Press Releases from the Health & Safety Executive

September 2007

• HSE warns against inadequate supervision of children after school proprietor sentenced - 28 September 2007
• Building company, director and foreman prosecuted by police and HSE following death of worker - 21 September 2007
• Champion to tell Mid-Wales conference how he overcame the odds of ill health - 14 September 2007
• HSE warns farmers over baling safety - 13 September 2007
• HSE warns construction workers ‘don’t take the risk’ - 11 September 2007
• Great Yorkshire boost for health and safety on farms - 10 September 2007
• Foot and mouth outbreak in Surrey: HSE publishes final report on potential breaches of biosecurity at the Pirbright site - 7 September 2007

August 2007

• HSE puts health and safety into print - 31 August 2007
• HSE warns HGV operators about safety during reversing following successful prosecution - 29 August 2007
• ICL investigation: Completion of legal proceedings - 28 August 2007
• Safety representatives effective in promoting health and safety messages - 24 August 2007
• Local authority fined £18,000 over asbestos - 23 August 2007
• HSC chair visits St Austell quarry as industry goes for target zero - 21 August 2007
• Health and Safety Commission (HSC) launches consultation on a new chemical classification and labelling regulation - 17 August 2007
• Distinguished Service Award for Sir Bill Callaghan - 15 August 2007
• HSE publishes initial report on potential breaches of biosecurity at the Pirbright site - 7 August 2007
• HSE urges offshore industry to invest to secure a lasting future on the UK continental shelf - 2 August 2007

July 2007

• New gas installer registration scheme for Great Britain - 27 July 2007
• HSE urges Welsh business to make health and safety their top priority as worker fatalities increase - 26 July 2007
• 241 lives lost is unacceptable - 26 July 2007
• HSC says don’t overcomplicate health and safety - 25 July 2007
• HSE issues response to Buncefield Standards Task Group Final Report - 24 July 2007
• HSE issues safety alert on scalding risk from domestic hot water systems - 20 July 2007
• HSE issues pool safety advice following double drowning case - 13 July 2007
• Falls and trips in construction are no laughing matter - 10 July 2007
• New Chair appointed to the Health and Safety Commission - 10 July 2007
• Bob the Builder™ backs HSE’s ladder safety campaign - 5 July 2007
• HSE and local authorities hit back at ‘Health and Safety’ myths - 3 July 2007

June 2007

• HSE warns landlords to test gas appliances after a family suffers carbon monoxide posioning - 30 June 2007
• Companies fined after fatal fall from height - 28 June 2007
• HSE concludes 'Top Gear' jet car crash investigation - 22 June 2007
• Knighthood for the Chair of Health and Safety Commission - 21 June 2007
• HSE calls a stakeholder conference in a bid to reduce the risk of exposure to chemical carcinogens in the workplace - 20 June 2007
• Keeping children safe at fairgrounds this summer - 20 June 2007
• Health and Safety Commissioner calls for common sense approach to Health and Safety at Swansea conference - 20 June 2007
• HSE 'lightens the load' to support Euro Week - 19 June 2007
• Life on Mars' star scales new heights for HSE's ladder safety campaign in North Yorkshire - 19 June 2007
• Construction firms reminded to assess risk from electricity after North Wales HSE prosecution - 18 June 2007
• From adventure playground to death trap - HSE warns children about building sites - 18 June 2007
• HSE takes enforcement action against Select Plant Hire Company Ltd - 15 June 2007
• "Keep a sense of proportion when it comes to risk" HSC Chairman tells safety specialists - 15 June 2007
• HSE issues warning on transport of acetylene cyclinders following explosion in Front Street, Wolsingham - 14 June 2007
• European court supports UK safety laws (Case C127-05 European Commission v United Kingdom) - 14 June 2007
• Employers warned over dangers of forklift trucks after Berwick worker is paralysed - 12 June 2007
• HSE warning after Colne company fined £4,000 following explosion in which employees receive burns - 7 June 2007
• Tynedale businesses urged to get rid of dodgy ladders! - 6 June 2007
• HSE's machinery warning after Rochdale carpet company is fined £1,600 - 6 June 2007
• Nationwide inspections tackle biggest cause of death in construction - 6 June 2007
• HSE helps children enjoy the countryside - safely - 5 June 2007
• HSE to remove 4000 'dodgy' ladders through a 'ladder exchange' - 5 June 2007
• HSC calls for a stronger health and safety agenda in boardrooms - 5 June 2007

