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HSE warns employers of the dangers of confined spaces
The HSE is warning employers and staff of the dangers of working in confined spaces, following the prosecution of part of a multi-national group after two of its employees died while undertaking routine tasks in a Herefordshire factory. Bodycote H.I.P. Ltd of Macclesfield, Cheshire, pleaded guilty in the case brought by HSE before Worcester Crown Court on 24th April 2009. It wa...
Case | 4 Aug 2009
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Confined spaces warning: company fined after ship’s hold accident
The HSE has issued a warning to employers to ensure they plan properly for working in confined spaces after a Norfolk welder was electrocuted and killed when the ship’s hold he was working inside flooded with water. Richards Dry Dock and Engineering Ltd appeared at Norwich Crown Court last week and pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The compa...
Case | 31 Mar 2009
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Safe work in confined spaces. Confined Spaces Regulations 1997
Contains an Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) and guidance on duties under the Confined Spaces Regulations applicable across all industry sectors but does not apply offshore. Updated regulatory text reflects latest legislation. Covering pertinent issues such as the definition of ‘confined space’ and safer working within, risk assessment and prevention of entry matters, it also includes ...
Official guidance | 1 Jan 2009
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Confined space death was an accident
An inquest into the death of a farm manager has highlighted the dangers of working in confined spaces. Robert Davies, 64, who was responsible for day-to-day management of the farms on the Portledge Estate near Bideford, was found in a collapsed state in a slurry valve chamber on 4 December 2005. Davies had climbed into the valve chamber, possibly to investigate a leak, and because the chamb...
Case | 12 Jul 2007
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Confined spaces in Landlords demise
...ter conducting a risk assessment on them , they then Categorise them accordingly and enter the category on a register, this helps contractors/maintenance workers establish safe systems of work for each category, as far as domestic premises go apart from cellars or plant rooms i can't think of where confined spaces would figuer or of a significant risk involved
Comment | 22 Aug 2008
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Confined spaces in Landlords demise
Is there a duty placed on Landlords to maintain a confined spaces register?
Comment | 20 Aug 2008
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Confined Spaces Kill, warns HSE
The HSE has issued a warning to the manufacturing industry, following the recent deaths of three employees in a slurry tank, that entering confined spaces is extremely dangerous, particularly waste and recycling companies. The three employees, working on a farm near Thetford, were asphyxiated in the tank after being overcome by carbon dioxide. A fourth worker, who also entered the tank, was fortunate to escape with his life. The danger of asphi...
News | 30 Jul 2004
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Dangers of Confined Spaces; Four Deaths in Four Weeks
The HSE has reminded all employers who may encounter confined spaces of the dangers involved, following four tragic deaths in four weeks. Three of the deaths - which occurred in two separate incidents - all involved an oxygen-deficient atmosphere. The other death involved the use of a highly flammable liquid. The low oxygen levels have been attributed separately ...
News | 27 Mar 2003
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Confined Spaces Regulations 1997
The Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 came into force on 28 January 1998. The Regulations concern any work that is carried on in a place that is substantially (but not always entirely) enclosed, where there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of serious injury from conditions and/or hazardous substances in the space or ne...
Regulation | 16 Sep 1997
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Confined spaces in Landlords demise
I thought as much, many thanks for the response it really is much appreciated.
Comment | 22 Aug 2008
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Campaign for maximum workplace temperature launched
...formance driven where the hazards are 'time related' between breaks from any operational scenario in which errors and/or levels of fatigue exacerbate risk. For those DSE users who by and large remain immobile on screen during tasks it would be at variance from someone working outside or within a confined space nevertheless, in either situation fresh air flow and ambient temperature will be critical to performance and productivity as well as health risks. Humidity and temperature raising the whole question of potential comfort and/or dehydration in a range of scenarios or workplace arenas in add...
Comment | 20 Sep 2011
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Investigation launched after chemical tank worker dies
Yet another probable confined spaces death... when will employers and staff learn... CONFINED SPACES ARE DANGEROUS PLACES. It about time the law threw the book at employers and employees who don't have in place the minimum legal management standards for confined spaces on their premises... The death toll in this area of work whe...
