Health, Safety & Quality Consultancy
We were glad to see this mouse wearing sensible personal protective equipment (PPE) while attempting to retrieve the cheese from the mouse trap.
There is however a sensible reminder to all:
Lightening Protection Systems—Testing Requirements
The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 require that Lightning Protection Systems (LPS) are tested in accordance with BS6651. This standard states that systems should be tested at maximum intervals of 12 months. (more…)
Contractor in court after shopper felled by falling hoarding
A building contractor has been fined after a woman suffered life-changing head injuries when she was hit by a section of fencing that collapsed in a gust of wind.
A Worcestershire based construction company was refurbishing part of the Birmingham Metropolitan College in Kidderminster, known as The Piano Building, when the incident happened on 15 May 2012.
In line with the report by Professor Lofstedt ’’Reclaiming Health & Safety For All’’ a number of Approved Codes of Practices (ACOP) have been revised and reviewed following public consultations. Current public consultations include:
Introduction
The ‘Safety at Street Works and Road Works’ is a code of practice issued by the Secretary of State for Transport under the ‘New Roads and Street Works Act 1991’. The code sets out the health & safety requirements for carrying out street and road works to keep both operatives and other road users safe during these operations. This applies especially to vulnerable users including pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and horse riders as well as drivers.
Are you still displaying the old health & safety poster?
The old 1999 version came to an end on April 5th. From this date the new poster must be displayed. You can buy the new posters from http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/lawposter.htm
The HSE has just released the widely anticipated consultation document on the replacement of the CDM Regulations 2007.
The HSE states a key consideration is to tailor the Regulations towards smaller sites where it reports two thirds of construction fatalities now occur.
Following a Freedom of Information request by a health and safety organisation, ELAS, it has been revealed that businesses were fined a total of £5, 532, 565 under the Fees for Intervention (FFI) scheme since its induction on 1st October 2012.
A recent survey has revealed that 1 in 5 employees have been forced to take time off work due to stress after dealing with unrealistic expectations.
On November 25th 2013, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) released the new (version 4) of the Approved Codes of Practice (ACOP) “Legionnaires’ Disease: The Control of Legionella Bacteria in Water Systems (L8)”.