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News August 2002
| Title | Comments | Publication |
| Responsibility for health and safety moves to Department for Work and Pensions. | Government reorganisation has moved the HSC/E from the new Dept of Transport to the Dept for Work and Pensions. | HSC Press Release C035:02 29/7/02 |
| HSE publishes guide on new Railways (Interoperability) (High-Speed) Regulations 2002. | For duty holders and others involved in placing new or upgraded structural subsystems into service on the UK's high-speed rail network. | Free HSE Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/railway/subsystems/index.htm HSE Press Release E151:02 26/7/02 |
| HSC publishes second progress report on Train Protection Recommendations. | A summary of the progress in the first year since Prof Uff and Lord Cullen's recommendations, many of which have been overtaken, or incorporated, into further work. | 'Joint inquiry into TPS: progress report to end of March 2002' Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/railway/jiprt02.pdf HSC Press Release C034:02 26/7/02 |
| New health and safety guidance for water, rock and ropes activities. | For providers of leisure activities involving water and rock. As part of the AAIAC initiative, 3 advice sheets on supervision and training in the use of ropes. | ES 13, ES 14, ES 15 Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/entindex.htm HSE Press Release E152:02 29/7/02 |
| HSE/HSC launches health and safety grant scheme pilot for small firms. | Operating on a match funding basis in 3 regions, the Small Firms Assistance Scheme runs until May 2003 and is designed to help improve performance. | W Yorks Tel:0113-383-7733 Essex Tel:01245-241400 Devon/Cornwall Tel:0845-6009966 HSE Press Release E153:02 30/7/02 |
| Fitt Signs Ltd | Fined £5,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2 / MHSWR 1999. Injured whilst using unguarded overhead router. No jigs in use. | HSE Prosecution Case F070000350 (10/6/02) |
| Somers Vehicle Lifts Ltd | Fined £7,500 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Injured when weights which were being used for testing vehicle lifts toppled. | HSE Prosecution Case F100000429 (10/6/02) |
| Bettix Ltd | Fined £250 under PUWER 1998. Protracted inadequate training and testing of FLT driver. | HSE Prosecution Case F160000368 (10/6/02) |
| Bark Products Scotland Ltd | Fined £1,500 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Injured falling from work platform. No safe place of work, or safe access to equipment. | HSE Prosecution Case F200000509 (10/6/02) |
| MJS Construction (March) Ltd | Fined £10,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. During construction work, injured falling 3.2m under single guard rail on working platform. | HSE Prosecution Case F080000305 (11/6/02) |
| J Richardson | Fined £300 under HASAWA 1974 s7. Warehouseman sitting on loading dock wall injured when HGV reversed into dock and failed to stop. Driver aware of system for reversing vehicles but did not follow it. | HSE Prosecution Case F190000342 (11/6/02) |
| Masonhouse Ltd | Fined £2,000 under PUWER 1998. Injured whilst cleaning an edge banding machine which he thought he had switched off. Inadequate H&S information. | HSE Prosecution Case F190000343 (11/6/02) |
| Mannerwild Ltd | Fined £2,500 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Deliberately defeated interlock on a shrink wrapper allowed access to dangerous parts of the machine. | HSE Prosecution Case F190000326 (12/6/02) |
| John Regan | Guilty under HASAWA 1974 s37. Director who deliberately defeated interlock on a shrink wrapper allowing access to dangerous parts of machine. | HSE Prosecution Case F190000327 (12/6/02) |
| North British Housing Ltd | Fined £20,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. Prepared an unsafe design resulting in a floor collapsing after contractors removed supporting walls. | HSE Prosecution Case F230000031 (13/6/02) |
| Lance Mercer | Fined £5,500 under HASAWA 1974 s2 / CHSWR 1996. Two workers observed cleaning gutters of a fragile factory roof 5m high. No fall protection. | HSE Prosecution Case F080000289 (14/6/02) |
| Tingdene Homes Ltd | Fined £12,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Driver of an electric tow truck killed when vehicle overturned. Inadequate maintenance of both vehicle and roadway surface. | HSE Prosecution Case F090000383 (14/6/02) |
