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H&S News November 2004
| Title | Comments | Publication |
| NHS recovery will raise insurance costs. | ELCI could increase by 5% if government proposals enable the NHS to recover the costs of treating patients in all cases, including work related, where personal injury compensation is paid. | Health & Safety Bulletin 2004 (333):3 |
| Sharp rise in the number of fires and fatalities. | Provisional figures for 2003 fires and fire-related deaths show a 19% increase in fires and 616 fire related deaths, an increase of 54 on 2002. | Fire Statistics Monitor 2003 (4) Internet: www.odpm.gov.uk Fire Prevention 2004 385 (Oct):3 |
| IFE Register of Fire Risk Assessors. | The Inst'n of Fire Engineers' new Register and the processes involved in registration. (C Todd) | Internet: www.ife.org.uk/risk/risk.html Fire Prevention 2004 385 (Oct):17-20 |
| In the know. | The need to develop the knowledge and skills of fire safety engineers. (Dr E Marchant) | Fire Prevention 2004 385 (Oct):21-23 |
| Situation vacant. | Civil liability issues resulting from fire spread from vacant premises. (R Everton) | Fire Prevention 2004 385 (Oct):26-28 |
| Body of evidence. | An analysis of London Fire Brigade data has found evidence of poor installation of passive fire protection in buildings. (P Holborn, P Nolan & J Golt) | Fire Prevention 2004 385 (Oct):33-36 |
| Double minded. | Whether sprinklers and smoke ventilation should be used in combination to protect warehouses from fire. (L Sice) | Fire Prevention 2004 385 (Oct):42-43 |
| Human interest. | The role of modelling human behaviour in developing effective evacuation strategies. (J Fraser-Mitchell) | Fire Prevention 2004 385 (Oct):46-48 |
| Fuel confusion. | The Freight Transport Assoc, Construction Plant-hire Assoc and Civil Eng'g Contractors Assoc have issued guidance on the new Carriage of Dangerous Goods and the Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regs. | FTA Tel:01892-552222 CPA Tel:020-7796-3366 CECA Tel:020-7608-5060 RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Bulletin 2004 33(10):3 |
| On-line check. | RoSPA's new on-line RA tool available for employees that drive as part of their job. It uses material approved or endorsed by the Driving Standards Agency. | Bronze, Silver or Gold level. RoSPA Tel:0121-248-2065 RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Bulletin 2004 33(10):7 |
| Employers face £7 bn 'accident' bill. | HSE report shows the cost to UK employers of poor H&S standards may be £7.8 billion, with the cost to society being 4 times higher. | Health & Safety Bulletin 2004 (333):1 |
| 'Sloppy' companies fined £325k for death. | McGinley Recruitment Services Ltd fined £175,000 / Balfour Beatty RIS Ltd fined £150,000. New part-time agency worker killed during railway maintenance work when struck by a train. Concerns over staff competency and safe systems of work raised in the preceding week. | Health & Safety Bulletin 2004 (333):2 |
| Commission plans will keep 48-hour opt-out option. | The EC has adopted a proposal to update the Working Time Directive that will allow the UK to continue to opt-out of the 48 hour working week. | COM(2004) 607 Internet: www.europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/ 2004/sep/working_time_prop_en.htm Health & Safety Bulletin 2004 (333):2 |
| Guard rails would have stopped scaffolder's fatal fall. | Deverson Direct Ltd fined £50,000 / J Murphy & Son Ltd fined £15,000 / Hochtief Akteingesellschaft fined £15,000. Scaffolder killed falling 7m whilst working on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. No guard railing on the scaffolding. | Health & Safety Bulletin 2004 (333):3 |
| Cost-benefit analysis. | Interim update of the costs to Britain of workplace accidents and work related ill health in 1995/96, the latest dates for which information is available. | Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/dayslost.htm Health & Safety Bulletin 2004 (333):4 |
| Pick 'n' mix: the HSC names its intervention ingredients. | The likely approach of the HSE and local authorities to influencing HASAWA duty-holders. (H Fidderman) | Health & Safety Bulletin 2004 (333):5-16 |
| Happy together now as the HSE and councils make up. | The HSC and their new regard for local authorities. (H Fidderman) | Health & Safety Bulletin 2004 (333):17-18 |
| House of Lords case round-up. | Review of 3 appeals which have implications for H&S practitioners, covering psychiatric injury and rehabilitation, bullying and compensation and PPE. (K Humby) | Health & Safety Bulletin 2004 (333):19-20 |
| Physicians in the workplace. | Review of research into the role of occupational health physicians. (C Dyer) | Health & Safety Bulletin 2004 (333):21-23 |
