A landlord has been fined after an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found he failed to ensure gas fittings, including a wall mounted boiler, at a property he rented out, were safe.
The HSE reports that Mr Asif Azam of Whitelands Road, High Wycombe, plead guilty at Aylesbury …
The health and safety links page has been updated. One of the new additions is a link to some useful First Aid Fact Sheets available on the Aid Training website.
EDIT 25/11/13 - Aid Training link removed at request of site owner
Over the last two months, visitors to HealthSafetyNews.co.uk have come from the following countries:
68% United Kingdom
20% United States of America
2% Germany
2% India
The final 8% is made up of the following countries: Trinidad and Tobago, Singapore, Netherlands, Japan, Nigeria, Mauritius and Hong…
Safety and Health Practitioner (SHP) reports that the Court of Appeal has refused an application to appeal from Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings which was convicted under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, following the death of Alex Wright.
Previous related news: Cotswold G…
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reports that, from September this year, the majority of work-related injuries and incidents reportable under RIDDOR will have to be notified to the HSE via its website (fatal and major incidents and injuries will still be reportable by 'phone).
In a further step…
As part of WorkSafe Victoria's 'The Skeleton Project', three CEOs spent a day with their workers, under the cover of a workplace safety researcher, to find out more about musculoskeletal injuries.
Read more about The Skeleton Project and find out how it gave these CEOs a unique insight into the i…
The case law page of www.healthsafetynews.co.uk has been updated.
The Royal British Legion is looking to recruit three Regional Health and Safety Advisors. See the jobs page for further details.
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If anyone considers that their employer (or someone else’s) work activity is putting their safety at risk or damaging their health, then concerns should be raised with that employer or person. If no improvement is made and their safety or health continues to be at risk, then this can be reported to…
Published at the end of March, the quarterly fatal injury figures for the period April to December 2010 provide emerging details of the count of workplace fatal injuries in 2010/11:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/fatalquarterly.htm?ebul=stats/apr-11&cr=02
The following statistics are, or will shortly be, available for the period of 2009/10:
Blood lead exposure:
The latest annual data based on HSE's exposure to lead study. The update includes the working population in the lead industry, exposure by lead industrial classification and data on the num…
During and following the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton (the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge) many communities held street parties to celebrate
To try and ensure that health and safety was not used as an excuse for preventing such celebrations, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) …
By Phil La Duke
Conventional wisdom holds that people won’t report near misses because they fear repercussions associated with admitting that they screwed up, but in most cases, conventional wisdom is wrong.
Near misses — incidents where no one was seriously injured but COULD have been — provide u…
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a new website, Health and Safety Made Simple, stating that:
"The work of voluntary organisations and individual volunteers makes a valuable contribution to our everyday lives.
Health and safety is often wrongly blamed for preventing organisations…
A new page has been set up on www.healthsafetynews.co.uk giving details of case law that set legal precedent relevant to occupational health and safety - it is currently under construction but more cases will be added shortly. Visit the Law page to access this useful guidance tool; additional cases …
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) are running a three-part series on Legionella, the latest installment looks at control methods and risk assessments of Legionella in water systems.
Read the IOSH article Good Practice: Legionella in hot and cold water systems.
It is also wort…
Tullis Russell Papermaker Ltd admitted a failure to monitor a contractor who was working on a fragile roof at its factory in Fife. The company pleaded guilty to breaching s3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and was fined £260,000. No costs are awarded in Scotland.
The contractor advis…