| Vickers Highbank Group Ltd | Fined £3,600 under CHSWR 1996. Tower scaffolds erected by untrained workers, used without suitable guard rails and not in stable condition. | HSE Prosecution Case F130000359 (17/6/02) |
| Platt & Hill Ltd | Fined £15,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Circumvented breaker interlock by using spare key. Injured after entering perimeter guards. Four other keys collected from workers who had had them for years. | HSE Prosecution Case F160000364 (17/6/02) |
| Thales Telecommunications Services Ltd | Fined £13,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Whilst carrying out work on a point zone telephone, the safety of workers was not ensured so far as reasonably practicable. | HSE Prosecution Case F220000028 (17/6/02) |
| The impact of loss. | Common reactions to a workplace death and how to empathise with those affected by it. (R Harrison). | Safety & Health Practitioner 2002 20(8):32-34 |
| Local authority funding proposals. | Funding options for replacing the existing fire formula used to determine the level of funding each fire authority receives. | 'Formula grant distribution' Internet: www.local.dtlr.gov.uk/review/consult/index.htm Fire Prevention 2002 359 (Aug):3 |
| New report on safety in tall buildings. | Following 11/9/01 the lessons to be learned relating to the future design of tall buildings and the appraisal of existing ones. | IStructE Tel:020-7235-4535 £30 Fire Prevention 2002 359 (Aug):5 |
| Five star safety. | Fire safety in hotels across Europe and some shortcomings in the 1986 Recommendations. (R Gilbey & A Lewis) | Fire Prevention 2002 359 (Aug):21-27 |
| Tunnel trouble. | A pan-European survey of safety standards in road tunnels. (A Steer) | Fire Prevention 2002 359 (Aug):44-46 |
| The prohibition era. | The management and recycling issues to be addressed before halon is banned at the end of 2003. (J O'Sullivan) | Fire Prevention 2002 359 (Aug):51-52 |
| Integrated solutions. | A new guide will soon be available on how gaseous fire extinguishing systems should be integrated with other service systems in buildings. (A Elder) | Fire Prevention 2002 359 (Aug):54-55 |
| Legionella ACoP evaluation - help wanted. | BRE have been commissioned to review the ACoP for the control of legionella in water systems and businesses are invited to participate. | Martin Shouler Tel:01923-664459 BRE RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2002 32(8):6 |
| Turning a blind eye to workplace violence. | Each year, there are 1.3m incidents of violence at work yet 66% of H&S managers receive no training in how to teach staff to avoid and deal with assaults or abuse at work. | 'British crime survey 2000' RRC Business Training RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2002 32(8):10 |
| Taking notice. | Take notice when a safety rep issues a 'final warning' Provisional Improvement Notice (PIN) to the employer. (R Mackmurdo) | RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2002 32(8):12-14,16 |
| Care home staff. | 'Elective risk' in a care home setting and the stresses and strains encountered by staff. (N Cook) | RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2002 32(8):26-29 |
| Futures in jeopardy. | The ways in which an unborn child can be affected by the substances and processes encountered by their parents in the workplace. (E Gates) | RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2002 32(8):30-32,34 |
| Control of Substances Hazardous to Health. (Pt 2) | The toxicity of substances, the health risks, how they enter the body and the body's response. (P Ellis) | RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2002 32(8):40-42 |
| Safety from the top. | Calls for the appointment of a safety supremo for development promotion and regulation of safety across government departments. (R Bibbings) | RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2002 32(8):55-56 |
| IOSH gains Royal Charter. | IOSH has been awarded a Royal Charter of Incorporation which will be presented at the Edinburgh annual dinner on 15/11/02. | Safety & Health Practitioner 2002 20(8):3 |
| Boss was 'fully aware' of lack of guards on dangerous machine. | Mr DJ Dawson, a partner in Coyney Cartons fined £8,500 + £1,545 costs. 17 year old with special learning needs injured using a platen press which the partner knew was unguarded and poorly maintained. | Safety & Health Practitioner 2002 20(8):6 |