Comment | 24 Aug 2011
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Swine flu could cripple transport system
... safety risks across the transport system as experts advised that up to 40% of the population could become ill with the swine flu over the coming weeks. Transport workers are known to be at greater risk of infection as they tend to work in close contact with the public and colleagues, and often in confined spaces like trains, buses, the Underground, ferries and offices. A Whitehall meeting last week between the government and emergency services heard that more than a third of Britain's businesses have no response plans at all for dealing with the pandemic and raised specific concerns about the impact on tr...
News | 20 Jul 2009
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hand held PDA
...t does not take five minutes to evaluate documents you are well versed in. It indirectly saves lives and improves productivity by the lack of accidents from policing like this. Teamtalks, maybe only five minutes at times to run over the basic safety of using power tools, or working in voids be they confined spaces or not. To re-iterate the initiative to report near miss, to feedback results of reports made. It doesn't take five minutes! This five minutes is based on everbody believing the culture of H&S as a tool to make work easier, more productive, safer... 5 minutes of regularly practising staff, regul...
Comment | 12 Apr 2011
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hand held PDA
...t does not take five minutes to evaluate documents you are well versed in. It indirectly saves lives and improves productivity by the lack of accidents from policing like this. Teamtalks, maybe only five minutes at times to run over the basic safety of using power tools, or working in voids be they confined spaces or not. To re-iterate the initiative to report near miss, to feedback results of reports made. It doesn't take five minutes! This five minutes is based on everbody believing the culture of H&S as a tool to make work easier, more productive, safer... 5 minutes of regularly practising staff, regul...
Comment | 12 Apr 2011
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Exploding pipe stopper injured contractor on construction site
...Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. They were fined £3,000 and ordered to pay costs of £8,798.HSE Inspector Debbie John says: "There were a number of failings identified in the investigation into this case, including a failure to provide any rescue equipment for staff working in confined spaces, and a failure to provide safeguards such as markings indicating the incompatibility of equipment."There were a catalogue of errors that led to the incident – incompatible equipment was used, the pipe stopper wasn’t used correctly, and Galliford Try did not exercise proper control over the work...
Case | 30 Oct 2008
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Call for cycle awareness training for HGV drivers
... blind spot of the lorries which are generally turning left (this is called undertaking! ) a practice frowned upon with two vehicles (except in very seldom occaisions but catered for with additional lanes and signage) so why should it become acceptable just because a cyclist wants to squeeze into a confined space and advance a further 15 feet?? A lorry/PCV driver has to prove themselves competent in basic vehicle familiarity, maintenance, fault finding, driving skills, and hazard perception they also have to undergo fitness and eyesight tests (at their own expense) and they have to be deemed morall...
Comment | 9 Aug 2010
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Trench collapse kills man
..., when the wall collapsed. He cautioned that it was not “at this time” possible to relate the event directly to the heavy rain occurring at the time.Although the cause of the incident has not yet been established, this case does reinforce the importance for similar companies whose workers enter confined spaces to carry out adequate risk assessments.A confined space is usually substantially – though not always entirely – enclosed. Serious injury in such areas can occur not only from hazardous substances within the space or nearby area but from conditions, such as a lack of oxygen.It has been observed ...
News | 8 Sep 2008
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Battery Charging Room
On the face of it.......ridiculous! No to the 13A supply, and I wouldn't entertain a shower in such close proximity in what could be a confined space after the charging bench/es is/are in place. George's comments should be noted, low and high vents are in order but both should be to the outside of the building and not into another enclosed area.
Comment | 27 May 2010
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Battery Charging Room
Presume lighting along with switches are all of a "flash proof" design along with reostats controling charge rate of how many batteries in a confined space as may need to evaluate the air change rate with sufficient vents to allow replacement air in as well as expelled ? (Could get a little cold in winter) No smoking under that window then - ho hum
Comment | 27 May 2010
