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  1. Health and safety investigations: from inspection to prosecution

    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is responsible for health and safety enforcement in:   the manufacturing industry; construction sites; farms; nuclear installations; schools; hospitals; and in any work involving the movement of dangerous goods or substances.   The Environmental Health...

    Briefing | 16 Oct 2007

  2. Grinding to a halt: Why Government policy risks bringing business to a standstill

    ...juries that require employees to take seven or more days off work. The Consultation is in response to recommendations made by Lord Young in his Common Sense, Common Safety Review: "RIDDOR can often be seen as a cumbersome system, and compliance is estimated at around 50%. There is evidence from the HSE of under-reporting of RIDDOR, which makes me question its successful operation. Businesses would see a significant reduction in the number of reports they need to make; it would also improve the accuracy of national statistics." 31257 A new national register of occupational safety consultants will...

    Magazine issue | 4 Jan 2011

  3. Work stopped at eight Yorkshire firms after HSE visits

    ... been told to make safety improvements to protect their workers after an intensive two-week inspection initiative. Flammable liquids not being stored properly, missing or inadequate guards around machines and uncontrolled exposure to fumes from welding were some of the hazards identified by the HSE and local authority officers who visited nearly 450 companies across Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. Eight of the visits resulted in Prohibition Notices being served – meaning dangerous activities had to be stopped and action taken before work was allowed to continue. In addi...

    News | 16 Nov 2010

  4. Companies to be prosecuted for health and safety breaches over Potters Bar rail crash

    ...ty as infrastructure maintenance contractor responsible for a section of the national rail network at the time of the incident, faces identical charges under Section 3(1) of the HSWA. The charges will be brought despite the fact that the company went into administration in March this year.   The HSE report into the incident listed a number of faults which led to the crash, including loose nuts on the points and failure to uncover defects at earlier inspections. The HSE had set up an independent Investigation Board using its powers under Section 14 of the HSWA, to oversee the investigation of t...

    Case | 12 Nov 2010

  5. Report finds workplace safety at risk due to de-regulation

    ...sity has found that workplace safety has been put at risk due to changes in health and safety policies over the past decade. The report, ‘Regulatory Surrender: death, injury and the non-enforcement of law’, reveals that policy changes have affected the ability of the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) to enforce health and safety law. Researchers found that the number of inspections made of business premises has fallen by 69% and investigations of health and safety incidents has declined by 68%.  The report also shows a 48% reduction in prosecutions of companies who have breached HSE regulatio...

    News | 15 Jul 2010

  6. Shiftworkers at risk due to second class treatment from HSE

    Shiftworkers in the UK are facing serious health risks but are getting second class safety because the HSE clocks off outside normal office hours, according to a report published this week.  University of Stirling Professor, Andrew Watterson, in his report 'While you were sleeping,' says the estimated 3.5 million shiftworkers in the UK are getting second class treatment because no staff in the HSE are ...

    News | 2 Jun 2009

  7. Cultivating success: how to cut costs and stimulate growth

    ...mployees should be treated as being at work. visit www.workplacelaw.net/cipd www.CartoonStock.com Missing some pieces? Latest | Case law Implications of the latest case law for employers ... Health and safety fatality prosecution thrown out of court An "unnecessary" prosecution brought by the HSE was thrown out of court when the judge held that there was "not a shred of evidence that there was anything to be criticised in the actions of the defendants". Two large engineering companies were being tried under Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HSWA) and Regulation 10 of...

    Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2009

  8. Buncefield disaster: the aftermath and what you can learn from it

    ...ath and what you can learn from it BUNCEFIELD spECIaL IssUE disaster Buncefield The planner Peter Power on Olympic-sized emergencies, and what to do about them. MAY 2009 Issue 47 Evacuate! The contingency plans to save city centre businesses in an emergency. The investigator Interview with the HSE's Buncefield investigator Taf Powell. Buncefield and your business: the lessons that all businesses can learn. Page 30 Legal update: REACH and facilities management. Page 26 plus: Legal calendar | Comment The data | Clinic | Client focus Case law and more ... Page 7 Page 22 Page 20 Contents ...

    Magazine issue | 5 May 2009

  9. 48: How the 48-hour working week could push employers to the max

    ...uropean Commission. These Regulations will set minimum energy efficiency and functionality requirements, and will also take into account consumer expectations in terms of aesthetics, functionality and health concerns. The phasing out will start in 2009 and will finish at the end of 2012. 17847 The hSE is launching a new stress website, which will include the latest information about Management Standards and extra resources for line managers. 17308 1 February Increased Tribunal compensation limits will come into force. The maximum 'week's pay' for the purposes of calculating a redundancy payment...

    Magazine issue | 5 Feb 2009

  10. Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business

    ...Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). 8102 NOVEMBER n Changes to Security Industry Authority (SIA) licensing in Scotland are implemented: From November 2007, it will be illegal to work as an operative in a designated security sector in Scotland without a front-line SIA licence. 11050 n The HSE's "Falls From Vehicles" campaign starts: The "Falls From Vehicles" campaign will take place from October to December 2007, and is being launched to cut the numbers of injuries and deaths caused by falls from vehicles across all industries, which costs British businesses nearly £37 in human and eco...

    Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007

  11. How much does it cost to kill someone at work?

    ...rding to where you are in the world. Neil Archibald reports. 8 workplacelaw kp oc ist o .c to ho m I n many developed countries health and safety legislation sets minimum standards of what is expected of an employer by way of safeguarding a worker's rights while in the workplace. In the UK the HSE has undertaken research revealing that 70% of all workplace accidents are the direct result of management failings and the same percentage of deaths and serious injuries are avoidable. It also estimates that some 80% of workplace deaths involve some form of human factor. Geoffrey Podger, Chief Exec...

    Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2007

  12. HSE prosecution record attacked yet again

    Following the release yesterday by the Corporate Centre for Accountability of an HSE inspection audit report,  which suggested that both HSE and Local Authority (LA) inspectors found that inspectors should be prosecuting in three times as many cases than they currently do, construction union UCATT has claimed that convictions of companies for construction site deaths have fallen ...

    News | 27 Apr 2007

  13. Flawed administrative system led to fatal fall

    ...The power station, which Eggborough Power bought from CEGB three years before the tragedy, was 40 years old. Each staircase was anchored to the landings by three steel pins, but was mounted on rollers at the bottom so that they could expand in the extreme heat. Simon Phillips, prosecuting for the HSE, told Judge Paul Hoffman that after the report was received a member of the control room staff inspected the staircase at night using a torch. He did not think it was a safety issue, but logged the report on the computer for immediate attention, which should have meant that it was dealt with in 2...

    Case | 11 Apr 2006

  14. Licence to… protect your workplace?

    ...of the opposite sex for two years, not one. Jenny Long Human Resource Manager Thank you for pointing that out. As you say anyone who is undergoing gender reassignment has to live as a member of the opposite sex for two years, not one year as was originally stated in the article. useful to offer the HSE constructive criticism than just to blindly rip into its policies and procedures. The campaign didn't seem interested in offering solutions to it what saw as the problems, obviously showing that they couldn't do it any better than the HSE is! It seems to conveniently ignore statistics that show tha...

    Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2006

  15. Has the HSE lost its bite?

    workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace APRIL 2006 ISSUE 16 Health and safety policies and how to communicate them The Corporate Manslaughter Bill David Bergman on the CCA's objections Has the HSE lost its bite? The Executive's enforcement policy under attack Highly commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2005 ­ interactive business and professional Highly commended: AOP Online Publisher of the Year 2005 - business IN EVERY ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & SAFETY, PREMISES MANAGEMENT workplac...

    Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2006

  16. 2005: getting to grips with the legal year ahead

    ...Leisure 24 Department for Transport 7 Deutches Rotes Kreuz 26 Disability Rights Commission 6 Dundas & Wilson 26 DVLA 17 Environment Agency 14 Equal Opportunities Commission 6 Federation of Licensed Victuallers' Associations 20 Godfrey Davis 34 Greenwoods Solicitors LLP 5, 14, 28, 29 Hegarty & Co 18 HSE 6, 13, 17, 28, 29, 31 Investors in People 7 Jarvis Facilities Limited 27 Keith Bright Consultants 12 Kronospan Limited 27 Kiwk-fit 34 Kiwk Save 18 Lancashire Probation Service 24 LCC Support Services Limited 33 Leaseplan 33 Leicester City FC 18 MacRoberts Solicitors 12, 13, 15 Mills and Reeve 26, 3...

    Magazine issue | 15 Dec 2004

  17. HSE Criticised for Cutting Back Investigations

    Certain deaths and injuries resulting from unsafe working practices will no longer be subject to inquiry, according to a new HSE policy which has been released by the Centre for Corporate Accountability (CCA). The policy reveals that the HSE will also no longer inspect hospitals, the police, local authorities and others to see whether they are complying with their public safety duties, due to a lack of financial resources...

    News | 2 Jun 2004

  18. Bus company prosecuted for apprentice’s accident

    ...ar the front passenger wheel and was making adjustments when the air suspension failed suddenly and the bus dropped on him, badly injuring his face. He was freed when another worker rushed to help and they were able to raise the bus sufficiently to get him out. The incident was investigated by the HSE, which brought the prosecution against the operator's owners, Yorkshire Traction Company Ltd of Stockport, Cheshire. The company, of Dawbank, Stockport, pleaded guilty to two offences under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and was fined a total of £15,000 and ordered to pay £8,473 in ...

    Case | 13 Dec 2011

  19. Man prosecuted over faulty inflatable equipment

    A man has been given an 18-week suspended prison sentence and 60 hours of community service after ignoring a legal order preventing him from issuing safety certificates for inflatable amusements. The HSE served a prohibition notice on Peter John Morrell (also known as Peter Michael Coltilda) in November 2008 after an investigation revealed he had passed inflatables as safe to use when they were not. He had previously pleaded guilty to three separate offences last year and was given conditional disc...

    Case | 7 Sep 2010

  20. Cooling towers investigated in Legionnaires’ outbreak

    ...d dangerous units they will prosecute in about four years time. Why does it take so long? Why is it we only see prosecutions following fatalities? I appreciate that they have funding problems but if they bacame proactive this may not have occured. It seems there is a non-enforcement policy from HSE and EHO Why don't we drink and drive? The noble reason is that we may cause harm to others. In reality we don't drink and drive because it is well policed and we could lose our licences. But H&S inspections don't happen and when they do what happens; nothing They need to issue improvement notice...

    Comment | 13 Sep 2010

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