| Workplace transport fatality costs distribution giant £180k. | Wincanton fined £180,000 + £19,634 costs. Pedestrian shunter killed by reversing tractor unit which did not have reversing beeper nor hazard lights on. Failure to safely manage the transport system. | Safety & Health Practitioner 2002 20(8):8 |
| Fine for fragile roof fall. | M & R Ryan fined £9,000 + £818 costs. Injured falling 20' through roof light. Failure to follow the company's own safe system of work. | Safety & Health Practitioner 2002 20(8):8 |
| Seveso Directive on industrial accidents under fire. | EU environment ministers have promised to strengthen EU rules designed to prevent major industrial accidents following criticism of the current 'Seveso II' Directive. | Safety & Health Practitioner 2002 20(8):14 |
| Have health, will work. | Rehabilitation for those who have left their jobs because of work related injury or illness. (O Tudor) | Safety & Health Practitioner 2002 20(8):24-26 |
| Tackling machinery. Fully equipped... (Pt 3) | Satisfying the legal obligations of PUWER 98 and ensuring machinery's suitability and safety. (Dr F Bowden) | Safety & Health Practitioner 2002 20(8):29-30 |
| Picture the scene. | The HSE is nearing the end of a project to use virtual reality software to address workplace transport injuries and fatalities. (K Jewitt) | Safety & Health Practitioner 2002 20(8):36-38 |
| Course of action. | Active supervision should be used to ensure the techniques and safe systems learned about during training, are practised in the workplace. (J Cambridge) | Safety & Health Practitioner 2002 20(8):41-42 |
| NEBOSH construction qualifications. | Alterations will mean that the new NEBOSH Construction Certificate will not meet IOSH accreditation requirements. (H Harvey) | Safety & Health Practitioner 2002 20(8):50 |
| Government consults on young workers directive. | Consultative document on implementing the remaining provision of the Young Workers Directive. | Internet: www.dti.gov.uk/er/individual/youngconsult.htm Safety & Health Practitioner 2002 20(8):66 |
| Guide to new NEBOSH syllabus. | The revised syllabus to the National General Certificate in OS&H is due to be phased in from the Dec 2002 exam. | Safety & Health Practitioner 2002 20(8):69 |
| LA safety enforcement officer total hits all-time low. | The number of LA staff enforcing H&S is at its lowest and may jeopardise targets for reductions in injuries and ill health set out in the Revitalising H&S strategy. | Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/lau/pdfs/launews8.pdf Health & Safety Bulletin 2002 (311):2 |
| Remote operation does little for safety. | Although the remote operation of process plant is intensifying, there is little evidence of any corresponding improvements in safety, productivity, efficiency or quality. | CRR432 Isbn 0-7176-2355-6 HSE Tel:01787-881165 Health & Safety Bulletin 2002 (311):2 |
| No safe excuses for disability. | Employers do not appear to be using safety laws as an excuse for limiting opportunities for the disabled. (G Ruggeri-Stevens & R Saunders) | Health & Safety Bulletin 2002 (311):7-8 |
| Cullen and the contractors. | Lord Cullen's proposals on the use of contractors on the railway could provide useful checks for other industries. (C Dyer) | Health & Safety Bulletin 2002 (311):9-10 |
| Making insurance costs count. | Possible radical reform of UK insurance cover for injury and ill health could transfer all the costs to employers. (C Dyer) | Health & Safety Bulletin 2002 (311):15-20 |
| New guidance for Offshore Safety Regulation. | The roles of the different organisations which look after offshore H&S. | IND(G)361 Free HSE Tel:01787-881165 HSE Press Release E158:02 1/8/02 |
| HSE publishes new study on mine rescue arrangements and guidance on support systems in coal mines. | Two new booklets - alternative options and relative merits of mine rescue arrangements. Guidance on the design of ground control measures and their safe use in coal mines. | CRR448 Isbn 0-7176-2515-X £15 'Support systems...' Isbn 0-7176-2128-6 £11 HSE Tel:01787-881165 HSE Press Release E155:02 2/8/02 |