| HSE says work is good for you. | New guidance indicates that following sickness, an early return to work may be beneficial whilst staying at home longer than necessary could make one worse. | Sickness absence advice. Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/sicknessabsence HSE Press Release E146:04 27/8/04 |
| HSE targets manufacturing industries. | New 3 year enforcement campaign targeting scrap metal, rubber, paper and wood industries to ensure correct procedures are in place for working on machinery. Questions to be asked published to enable self check. | Questionnaire available from A Rayner, HSE. Tel:0113-283-4354 HSE Press Release E151:04 27/8/04 |
| Network Rail fined £20,000 following cable strike. | Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd fined £20,000. No one was injured when maintenance workers struck a buried 11,000v cable. | HSE Press Release E153:04 1/11/04 |
| Helping business cut the cost of work-related stress. | HSE has launched a new approach to helping employers and employees to work together to manage the risks of work related stress. The Management Standards for Work-related Stress provide clear advice and are not new regs. | Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/stress HSC Press Release C046:04 3/11/04 |
| Heather Foster: Lineside fencing must be properly inspected and maintained says the Health and Safety Executive. | Jarvis Facilities Ltd fined £200,000 / Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd fined £85,000. 8 year old killed following contact with the electrified 3rd rail of railway track. Inadequate standard of lineside fencing maintenance. | HSE Press Release E152:04 3/11/04 |
| Forth Valley Primary Health Care NHS Trust | Fined £25,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. Vulnerable patient died after falling 3.6m from a window fitted with manually operated restrictor. | HSE Prosecution Case F200000656 (26/8/04) |
| Persimmon (City Developments) Ltd | Fined £3,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. Failure to prevent persons gaining access to a work place, an unsafe roof, causing danger to an employee. | HSE Prosecution Case F230000091 (26/8/04) |
| Clulee Construction Ltd | Fined £2,500 under CHSWR 1996. Injured falling 2.5m between timber joists whilst installing a flat roof. No RA, fall protection or method statement. | HSE Prosecution Case F230000496 (26/8/04) |
| Ready Mixed Concrete (Scotland) Ltd | Fined £10,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Injured when conveyor restarted by another employee during unplanned maintenance. No training or supervision. Unsafe system of work. | HSE Prosecution Case F200000612 (27/8/04) |
| Velosward Builders Ltd | Fined £4,500 under HASAWA 1974 s3. Asbestos removed by an unlicensed contractor and no tests carried out to prove area was asbestos free. Principal contractor. | HSE Prosecution Case F230000498 (27/8/04) |
| HSC opens up to public scrutiny. | On 12/10/04, 150 representatives of the safety community sat in on the first-ever open meeting of the HSC to witness how it reaches decisions. | Safety & Health Practitioner 2004 22(11):6 |
| Consultation on regulation and intervention launched. | HSC/E are seeking opinions on the techniques they use as regulators with the aim of devising an interventions strategy that focuses on their core business and best influences workplace H&S. | Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/consult/condocs/cd-interventions.htm Safety & Health Practitioner 2004 22(11):6 |
| Insurance change. | The DWP has stated that companies that employ only their owner will no longer have to buy employers' liability compulsory insurance which might save £250 pa. | Safety & Health Practitioner 2004 22(11):8 |
| Business tackles major changes to 'haz waste' rules. | Recent and forthcoming legislation on the disposal of hazardous waste is focusing UK businesses' minds on what to do with old IT equipment, chemicals and batteries. | 'Hazardous waste management – essential inf for business'. Internet: www.envirowise.gov.uk Safety & Health Practitioner 2004 22(11):12 |
| Roof fall victim's employer received three previous warnings of danger. | Ferndown Demolition & Salvage fined £4,000. Injured falling 8m through fragile roof-light during demolition. Inappropriate RA and method statement, no fall protection. Three previous Prohibition Notices relating to unsafe work at height. | Safety & Health Practitioner 2004 22(11):15 |
| Pub chain failed to report trap-door fall. | Broken Foot Inns Ltd fined £25,000. Customer injured falling 3m through a trap door into a cellar. No supervision and accident not reported. On later visit, trap door still in use without supervision. Improvement Notices issued. | Safety & Health Practitioner 2004 22(11):15 |
