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The list of ‘Carriage of dangerous goods’ Prohibition Notices issued by Police or Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) from July 2007 has been updated with notices up to April 2008.
View prohibition notices [Excel 279KB]
Local Authority Circular: Benchmark control of dust from flour and flour improvers in in-store supermarket bakeries - what Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) should expect to see in in-store bakeries.
View circular LAC 71/7
The operational circular (OC 265/50 Version 5) ‘Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 - General Enforcement Guidance and Advice’, which provides advice on interpretation of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 (CAR 2006) including enforcement benchmarks for licensed and non-licensed asbestos removal work and the management of asbestos in buildings has been updated.
View OC 265/50
More than 100 Tyneside businesses were visited in a recent crackdown on industrial estates by Health and Safety Executive and local council inspectors.
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HSE has warned organisations to ensure employees are properly trained to use equipment, following an incident leading to the death of a 29 year-old council worker after he clamped an electric cable thinking it was a domestic water main.
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HSE is warning employers to ensure they have safe systems for working at height in place after a worker was seriously injured in a fall from a loft, while he was changing a water tank at a flat.
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The list of prohibition notices issued under the carriage of dangerous goods regulations has been updated.
View list [371KB XLS]
The list of prohibition notices issued under the carriage of dangerous goods regulations has been updated.
View list [212KB XLS]
From 28 April 2008, HSE’s Biological Agents Unit takes full responsibility for the inspection and regulation of work activities which involve animal pathogens in England.
News announcement about the transfer of responsibility
Statement specifying the terms of delegation of powers on enforcement issues to officials following the merger of the Health and Safety Commission and the Health and Safety Executive.
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“Over one in three construction sites visited put the lives of workers at risk and operated so far below the acceptable standard that our inspectors served 395 enforcement notices and stopped work on 30% of the sites”, Geoffrey Podger, HSE’s Chief Executive said today.
This comes after HSE carried out over 1000 spot checks of refurbishment sites [...]
Information on HSE’s 3 year enforcement campaign ‘Safe Interventions’ initiative in the rubber industry has been updated to include future Inspectors visits using the questionnaires:- ‘Safe Interventions - Enforcement Initiative - Machinery Safety’ and ‘Safe Interventions - Enforcement Initiative - Entry into Confined Spaces’.
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Information on HSE’s 3 year enforcement campaign ‘Safe Interventions’ initiative has been updated to include future HSE Inspectors visits in the paper industry. Paper mills and corrugated packaging plants have also been added as part of this project.
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HSE has announced that it is prosecuting Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council in connection with a carbon monoxide incident at Crookhill Primary School, Ryton on 14 November 2006.
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HSE warned the construction sector in Newcastle that they will be out in force carrying out spot checks on refurbishment projects to ensure that workers’ lives are not being put at risk and that sites are in good order.
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