| UK objects to EU hydraulic press standard - says HSE. | The UK has lodged a formal complaint with the EC against an EU standard on safety requirements on hydraulic presses sold in the UK, believing it will lower existing safety levels. | HSE Press Release E129:02 5/8/02 |
| Health and safety - your construction answers are on the Web. | Easy to use H&S advice for the construction industry is available on the Working Well Together (WWT) website. | Internet: wwt.uk.com HSE Press Release E160:02 7/8/02 |
| Workers must wear protective clothing correctly when spraying biocides or pesticides says HSE research. | The role of clothing in reducing skin exposure to pesticides. Information on the amount of protection given by different types allowing workers to use the information to do a RA. | RR004 Isbn 0-7176-2530-3 £25 HSE Tel:01787-881165 HSE Press Release E156:02 7/8/02 |
| Textiles firm fined £4,000 after hand injury in HSE prosecution. | Westwood Yarns Ltd fined £4,000 + £799 costs. Injured after going into the pit of a carding machine whilst in operation. Closed the interlock door, so could not be rescued until the time delay released the lock. | HSE Press Release E157:02 7/8/02 |
| PC Harrington Contractors Ltd | Fined £18,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Injured falling 15' through unguarded open riser which had an unsupported plywood cover. No permit to work issued and PTW system inadequate. | HSE Prosecution Case F060000336 (18/6/02) |
| Albany Roofing Group Ltd | Fined £10,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Injured falling from unprotected roof edge during roof work. | HSE Prosecution Case F070000382 (18/6/02) |
| Mark Prowse | Fined £1,300 under HASAWA 1974 s3 / GSIUR 1998. Plumber installed gas fire whilst not CORGI registered. Serious failures probably committed in full knowledge of the risks. | HSE Prosecution Case F010000599 (19/6/02) |
| Star Separation Systems Ltd | Fined £3,000 under SMSR 1992. Supplied a trommel for sorting dry waste, to a waste transfer station. The first one ever supplied by Star. No CE marking and did not meet essential H&S requirements. | HSE Prosecution Case F060000322 (19/6/02) |
| Land & Water Services | Fined £12,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. 18 year old injured by piston in the jaw of a vibratory hammer. Quick release shackle not used, as advised by hirer. No safe system of work. | HSE Prosecution Case F080000306 (21/6/02) |
| Communisis Security Products Ltd | Fined £2,000 under PUWER 1998. Injured using a wire stitching machine. Guard not interlocked. Possible inadvertent contact with unshrouded foot pedal. | HSE Prosecution Case F170000373 (21/6/02) |
| Lloyds (Brierley Hill) Ltd | Fined £4,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Failure to ensure the safety of workers using an unguarded defraying machine. | HSE Prosecution Case F100000435 (22/6/02) |
| Health and Safety Executive helps develop new National Vocational Qualification training standards. | There are new Level 5 and revisions to Level 3 and 4 qualifications. Awarding bodies are now applying to offer the new awards and candidates may register from Autumn 2002. | HSE Tel:08701-545500 HSE Press Release E132:02 8/8/02 |
| Cheshunt report released. | Report on the inquiry into the derailment of a passenger train south of Cheshunt Station on 11/2/02, fortunately with no serious injury or fire. | Railway Safety Information Bulletin 2002 (47)July:1 |
| HSE publishes new leaflet for the railway industry. | The safety issues related to the provision and location of emergency equipment and efficient evacuation procedures on railway rolling stock. | INDG358 HSE Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg358.pdf HSE Press Release E159:02 12/8/02 |
| Wellman Graham Ltd | Fined £10,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Amputation when glove became entangled in unguarded machine shaft. Equipment supplier had previously advised an upgrade to a guarded shaft. | HSE Prosecution Case F010000469 (25/6/02) |
| ASI Glass Processing Ltd | Fined £2,500 under PUWER 1998. Accident to employee. | HSE Prosecution Case F100000425 (25/6/02) |
| Premier International Foods Plc | Fined £4,000 under PUWER 1998. Injured by unguarded blades of a dust extraction unit. | HSE Prosecution Case F170000376 (25/6/02) |
