What's new at HSE » Inspection http://news.hse.gov.uk News and updates from the Health and Safety Executive Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:17:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Guidance for assessment of nuclear training and competence arrangements http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/07/guidance-for-assessment-of-nuclear-training-and-competence-arrangements/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/07/guidance-for-assessment-of-nuclear-training-and-competence-arrangements/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:03:20 +0000 Fiona http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4638 This technical assessment guide is principally intended to provide guidance to aid inspectors in the application of SAP EHF8, which states that a systematic approach should be taken to the identification and delivery of personnel competence, and its supporting para 387. It also assists in the application of other Safety Assessment Principles (SAPs) which set out expectations of licensees’ training processes and arrangements for assuring competence.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/07/guidance-for-assessment-of-nuclear-training-and-competence-arrangements/feed/ Function and content of the Nuclear Baseline http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/07/function-and-content-of-the-nuclear-baseline/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/07/function-and-content-of-the-nuclear-baseline/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:00:04 +0000 Fiona http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4637 This technical assessment guide gives guidance to help inspectors assess the licensee’s ‘Nuclear Baseline (NB)’. The NB is the means by which the licensee demonstrates that its organisational structure, staffing and competencies are, and remain, suitable and sufficient to manage nuclear safety throughout the full range of the licensee’s business. 

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/08/07/function-and-content-of-the-nuclear-baseline/feed/ Safety crack down on Tyneside industrial estates http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/22/safety-crack-down-on-tyneside-industrial-estates/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/22/safety-crack-down-on-tyneside-industrial-estates/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:02:06 +0000 Fiona http://news.hse.gov.uk/?p=4591 More than 100 Tyneside businesses were visited in a recent crackdown on industrial estates by Health and Safety Executive and local council inspectors.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/22/safety-crack-down-on-tyneside-industrial-estates/feed/ Launch of North Wales caravan site inspections http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/06/30/launch-of-north-wales-caravan-site-inspections/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/06/30/launch-of-north-wales-caravan-site-inspections/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:16:02 +0000 phil http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/30/launch-of-north-wales-caravan-site-inspections/ A North Wales joint inspection programme into caravan sites was launched by the HSE and Local Authority Environmental Health Officers on Monday, 23 June.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/06/30/launch-of-north-wales-caravan-site-inspections/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/ LLC quarterly report Clyde http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/06/09/llc-quarterly-report-clyde/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/06/09/llc-quarterly-report-clyde/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:20:13 +0000 phil http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/09/llc-quarterly-report-clyde/ Nuclear Local Liaison Committee report for the period, 1 January to 31 March 2008 for HM Naval Base Clyde is now available.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/06/09/llc-quarterly-report-clyde/feed/ Nuclear SSG/LCLC/LLC reports and meetings procedures http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/23/nuclear-ssglclcllc-reports-and-meetings-procedures/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/23/nuclear-ssglclcllc-reports-and-meetings-procedures/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:47:23 +0000 Fiona http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/23/nuclear-ssglclcllc-reports-and-meetings-procedures/ Updated procedures for the format and content to be adopted when producing any of the HSE Nuclear Installations Inspectorate’s (NII) quarterly reports for Stakeholder Sector Group (SSG), Local Community Liaison Council (LCLC) and Local Liaison Committee (LCC) .

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/23/nuclear-ssglclcllc-reports-and-meetings-procedures/feed/ Nuclear LLC report NRTE Vulcan http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/03/13/nuclear-llc-report-nrte-vulcan/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/03/13/nuclear-llc-report-nrte-vulcan/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:58:20 +0000 HSE news http://www.hsenews.com/2008/03/13/nuclear-llc-report-nrte-vulcan/ The Local Liaison Committee (LLC) quarterly report for naval Reactor Test Establishment (NRTE) Vulcan at Dounreay, for the period 1 October to 31 December 2007 is now available.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/03/13/nuclear-llc-report-nrte-vulcan/feed/ Unacceptable performance by refurbishment sector of the construction industry http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/03/11/unacceptable-performance-by-refurbishment-sector-of-the-construction-industry/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/03/11/unacceptable-performance-by-refurbishment-sector-of-the-construction-industry/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:10:45 +0000 phil http://www.hsenews.com/2008/03/11/unacceptable-performance-by-refurbishment-sector-of-the-construction-industry/ “Over one in three construction sites visited put the lives of workers at risk and operated so far below the acceptable standard that our inspectors served 395 enforcement notices and stopped work on 30% of the sites”, Geoffrey Podger, HSE’s Chief Executive said today.

