HSE

Lorry loaders crush risk from powered tilting stabilisers

Construction, Health & Safety /
Health and Safety Executive – Safety notice Department name: Engagement and Policy Division (EPD)Bulletin number: EPD04-2023Issue date: 12/23Target audience: Lorry loader operators, owners and hirers, service and repairers, installers, manufacturers, Appointed Persons and sites receiving lorry loaders.  Issue On some lorry loaders with powered ‘tilting’ (also known as ‘swing-up’ or ‘rotating’) stabilisers people can be crushed against the bodywork of the vehicle when the stabilisers are being retracted.…

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Workplace Risk Assessment

HSE publishes annual work-related ill health and injury statistics for 2022/23

Health & Safety /
Key figures for Great Britain (2022/23) 1.8 million working people suffering from a work-related illness, of which 875,000 workers suffering work-related stress, depression or anxiety 473,000 workers suffering from a work-related musculoskeletal disorder 2,268 mesothelioma deaths due to past asbestos exposures (2021) 135 workers killed in work-related accidents 561,000 working people sustained an injury at work according to the Labour Force Survey 60,645 injuries to employees reported under RIDDOR 35.2 million working days lost due to work-related illness and workplace injury £20.7 billion estimated cost of injuries and ill health from current working conditions (2021/22) Nearly two million workers in Great Britain reported suffering from work-related ill health in 2022/23.…

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HSE has been made aware of a potential issue regarding the testing of boots to an American Standard; ASTM F2412-18A.  

Case Study, Construction, Health & Safety, Management /
The ASTM Standard contains a single test procedure representative of a very restricted working environment. In many cases, these limitations have not been made clear on the packaging or the product instructions.

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School trust fined after children injured by classroom ceiling collapse

Construction, Education, Health & Safety /
An educational trust has been fined after 15 school children and their teacher were injured when their classroom ceiling collapsed during a lesson. Fifteen Year 3 pupils, aged between seven and eight, and their teacher had the ceiling collapse onto them at Rosemead Preparatory School in London, at around 9.30am on 15 November 2021.…

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Printing company fined after worker’s hand crushed

Health & Safety, Manufacturing and Engineering, Uncategorized /
A commercial printing company has been fined £100,000 after an employee’s hand was crushed by a laminating machine. The man had been working for Celloglas Limited at the firm’s site at Cross Green Industrial Estate in Leeds. He was attempting to fix a laminating machine on 25 November 2020 when his right hand was drawn into the device and crushed between two rollers.…

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Manchester company director fined after obstructing HSE investigation

Construction, Health & Safety, Management /
A Manchester-based construction company and its director have been fined after a catalogue of health and safety failings following an inspection. On 13 January 2022, Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors visited a timber-frame housing development under construction off Brookwood Drive in Meir, Stoke-on-Trent by a company called Amro Construction Ltd.…

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Construction firm fined £90,000 after exposing public to asbestos during renovation work

Construction, Health & Safety /
A Warrington-based construction company has been fined £90,000 after exposing people to asbestos during a renovation project in the Hanley area of Stoke-on-Trent. Despite failing to attend Staffordshire Magistrates’ Court on 24 August 2023, Esskay Construction Ltd was found guilty in its absence. Nathan Cook, prosecuting on behalf of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) told the court how the regulator received a concern on 31 August 2021 about asbestos disturbance.…

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Sole trader jailed after man crushed under van at Bootle garage

Case Study, Health & Safety, Manufacturing and Engineering /
4th August 2023 The partner of a man who got stuck and crushed under a vehicle at a motor repair company and later died has spoken of her struggles coping with her loss. Kenneth (Kenny) McCord, 56, died following an incident on 16 July 2020 at JJ Tyres & Recovery based in Bootle, Merseyside.…

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Common work at height myths

Retail /
HSE have banned the use of ladders on building sites No, this isn’t the case. Ladders and stepladders can be a sensible and practical option. They can be used for work at height when the use of other work equipment is not justified because of the low risk and short duration (short duration means working on a ladder for no more than 30 minutes at a time); or when there are existing workplace or site features which cannot be altered.…

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HSE Prosecutions July 2023

Health & Safety, Retail, Uncategorized /
Latest press releases HSE Media Centre Visit the media centre for full details of these prosecutions. Boarding school fined £50,000 after pupils overexposed to radon radioactive gas 20th July 2023 Plumber given suspended prison sentence for carrying out unsafe gas work 19th July 2023 Company fined after employees diagnosed with life-changing condition 18th July 2023 Building Safety Regulator announces first step towards regulating the building control profession 17th July 2023…

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Construction tops fatal workplace injuries but…

Health & Safety, Retail /
More workers died in construction than any other sector according to the Health and Safety Executive’s provisional figures for workplaces in Great Britain in 2022/23 and released on 6 July.  However, although the number of workers killed in construction was more than double that in agriculture, forestry and fishing, the sector’s fatal injury rate for the past five years is considerably less.…

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School fined £35,000 after child severely burned at carol concert

Case Study, Education, Fire, Retail, Uncategorized /
A London primary school has been fined £35,000 after a child received 45 per cent burns to their body at a carol concert. The school was found guilty after a trial following an incident at a church on 11 December 2019. During the carol concert, 60 Year 3 children from the school were waiting in costume, in a narrow corridor, holding 10-inch lit taper candles.…

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