| ABF Ltd | Fined £8,500 under HASAWA 1974 s2 / MHSWR 1999. Warehouseman crushed when a box wagon reversed into a loading dock. Failure to assess risks to pedestrians, no safe system of work. | HSE Prosecution Case F190000344 (25/6/02) |
| Vibro Products Ltd | Fined £3,000 under PUWER 1998. Defect with the Lunn Bars of a two roll mill. The 2nd Prohibition Notice issued on the same machine within 3 months. | HSE Prosecution Case F170000374 (26/6/02) |
| Economic Insulations (Asbestos Removal) Ltd | Fined £2,500 under CAWR 1987. Deficient precautions taken by a licensed contractor whilst removing an asbestos insulating board ceiling. | HSE Prosecution Case F020000361 (27/6/02) |
| Phillip Sutton | Fined £3,500 under HASAWA 1974 s7. Operating an excavator with a quick coupler when the bucket fell off, killing a co-worker. Failure to ensure bucket properly clamped and to fit the safety pin. | HSE Prosecution Case F130000360 (27/6/02) |
| Roger Bullivant Ltd | Fined £15,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Injured when drawn into an inadequately guarded concrete conveyor. Continued use of poorly guarded machines and failure to promptly implement remedial action. | HSE Prosecution Case F130000374 (27/6/02) |
| Webber Roofing Ltd | Fined £4,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Injured falling 40' through a fragile roof. Unsafe system of work. | HSE Prosecution Case F170000377 (27/6/02) |
| Pie Cuisine | Fined £1,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2 & s33 / PUWER 1998 / MHSWR 1999. 17 year old apprentice baker injured on 3rd day at work. Inappropriate use of dough brake machine. | HSE Prosecution Case F200000464 (27/6/02) |
| Geraint Ithel Roberts | Fined £600 under HASAWA 1974 s7. Driving an excavator carrying 5 employees at a roundabout. | HSE Prosecution Case F230000004 (27/6/02) |
| David Lloyd Blythin | Fined £750 under HASAWA 1974 s7. Riding on an excavator with 4 co-workers at a roundabout. | HSE Prosecution Case F230000005 (27/6/02) |
| Trebor Aled Parry | Fined £500 under HASAWA 1974 s7. Riding on an excavator with 4 co-workers at a roundabout. | HSE Prosecution Case F230000006 (27/6/02) |
| Peter Lightfoot | Fined £500 under HASAWA 1974 s7. Riding on an excavator with 4 co-workers at a roundabout. | HSE Prosecution Case F230000007 (27/6/02) |
| Brian Owen Roberts | Fined £500 under HASAWA 1974 s7. Riding on an excavator with 4 co-workers at a roundabout. | HSE Prosecution Case F230000008 (27/6/02) |
| Sion Edwards | Fined £500 under HASAWA 1974 s7. Riding on an excavator with 4 co-workers at a roundabout. | HSE Prosecution Case F230000009 (27/6/02) |
| Brian Currie (Milton Keynes) Ltd | Fined £8,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2 / LOLER 1998. 19 year old injured descending in a working platform on a FLT. Unsafe system of work. FLT driver unauthorised and untrained. | HSE Prosecution Case F080000308 (28/6/02) |
| Sovereign | Fined £1,500 under HASAWA 1974 s36. Property let without current gas safety records. Gas fire/boiler deemed unsafe. Unsafe systems to manage gas safety. | HSE Prosecution Case F110000726 (28/6/02) |
| Alister David Smith | Fined £4,000 under HASAWA 1974 s37. Director of company at which there was a fatal accident during demolition activity where CDM had not been applied for. | HSE Prosecution Case F150000476 (28/6/02) |
| Yorkco 150 Ltd | Guilty under CHSWR 1996. Fatal accident during demolition activity where CDM had not been applied for. | HSE Prosecution Case F150000477 (28/6/02) |
| Wharfdale Finance Co | Fined £195,000 under CDMR 1994. Worker killed during demolition activity where CDM had not been applied for. No safety plan and responsible persons not appointed. | HSE Prosecution Case F150000478 (28/6/02) |
| Ace Neon Signs Ltd | Fined £5,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. 72 year old member of the public struck by falling tower scaffold. Incorrect base to height ratio, no pedestrian barriers. Work had stopped due to bad weather. | HSE Prosecution Case F030000372 (1/7/02) |
| Orchard Mushrooms | Fined £670 under PUWER 1998. Young worker injured whilst working on box filling line. Remedial action taken. | HSE Prosecution Case F070000367 (1/7/02) |
| William Gibbons & Sons Ltd | Fined £10,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. 16 year old agency worker injured on 1st day when trapped by heat sealer bar on a shrink wrap machine. Poor guarding and instruction. | HSE Prosecution Case F100000431 (1/7/02) |