| First-day horror for untrained council worker. | NE Lincolnshire Council fined £23,500. 16 year old injured after riding on the footplate of refuse lorry. No room in the cab for all the crew which were agency supplied. Poor training and supervision. | Safety & Health Practitioner 2004 22(11):18 |
| Blackpool bus firm was 'institutionally complacent'. | Blackpool Transport fined £50,000. Whilst walking to depot office, bus driver killed by bus doing a U-turn. Dark evening, poor depot lighting, inadequate road and walkway markings. Poor lighting previously raised by Safety Reps. | Safety & Health Practitioner 2004 22(11):18 |
| Keeping it confidential. | Which party uses the company lawyers when both a company and one or more of its employees are prosecuted within the same legal proceedings. (M Appleby) | Safety & Health Practitioner 2004 22(11):21 |
| Partners in time. | How HSC Chairman Bill Callaghan plans to ensure that safety does not slip from the agenda. (G Jolliffe & D Hipwell) | Safety & Health Practitioner 2004 22(11):36-39 |
| The wizard of HAZ. | H&S and film making, on the set of a Harry Potter film. (T Weadick) | Safety & Health Practitioner 2004 22(11):41-44 |
| Broadcast news. | Report on BBC conference on H&S in broadcasting organised to mark European Week. (T Weadick) | Safety & Health Practitioner 2004 22(11):46 |
| Tomorrow's children. | More pregnant women work and stay at work until later in pregnancy. This can expose them to a wider variety of noxious materials for longer. (Dr C Ide) | Safety & Health Practitioner 2004 22(11):48-51 |
| Too hot to handle. | Repetitive handling at high temperatures can be a problem as gloves heat up reducing handling times. (B Bennett) | Safety & Health Practitioner 2004 22(11):53-55 |
| Dab hand. | Implementation of a skin care management system in the workplace. (L Bowley) | Safety & Health Practitioner 2004 22(11):57 |
| In the hands of the law. | Recap of the main pieces of legislation governing hand and skin protection. (K Bridges) | Safety & Health Practitioner 2004 22(11):59 |
| HSE and TGWU ask farmers to help improve child safety. | The HSE and TGWU are appealing to people in farming to help improve child safety by taking part in 2 surveys. | Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/survey2004/ HSC Newsletter 2004 (157)Oct:1-2 |
| HSE launches new industry specific websites. | The two websites cover surface engineering and the waste management and recycling industries. They are designed to help the industries improve H&S performance. | Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/surfaceengineering www.hse.gov.uk/waste HSC Newsletter 2004 (157)Oct:3 |
| Research news - HSC/E's mainstream research programme 2003/4. | During 2003/4 HSE spent approx £14m on research. Summary of the programme with examples of current and recently completed work. | HSC Newsletter 2004 (157)Oct:7-14 |
| HSC Business Plan 2004/05. | The Business Plan puts into practice the Strategy for Workplace Health and Safety in GB to 2010. | Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/plans/hscplans/0405/index.htm HSC Newsletter 2004 (157)Oct:20 |
| Major hazard industries – improving leadership to reduce risks. | New guidance for directors and senior managers in major hazard industries to improve the effectiveness of their leadership. | INDG277 Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg277.pdf HSE Press Release E145:04 4/11/04 |
| HSE reviews decommissioning strategy for Urenco (Capenhurst) Ltd nuclear licensed site. | The review of the strategy for the decommissioning of the Urenco nuclear licensed site at Capenhurst. | HSE NSD Tel:0151-951-4103 HSE Press Release E155:04 9/11/04 |
| Ufton Nervet derailment: HSE interim report. | Interim report into the fatal derailment at Ufton level crossing on 6/11/04 in which 7 people were killed and 37 taken to hospital. | Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/railways/uftonnervet/interim.pdf HSE Press Release E156:04 10/11/04 |
| Shepherd Maintenance Ltd | Fined £10,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Injured falling 8m through fragile roof light. No safe system of work. | HSE Prosecution Case F210000442 (30/8/04) |
| David McIntyre t/a D McIntyre Treesurgeons | Fined £500 under ELCIR 1998. Failure to have Employers' Liability Compulsory Insurance. | HSE Prosecution Case F210000462 (30/8/04) |
| Naturalight Systems Ltd | Fined £13,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Injured by descending top clamp on CNC bender. No guards or maintenance. | HSE Prosecution Case F190000445 (1/9/04) |
| Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council | Fined £10,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. Primary school pupil injured falling into hot water in sink of 30 year old sterilising unit located in the school hall. Inadequate RA. | HSE Prosecution Case F110000829 (2/9/04) |
| Margam Engineering & Welding Co Ltd | Fined £3,750 under PUWER 1998. Use of unguarded press brake and guillotine. Apparent lack of RA. | HSE Prosecution Case F110000832 (2/9/04) |
| British Bakeries Ltd | Fined £6,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. No safe system of work or RA. Failure to prevent access to moving parts of machinery. | HSE Prosecution Case F210000461 (3/9/04) |
| Excel Industries Ltd | Fined £2,500 under HASAWA 1974 s3. Client / principal contractor failed to establish presence of asbestos or provide suitable information to contractors in the H&S plan. Asbestos disturbed. | HSE Prosecution Case F230000411 (3/9/04) |
| New figures show a fall in work-related ill health and a mixed picture for injuries. | 'H&S Statistics Highlights 2003/04' includes workplace safety, work related ill health and enforcement action in GB. For details of the full report, see next entry. | Available free. HSE Tel:0151-951-3479 HSE Press Release E160:04 18/11/04 |
| HSE publishes health and safety statistics for 2003/04. | The latest statistics on workplace safety, work related ill-health and enforcement action in GB. | HSE Tel:0151-951-3479 HSE Press Release E161:04 18/11/04 |
| Business benefits of safety webpage. | A new HSE webpage for employers on the business benefits of managing H&S effectively. Includes case studies. | Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/businessbenefits/index.htm Safety Management 2004 (Nov):2 |
| Union 'resource rationing' charge as HSC consults on future plans. | Trade unions have accused the HSC of 'enforcement-lite' and 'resource rationing' strategy after the launch of a CD on the methods that could be used to influence future workplace H&S. | Con Doc 'Regulation and recognition…' Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/consult/index.htm Safety Management 2004 (Nov):3 |
| Does the judiciary make any contribution? | The Capita Symonds H&S Lecture 2004. Lord Woolf's response to the question. | Safety Management 2004 (Nov):6-8 |
| Employees could be liable if they fail to blow whistle, claims report. | The Public Concern at Work charity claims that changes to MHSWR mean employers can claim for compensation from employees if they breach their legal duties under the regs and someone is injured. | 'Speak Up, or Pay Up' Safety Management 2004 (Nov):10 |
| Building for the future. | How gaining an NVQ in safety has helped the Head of Safety at ISG Interior Exterior to contribute to its excellent safety record. (S Lawton) | Safety Management 2004 (Nov):18-20 |
| Electrician injured in fall. | Alpha Energy Services Ltd fined £3,000 + £1,398 costs. Trainee electrician injured falling 4.5m from tower scaffold when guard rail gave way. Part of platform missing, guard rails not properly secured, no competent inspection. | Safety Management 2004 (Nov):25 |
| Firm fined £200,000 after lifting death. | First Engineering Ltd fined £200,000. Delivery driver killed when slings slipped whilst unloading 2 tonne bundles of railway sleepers. No safe system of work, unsuitable slings and inadequate training. | Safety Management 2004 (Nov):26 |
| Worker crushed by reversing lift truck. | Pets Choice Ltd fined £6,000 + £2,961 costs. Injured by a reversing FLT when the driver stopped to chat but left the vehicle in reverse. When it moved off it lurched backwards. Poor vehicle pedestrian segregation. | Safety Management 2004 (Nov):28 |
| Mechanic killed in roadside collision. | Wincanton Group Ltd fined £10,000 + £2,051 costs. Mechanic killed whilst repairing a lorry on the M5 when the lorry was struck by an HGV. Poor training in roadside risks, inadequate safe system of work. | Safety Management 2004 (Nov):29 |
| Firm fined after fatal lift truck accident. | Anglia Grain Services Ltd fined £35,000 + £17,076 costs. Killed by reversing FLT whilst trying to switch off a lorry mounted seed dressing machine. Inadequate RA and vehicle pedestrian segregation. | Safety Management 2004 (Nov):30 |
| Worker injured in scaffolding collapse. | Gemini Riteway Scaffolding Ltd fined £17,000 / Thorne Barton Estates Ltd fined £3,300. Painter injured falling 3m from scaffolding when the board beneath him broke. Substandard board, gaps too great. Principal contractor failed to inspect scaffolding. | Safety Management 2004 (Nov):31 |
| Head, eye and respiratory protection. | HSE figures show 168,000 people suffer breathing problems caused by exposure to substances at work. The key points of ensuring head, eye and respiratory protection. | Safety Management 2004 (Nov):32-34,36,38,40-41 |