This comes after HSE carried out over 1000 spot checks of refurbishment sites across Great Britain during February.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/03/11/unacceptable-performance-by-refurbishment-sector-of-the-construction-industry/feed/ Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005 update http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/03/04/offshore-installations-safety-case-regulations-2005-update/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/03/04/offshore-installations-safety-case-regulations-2005-update/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:38:41 +0000 phil http://www.hsenews.com/2008/03/04/offshore-installations-safety-case-regulations-2005-update/ The safety case regulations have been updated with new guidance on procedures for consideration of a notification of combined operations, submitted under Regulation 10 of the Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/03/04/offshore-installations-safety-case-regulations-2005-update/feed/ Contractors urged to protect refurbishment workers http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/21/contractors-urged-to-protect-refurbishment-workers/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/21/contractors-urged-to-protect-refurbishment-workers/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:25:19 +0000 HSE news http://www.hsenews.com/2008/02/21/contractors-urged-to-protect-refurbishment-workers/ HSE warned the construction sector in Northumberland it will not tolerate poor safety standards that puts refurbishment workers at risk of dying or serious injury.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/21/contractors-urged-to-protect-refurbishment-workers/feed/ Dangerous working practices found during spot checks http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/21/dangerous-working-practices-found-during-spot-checks/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/21/dangerous-working-practices-found-during-spot-checks/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:19:32 +0000 HSE news http://www.hsenews.com/2008/02/21/dangerous-working-practices-found-during-spot-checks/ Examples of bad and even dangerous working practices have been found by HSE inspectors during random spot checks on refurbishments sites in Newcastle.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/21/dangerous-working-practices-found-during-spot-checks/feed/ HSE and the rubber industry http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/15/hse-and-the-rubber-industry/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/15/hse-and-the-rubber-industry/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:04:12 +0000 Fiona http://www.hsenews.com/2008/02/15/hse-and-the-rubber-industry/ Information on HSE’s 3 year enforcement campaign ‘Safe Interventions’ initiative in the rubber industry has been updated to include future Inspectors visits using the questionnaires:-  ‘Safe Interventions - Enforcement Initiative - Machinery Safety’ and ‘Safe Interventions - Enforcement Initiative - Entry into Confined Spaces’.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/15/hse-and-the-rubber-industry/feed/ HSE and the paper industry http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/15/hse-and-the-paper-industry/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/15/hse-and-the-paper-industry/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:02:31 +0000 Fiona http://www.hsenews.com/2008/02/15/hse-and-the-paper-industry/ Information on HSE’s 3 year enforcement campaign ‘Safe Interventions’ initiative has been updated to include future HSE Inspectors visits in the paper industry. Paper mills and corrugated packaging plants have also been added as part of this project.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/15/hse-and-the-paper-industry/feed/ Construction workers urged to make safety a priority http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/13/construction-workers-urged-to-make-safety-a-priority/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/13/construction-workers-urged-to-make-safety-a-priority/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:56:54 +0000 Fiona http://www.hsenews.com/2008/02/13/construction-workers-urged-to-make-safety-a-priority/ Construction contractors working on refurbishment sites in Sunderland and Durham have been told they should do more to ensure the safety of employees during random spot checks by the Health and Safety Executive.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/13/construction-workers-urged-to-make-safety-a-priority/feed/ LLC quarterly report Wylfa (Welsh version) http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/11/llc-quarterly-report-wylfa-welsh-version/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/11/llc-quarterly-report-wylfa-welsh-version/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:43:56 +0000 phil http://www.hsenews.com/2008/02/11/llc-quarterly-report-wylfa-welsh-version/ The Nuclear Local Liaison Committee quaterly report for 1 October to 31 December 2007 for Magnox Electric Ltd, Wylfa, (Welsh translation) is now available.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/11/llc-quarterly-report-wylfa-welsh-version/feed/ LLC report HM Naval base Clyde http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/11/llc-report-hm-naval-base-clyde/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/11/llc-report-hm-naval-base-clyde/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:42:28 +0000 phil http://www.hsenews.com/2008/02/11/llc-report-hm-naval-base-clyde/ The Nuclear Local Liaison Committee quaterly report for 1 October to 31 December 2007 for HM Naval base Clyde is now available.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/11/llc-report-hm-naval-base-clyde/feed/ Local Liaison Committee report for GE Healthcare http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/11/local-liaison-committee-report-for-ge-healthcare/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/11/local-liaison-committee-report-for-ge-healthcare/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:28:15 +0000 phil http://www.hsenews.com/2008/02/11/local-liaison-committee-report-for-ge-healthcare/ The Nuclear LLC quaterly report for 1 July to 30 September 2007 for GE Healthcare Ltd, Maynard Centre Site, Cardiff is now available.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/11/local-liaison-committee-report-for-ge-healthcare/feed/ 1000 spot checks of refurbishment sites across Great Britain http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/08/1000-spot-checks-of-refurbishment-sites-across-great-britain/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/08/1000-spot-checks-of-refurbishment-sites-across-great-britain/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:23:54 +0000 phil http://www.hsenews.com/2008/02/08/1000-spot-checks-of-refurbishment-sites-across-great-britain/ Last year over half of the workers who died on construction sites worked in refurbishment, and the number of deaths on refurbishment sites rose by 61%. HSE announced that throughout February it aims to inspect 1000 refurbishment sites across Great Britain, to tackle poor safety standards.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/02/08/1000-spot-checks-of-refurbishment-sites-across-great-britain/feed/ Serious incidents involving agency workers http://news.hse.gov.uk/2007/11/29/serious-incidents-involving-agency-workers/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2007/11/29/serious-incidents-involving-agency-workers/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:21:43 +0000 Paul http://www.hsenews.com/2007/11/29/serious-incidents-involving-agency-workers/ HSE inspectors inform the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) about serious incidents at work involving agency workers. This OC details the arrangements for doing this.

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