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- New safety advice issued on electric gates (02/09/2010)
Installers, designers, maintenance firms and manufacturers of electric gates, are being urged to seriously consider new safety advice issued by HSE today, following the recent deaths of two children involving these gates. The safety alert points out that limiting the closing forces of gates alone will not provide sufficient protection to meet the relevant standards, and [...] - Safety notice ? Risks to pedestrians from crushing zones on electrically powered gates (02/09/2010)
Actions required to prevent the trapping and crushing of persons by electrically powered gates. The purpose of this Safety Notice is to reinforce and update previous information to organisations and individuals involved in the design, construction, installation and commissioning of electrically powered gates and organisations in control of their use and/or maintenance. It is also relevant [...] - Project Assessment Report ? Executive Summary for Urenco (02/09/2010)
- PAR ? Executive Summary for Devonport Royal Dockyard (02/09/2010)
- Company fined after two workers severely injured within three months (01/09/2010)
HEALTH AND SAFETY MATTERS STORIES FEED
- BOC launches new gas detection range - September 02 2010
The BOC G-TECTA range has been designed for ease of use, offering simple one-touch operation... - TSI delivers best pratices - September 02 2010
TSI Incorporated is playing a key role in supporting healthcare organizations worldwide in light of the emergence of a new drug-resistant superbug... - Firemaster evolves into firemaster plus - September 02 2010
- EEF joins with HSE and TUC in Safe Maintenance Campaign - September 01 2010
- BSC champions environmental management - September 01 2010
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- BAE pays £198,000 for lack of supervision with “explosive consequences” (15/01/2010)
Global arms manufacturer BAE Systems has been handed a £198,000 penalty following a fatal explosion at its Lancashire munitions plant.Lynda Wilkins died on 2 March 2005 while using lead styphnate, a highly volatile primary explosive used in detonators, which can be set off by static discharges from the human body. Though the HSE said it was unable to determine the exact cause of the blast, as Wilkins had been working ... - Rating the boss cuts stress (14/01/2010)
Encouraging staff to tell their line managers what they think of them could reduce workplace stress, according to new research co-funded by the HSE, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the HR standard provider Investors in People UK.The study, presented this week at the British Psychological Society's occupational psychology conference, focused on the line manager-employee relationship, which it found to be the most commonly reported cause of work-related ... - New Seveso site details potential COMAH changes (13/01/2010)
- Challenge to Scottish pleural plaques law rejected (12/01/2010)
- Unguarded guillotine severed four fingers (11/01/2010)