| SME vibration survey. | A new survey indicates that some workers employed by SMEs are being exposed to levels of vibration above the limits that will be set by the new European Vibration Dir. | Implications of the Physical Agents (Vibration) Dir for SMEs RR267 Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr267.htm Safety Management 2004 (Nov):48 |
| Cleaning industry – new forum to drive improvements in health and safety. | New HSE and UK cleaning industry forum committed to improve H&S in cleaning services by developing training for employees and establishing best practice for cleaning. | 'Caring for cleaners' HSG234 Internet: www.hsebooks.com HSE Press Release E157:04 11/11/04 |
| HSE launches new slips assessment tool. | The new on-line Slips Assessment Tool (SAT) evaluates potential risks to workers and others from floor slipping hazards in the workplace. | Available from HSE's slips webpage. Internet: http://146.101.202.138/ HSE Press Release E158:04 12/11/04 |
| Statement of nuclear incidents at nuclear installations. | There were two incidents in the period 1/4/04-30/6/04 at Hartlepool and Bradwell. | NSDI Tel:0151-951-4103 HSE Press Release E159:04 12/11/04 |
| HSE publishes new-look offences and penalties report. | 5th annual report names companies convicted in HSE prosecutions and comments on research looking at why businesses comply with H&S legislation. | 'Offences and penalties rpt 2003/04' Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/press/2004/e04162.htm HSE Press Release E162:04 16/11/04 |
| Petrol tanker consultation launched by HSC. | The petroleum and road haulage industries consulted on new regulations covering the transport of petrol by road and rail, including loading, carriage and unloading. | HSC Press Release C049:04 17/11/04 |
| UCP Ltd | Guilty under HASAWA 1974 s2. 16 year old injured when clothing became entangled in milling machine. No guarding. | HSE Prosecution Case F100000686 (6/9/04) |
| Nottingham Dyers Ltd | Fined £2,000 under MHSWR 1999/CAWR 2002. Workers removed section of partition wall inadvertently exposing themselves and others to asbestos. No RA or asbestos awareness training. | HSE Prosecution Case F130000462 (6/9/04) |
| Biltoe Eng Co Ltd | Fined £12,000 under PUWER 1998. Approved due to gravity of alleged offence. Seriousness of actual and potential harm, repeated breaches, failure to act on competent person reports, poor safety management. | HSE Prosecution Case F100000638 (7/9/04) |
| JD Crawford & Co Ltd | Fined £3,500 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Injured falling from pallet on raised forks of a moving FLT not in control of driver. Driver not FLT trained. Company aware of practice and the need to train FLT drivers. | HSE Prosecution Case F190000453 (7/9/04) |
| R Collard Ltd | Fined £5,000 under CHSWR 1996. During demolition a wall collapsed into the playground of neighbouring nursery school. | HSE Prosecution Case F230000350 (9/9/04) |
| Employers losing £3 billion to domestic violence, says Government. | Time off work for injuries caused by domestic violence is costing employers and workers £3 billion pa and an additional £17 billion for human and emotional suffering. | 'The Cost of Domestic Violence' Internet: www.womenandequalityunit.gov.uk RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2004 34(11):4 |
| SMEs in Scotland free web based learning. | 'Safe and Healthy Working' has launched an online learning tool to tackle workplace H&S in Scotland's 243,000 SMEs. | Safe and Healthy Working Tel: 0800-019-2211 RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2004 34(11):2 |
| Minimising violence to teachers advice. | European Agency for Safety and Health at Work guides to help teachers and others minimise the risk of violence and other hazards. Includes abusive behaviour, musculoskeletal disorders and other dangers. | EASHW Factsheets No 45, 46, 47 Internet: http://agency.osha.eu.int RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2004 34(11):5 |
| Fishing safety. | The first S&H guide for captains of small fishing vessels has been produced by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. Includes a checklist. | Factsheet No 38 Internet: http://agency.osha.eu.int/publications/ factsheets/index_en.htm RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2004 34(11):6 |
| Met Office weather advice online. | New service giving advice in the event of severe weather. In conjunction with the Highways Agency, EA, SEPA and BRE. | Met Office Internet: www.meto.gov.uk/weather/europe/uk/advice/index.html RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2004 34(11):6 |