| Expanded Metal Co Ltd | Fined £12,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. Agency worker injured after entering automated welding machine via a welding curtain, whilst the machine was in operation. | HSE Prosecution Case F110000739 (1/7/02) |
| Malbern UPVC Windows & Doors Ltd | Fined £2,500 under MHSWR 1999. Injured whilst lifting the guard on a saw blade to line up a cut. No RA, despite previous advice. | HSE Prosecution Case F160000370 (1/7/02) |
| HSE warning to construction industry to improve performance. | Following a warning to the industry to improve H&S, a new work plan for construction inspectors describes the issues they will concentrate on and the target groups. | Summary HSE Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/press/2002/construct.htm HSE Press Release E162:02 15/8/02 |
| Packaging, Labelling and Carriage of Radioactive Material by Rail Regulations 2002 laid in parliament. | RAMRAIL 2002 will come into force on 2/9/02 and is based on the radioactive 'Class 7' provisions of RID. | SI 2002/2099 SO Internet: www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2002/20022099.htm HSC Press Release C037:02 21/8/02 |
| Health and Safety Commission publishes recommendations by the Hatfield Investigation Board. | The fracture of the track caused the derailment in which 4 people were killed and 70 injured on 17/10/00. The interim recommendations focus on improving the management of H&S and maintenance. | 'Hatfield derailment: interim recommendations...' Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/railway/hatfield/investigationb1.pdf HSC Press Release C036:02 22/8/02 |
| HSC to consult on changes to Pipelines Safety Regulations. | Amendments to PSR would introduce a legal commitment on pipeline operators to replace all gas carrying iron pipes identified within the iron mains replacement programme within a finite period. | CD183 HSE Tel:01787-881165 HSC Press Release C038:02 22/8/02 |
| Pathdean Ltd | Fined £10,000 under CHSWR 1996. Scaffold collapsed during demolition, as original ties were destroyed during the operation. No injuries but vehicles damaged. | HSE Prosecution Case F060000355 (3/7/02) |
| Senator Projects Ltd | Fined £900 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Paper cutting guillotines with inadequate guarding. Failure to comply with previous Prohibition Notices. | HSE Prosecution Case F160000367 (3/7/02) |
| Phillip Talbutt | Fined £2,000 under CHSWR 1996. Pre-cast concrete barn collapsed during erection because of a lack of temporary bracing. Potential for serious injury. | HSE Prosecution Case F080000304 (5/7/02) |
| Advanced Roofing & Flooring Ltd | Fined £3,500 under CHSWR 1996. Subcontract scaffolder injured falling from a fragile roof light. Inadequate precautions. | HSE Prosecution Case F230000042 (8/7/02) |
| Drink/driving report. | A Lords Committee wants the Government to rethink reducing the legal blood alcohol level for drivers from 80mg to 50mg/100ml the same as 10 other EU Member States. | HL140 Isbn 0-10-411102-X SO Internet: www.parliament.uk RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Bulletin 2002 31(8):6-7 |
| Construction blitz drives the message home. | After a week long construction safety blitz in London and the SE, 9 companies were fined a total of £28,050 plus £4,419 costs. | HSC Newsletter 2002 (144)August:1-2 |
| New HSE leaflet on using work equipment safely. | For those with responsibility, either directly or indirectly, for work equipment and how it is used. | INDG229 HSE Tel:01787-881165 HSC Newsletter 2002 (144)August:28 |
| Working on stress. | Newsletter promoting the European Week for Safety and Health beginning on 14/10/02 which this year concentrates on stress. | HSE Tel:0800-0850050 Internet: www.hse.gov.uk Working on Stress (Special Issue):12 pages. |
| Helping the police with their inquiries. | £50,000 will be made available to each police force in England and Wales for OH services to help officers who fall ill, are injured in the course of duty or retire early on health grounds. | RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Bulletin 2002 31(8):4-5 |
| EU on track. | The EC hopes to create a standard system of railway safety regulation based on national safety authorities, separate accident investigation organisations and common safety practices and targets. | Internet: www.railways.dft.gov.uk/consult/ecsecond/index.htm RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Bulletin 2002 31(8):5 |