May 2007

• Safety first for Merthyr Council on gas testing - 30 May 2007
• Distinguished service award for Health and Safety Commissioner - 25 May 2007
• HSC Chair commends the access industry forum for collaborative working - 23 May 2007
• Have fun at the fair? Yes, with a bit of care - 23 May 2007
• HSC Chair visits Wychavon to see goods moved safely - 22 May 2007
• A stronger voice for health and safety: HSC’s decision following a merger consultation - 21 May 2007
• Agriculture safety skills in the spotlight at 2007 Royal Highland Show - 21 May 2007
• HSE warns of the dangers of working with asbestos after Hereford company prosecuted - 18 May 2007
• HSE helps to promote gas safety message in South East Cornwall - 16 May 2007
• Company and sole trader fined £37,500 after steel beam falls from vehicle and fatally injures the driver - 11 May 2007
• White van roadshow to take Health and Safety direct to the construction industry in Llanelli - 11 May 2007
• HSE seeks improvements at bus stations - 9 May 2007
• North West contact centres and the HSE take action to prevent costly slips, trips and falls - 8 May 2007
• HSE issues maintenance warning after council fined £125,000 over boy’s death - 3 May 2007
• Time to clear the air on World Asthma Day - 1 May 2007

April 2007

• HSE supports Workers' Memorial Day - 30 April 2007
• Welsh brewery fined £15,000 following worker injury - 27 April 2007
• UCATT report on prosecutions: Statement from HSE Chief Excutive Geoffrey Podger - 27 April 2007
• Working together 'key' to successful health & safety - Scottish HSE director tells nurses' forum - 26 April 2007
• HSE warns of the need for safe working practices - company fined £75,000 after death of workman - 25 April 2007
• HSE issues gas fitter warning after Barrow heating company fined over faulty boiler installation - 24 April 2007
• Dermatitis costs industry millions - The solution is in your hands - 23 April 2007
• HSE warns of the dangers of working on fragile roofs - 17 April 2007
• Elgin company fined after worker injured in fall on building site - 16 April 2007
• HSE issues a reminder to the asbestos licensed industry - 13 April 2007
• Burscough firm director fined £2,000 after ignoring Health and Safety Executive enforcement notices - 13 April 2007
• HSE's machinery warning after Barrow company is fined £2,500 - 11 April 2007
• New CDM Regulations launched at industry stakeholder event - 5 April 2007
• HSE warns of carbon monoxide threat in pheasant sheds and similar buildings - 3 April 2007
• HSE present findings from offshore inspection programme - 3 April 2007
• CDM Regulations come in to force - 2 April 2007
• Views sought on societal risk - 2 April 2007

March 2007

• HSE is adapting to the changing world says Chief Executive - 28 March 2007
• HSC Chair stresses the vital link between health and safety and active involvement of the workforce - 22 March 2007
• "We are about saving lives, not stopping living" HSE tells carers - 21 March 2007
• Health and Safety Commission endorses new approach to worker involvement - 20 March 2007
• HSE issues crown censures to Ministry of Defence - 16 March 2007
• HSC Chair calls on Police to take sensible approach to health and safety - 13 March 2007
• Local NHS trust fined £7500 following death of elderly visitor - 8 March 2007
• HSE warns of dangers of improper training on machinery as North Wales firm fined - 7 March 2007

February 2007

• HSE consults on land use planning - 28 February 2007
• Successful prosecution following fire investigation - 26 February 2007
• HSE publishes THORP leak report - 23 February 2007
• Paper industry improves health and safety performance - 20 February 2007
• HSE refutes attack on safety record - 16 February 2007

January 2007

• HSE prohibits operation of tower cranes supplied by Falcon Crane Hire LTD - 19 January 2007
• Regulators publish guidance on new nuclear power station designs - 11 January 2007
• HSE grants consent for THORP re-start - 10 January 2007

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