Everyone in the trade is by now well aware of the health risk posed by exposure to asbestos and yet cases do still occur and education and training in awareness of the risks posed by asbestos and how best to reduce them is vital if asbestos poisoning cases are to be eradicated. Good Practice and… Read more »
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A Guide to Working at Height Training
What Does ‘Working at Height’ Refer to? When we talk about working at height we are making reference to work in a location that without necessary precautions could result in a worker falling such a distance as to result in personal injury. Essentially, you are working at height if you’re working higher than ground floor… Read more »
PASMA draws attention to two recent HSE prosecutions
The Prefabricated Access Suppliers’ and Manufacturers’ Association (PASMA) has recently taken the opportunity to comment upon two recent HSE prosecutions regarding working at height and mobile access towers. The first case relates to a tragic accident which took place in 2011 but has only recently been settled in court. James Baillie, 53, fell six metres… Read more »
HSE carrying out refurbishment site inspections
Between September 14th and October 9th this year, the Health and Safety Executive will be carrying out random inspections of refurbishment sites across the country. This is the 10th year in a row the HSE has undertaken such an initiative, and the aim is to ensure that dangerous activities, especially those risking the health of… Read more »
UKATA warns that asbestos training is being ignored
The press have reported a number of incidents recently from across the UK concerning the mishandling of asbestos in varied settings and the UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA) has spoken out to express its concern that training, though given, is being widely ignored. The General Manager of UKATA, Craig Evans, has made it clear that… Read more »
Recent statistics reveal 35 workers were killed in the construction industry in the past year
At first sight, the number of deaths – 35 – may seem a lot and of course it is still unacceptably high, the only ‘good’ number being zero, but taken in the context of previous years, which average at forty-five deaths, this 22% reduction is a remarkable feat and owes a great deal to the… Read more »
Jailed builder highlights importance of asbestos training for staff
A Welsh builder has been given a six month custodial sentence after being found guilty of exposing three of his workers to asbestos inhalation when working on a commercial unit in Colwyn Bay in 2012. His company had been employed by the unit’s owner to remove asbestos prior to the building being put up for… Read more »
Gold Award for ‘Beware Asbestos’ campaign
Gold Award for ‘Beware Asbestos’ campaign A gold award for innovation has been awarded to the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) asbestos safety campaign at the recent Institute of Promotional Marketing (IPM) awards ceremony. The award was collected by the HSE and the creative communications agency 23Red, who worked together on this project, to design… Read more »
Fines for firm whose workers were injured falling from a height
Fines for firm whose workers were injured falling from a height A firm based in Lichfield in the West Midlands was fined £10,000 in a recent case brought by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) when they pleaded guilty to breaches of Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. Two… Read more »