/01/small-reduction-in-fatal-injuries-at-work-no-reason-for-complacency/ Provisional figures of work-related fatal injuries in Great Britain issued by HSE reveal a slight reduction in 2007/08 compared to 2006/07.

Responding to the released figures HSE Chair Judith Hackett said, “Whilst we welcome the decrease in overall numbers of fatalities, there is absolutely no room for complacency”.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/01/small-reduction-in-fatal-injuries-at-work-no-reason-for-complacency/feed/ Good response to Aberdeen scaffolding event http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/01/good-response-to-aberdeen-scaffolding-event/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/01/good-response-to-aberdeen-scaffolding-event/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:04:18 +0000 Fiona http://www.hsenews.com/2008/07/01/good-response-to-aberdeen-scaffolding-event/ HSE has welcomed the response to a safety seminar held in Aberdeen in conjunction with Aberdeen City Council. Over 200 delegates from the north east attended the event designed to promote safe use of scaffolding.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/01/good-response-to-aberdeen-scaffolding-event/feed/ HSE crackdown on construction sites in Newcastle. http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/06/26/hse-cracksdown-on-construction-sites-in-newcastle/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/06/26/hse-cracksdown-on-construction-sites-in-newcastle/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:11:37 +0000 phil http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/26/hse-cracksdown-on-construction-sites-in-newcastle/ Work was halted on construction sites in Newcastle last week as part of a HSE crackdown on unsafe practices.

Inspectors visited 24 contractors engaged on refurbishment sites in the city and served four prohibition notices, effectively stopping work due to concerns about working at height and electrical issues.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/06/26/hse-cracksdown-on-construction-sites-in-newcastle/feed/ HSE Newsletter - June 2008 http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/06/26/hse-newsletter-june-2008/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/06/26/hse-newsletter-june-2008/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:11:17 +0000 steve http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/26/hse-newsletter-june-2008/ Subscribe to HSE’s Health and Safety Newsletter and you’ll find out the best ways to tackle today’s key health and safety issues. In this months edition:

  • Who is responsible for what and when it comes to migrant workers,
  • what happens when an inspector calls,
  • Generic Design Assessment - the new process for assessing the safety, security and environmental aspects of new power stations in the UK.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/06/26/hse-newsletter-june-2008/feed/ Company prosecuted after worker falls through fragile roof http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/06/23/company-prosecuted-after-worker-falls-through-fragile-roof/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/06/23/company-prosecuted-after-worker-falls-through-fragile-roof/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:45:15 +0000 phil http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/23/company-prosecuted-after-worker-falls-through-fragile-roof/ HSE is warning construction companies of the importance of implementing safe systems for working at height. This follows the HSE prosecution of a company after an incident in which a worker was seriously injured after falling through a fragile roof.

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