Government not looking to commercialise safety policies
A Department of Work and Pensions spokesperson is reported to have downplayed claims that the Government is looking to privatise …
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Leisurely about your safety duties?
With summer upon us, the Health and Safety Executive has updated its website to help those involved in leisure activities …
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Is workplace health and safety improving?
The campaign to instill good health and safety standards in workplaces across the land is ongoing. In fact, reality be …
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New senior appointments at HSE
The Health and Safety Executive has announced two new senior appointments as it looks to implement key recommendations in the …
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Minister says health and safety laws misunderstood
Work and pensions minister, Mike Penning, has warned that the real issues of health and safety are being masked by …
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HSE launches COMAH regulations public consultation
The Health and Safety Executive has launched a public consultation on the proposed new Control of Major Accident Hazard (COMAH) …
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Fife Council fined £24,000 over gas leak
Fife Council has been fined £24,000 for “serious safety failings” after workers struck and ruptured an underground gas pipe releasing …
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HSE promotes ‘sensible risk’ in local government
Busting safety myths has long been a target of the Health and Safety Executive and now they’ve turned their attentions …
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Employee prosecuted after striking co-worker with digger bucket
The Health and Safety Executive has prosecuted a construction site worker from Rushden after he struck a co-worker on the …
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Updating workplace hazardous substances ACOPs
The Health and Safety Executive has published details of four revised Approved Codes of Practice covering work with hazardous substances. …
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