| Bus promoting safer construction work tours the sites of Scotland. | The Working Well Together national bus tour is visiting Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness. | WWT Tel:0845-2727500 HSE Press Release E165:02 26/8/02 |
| HSE appoints new head of LAU. | The HSE has appointed Mr Allan Davies as the new Head of the Local Authorities Unit from 2/9/02. | HSE Press Release E164:02 27/8/02 |
| HSC amends Notification of New Substances Regulations to reduce costs to business. | NONS 2002 comes into force on 17/9/02 and will introduce a reduced test package for chemical intermediates with low exposure to workers and the environment, saving companies an estimated £1.7m. | SI 2002/2176 SO HSE Press Release C040:02 29/8/02 |
| Derek John Dawson | Fined £8,500 under HASAWA 1974 s2 / FA 1961. 17 year old with communication problems injured whilst using a platen press. Poor guarding and maintenance. | HSE Prosecution Case F120000428 (9/7/02) |
| Telford Pressings & Eng Ltd | Fined £1,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Injured whilst using a power press. Pneumatic sequential switch wired down. Guards and safety devices not checked. In administration, or higher fine considered. | HSE Prosecution Case F120000310 (10/7/02) |
| Dalatek Ltd | Fined £750 under LOLER 1998. Injured when 'A' frame failed. The load being lifted was in excess of safe working load and 'A' frame jacks not in position. | HSE Prosecution Case F130000371 (10/7/02) |
| Vitafoam Ltd | Fined £2,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Injured when drawn into a gap between a conveyor and gravity roller in the tunnel of a foam production plant. | HSE Prosecution Case F160000369 (10/7/02) |
| Kier London | Fined £3,500 under CHSWR 1996. Principal contractor of site where sub contract scaffolder erected scaffold walkway >2m high. No edge protection, harness clipped, method statement or RA. | HSE Prosecution Case F230000024 (10/7/02) |
| Prendy Scaffolding Ltd | Fined £900 under CHSWR 1996. Sub contract scaffolder erected scaffold walkway >2m high. No edge protection, harness clipped, method statement or RA. | HSE Prosecution Case F230000025 (10/7/02) |
| Tru Enterprises Ltd | Fined £11,500 under CHSWR 1996. Blockwork laid with no external scaffold or other edge protection to prevent falls, also at various points on 1st floor level with no protection or scaffold barriers. | HSE Prosecution Case F230000039 (10/7/02) |
| Charles R McInnes Ltd | Fined £1,350 under CHSWR 1996. Worker seen using a vibrating poker during concrete operations on top of wall shutter with a >3m drop about 10m from access ladder. Supervisor watching at ground level. No work platform. | HSE Prosecution Case F230000040 (10/7/02) |
| Simpson Strong-Tie | Fined £3,000 under PUWER 1998. Injured whilst using a metal cutting guillotine. Ineffective guarding. | HSE Prosecution Case F120000427 (11/7/02) |
| CS Plastics (Recycling) Ltd | Fined £3,000 under PUWER 1998. Injured whilst using a horizontal baling machine. Hinged feed guard not interlocked. | HSE Prosecution Case F130000370 (11/7/02) |
| St George Scaffolding | Fined £1,250 under CHSWR 1996. Guilty plea. | HSE Prosecution Case F230000043 (10/7/02) |
HSE Prosecutions Database (4 Feb 2007)
After a gap of around a year, HSE is now posting prosecutions again. We have started inputting cases with hearing dates after 1-Nov-2006 and will update new cases weekly as they are reported. In view of the volume of prosecutions now posted, we are not inputting previous cases. There will therefore be a gap in our database from a hearing date of 24 January 2006 until November 1st. Anyone not finding a case which may have been heard between January and November 2006, should therefore try searching the HSE Prosecutions database.
When the HSE relaunched the Prosecution database in January 2007, after a break of around a year, they appear to have changed the format of the case numbers. Therefore, for all entries with a hearing date before the 24 January 2006 you should search the HSE database using the defendants name instead of the case number we have quoted if you wish to check details for yourself.
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