| Backpain survey and advice. | New CSP statistics on the incidence of backpain, along with advice on prevention. | Chartered Soc of Physiotherapy RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2004 34(11):9 |
| Managing a healthier workplace. | Guide for general / human resources managers on how hygiene fits into occup health. Helps them understand how the work of the hygienist can be of benefit. | British Occup Hyg Soc Internet: www.bohs.org RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2004 34(11):10 |
| Sight lines. | Workplace accidents involving the eyes and the Government's 'Access to Work Scheme'. (E Gates) | RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2004 34(11):14-17 |
| A different class of stress. | The types of stress to which some teachers are subjected. (N Cook) | RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2004 34(11):20-24 |
| Driving up safety in AstraZeneca. | Moves towards reducing the number of road traffic accidents in which company employees are involved. | Internet: www.astrazeneca.com RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2004 34(11):26-28 |
| Agriculture. | Undertaking an RA in agricultural activities. (P Ellis) | RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2004 34(11):34-37 |
| 'Hypersafety' hysteria. | Response to those in the popular media who present a negative stereotype of safety. (R Bibbings) | RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2004 34(11):54-55 |
| New RoSPA President named. | Baroness Anne Gibson has become the new President of RoSPA. | RoSPA Safety Express 2004 (Nov/Dec):4 |
| Driver dies: load restraint useless. | Peter D Stirling Ltd fined £50,000. On 2nd day of employment, lorry driver killed when part of the 27 tonne load crashed through his cab whilst braking. Not properly secured on trailer. Webbing did not meet BS. | RoSPA Safety Express 2004 (Nov/Dec):5 |
| Safety in numbers? | The organisation 'Age Concern' and its actions to prevent their lone workers being put at risk. (N Cook) | RoSPA Safety Express 2004 (Nov/Dec):10-11 |
| A risky business. | The difference between civil claims and criminal prosecutions and what can be done to prevent H&S related cases occurring in the first place. (P Ellis) | RoSPA Safety Express 2004 (Nov/Dec):17 |
| Report calls for more risk education in schools. | EASHW report claims that integrating occupational S&H into school and university education is key to reducing the incidence of work related accidents and illnesses in EU industries. | Internet: http://agency.osha.eu.int/publications/reports/ 313/en/index.htm RoSPA Safety Express 2004 (Nov/Dec):20 |
| Food hygiene laws consultation. | Consultative document on applying EU food hygiene legislation in the UK. The new rules will come into force on 1/1/06. | Internet: www.food.gov.uk/foodindustry/regulation/ europeleg/eufoodhygieneleg/ RoSPA Safety Express 2004 (Nov/Dec):20 |
| Redwings Horse Sanctuary | Fined £6,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Injured when struck by a 350kg hay bale whilst working near stack. Incorrectly built stack and hay had been removed from bottom bale. | HSE Prosecution Case F070000448 (13/9/04) |
| G Clancey Ltd | Fined £3,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Using unsafe system of work over 2m. Failure to implement alternative, installed at 2 other similar site locations. | HSE Prosecution Case F100000672 (13/9/04) |
| Charles B Addison | Fined £2,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Agency worker injured whilst using circular sawing machine. Inadequate instruction, training and isolation procedures. | HSE Prosecution Case F120000512 (13/9/04) |
| Steven R Addison | Fined £2,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Agency worker injured whilst using circular sawing machine. Inadequate instruction, training and isolation procedures. | HSE Prosecution Case F120000513 (13/9/04) |
| Tabmellow Ltd | Fined £14,500 under HASAWA 1974 s2 / MHSWR 1999. Injured falling 3.5m whilst repairing pea process plant. No edge protection, scaffolding or platform. Not wearing available fall arrest. Inadequate supervision, not following safe system of work. | HSE Prosecution Case F130000455 (14/9/04) |
| Retford Glass Co Ltd | Fined £10,000 under PUWER 1998 / MHSWR 1999. Glazier injured falling from tower scaffold which overturned on him. Sub standard equipment. | HSE Prosecution Case F130000459 (16/9/04) |
| Diageo Distilling Ltd | Fined £8,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. Contractor's worker injured during maintenance work. Nearby equipment switched on without contractor's knowledge. Inadequate implementation of procedures for contractors. | HSE Prosecution Case F200000657 (16/9/04) |
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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