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Nuclear LLC/SSG Q4 reports – Sellafield-Capenhurst, Urenco-Capenhurst, Springfields, Hunterston ‘B’ and Hartlepool
Quarterly Local Liaison Committee (LLC) / Site Stakeholder Group (SSG) reports for the period 1 October to 31 December 2011 (Q4) for Sellafield – Capenhurst, Urenco – Capenhurst, Hartlepool, Hunterston ‘B’ and Springfields now available.
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3M/HSE 2nd Joint Hearing Seminar – Stoke-on-Trent, 3 May 2012
Need help with HPE compliance in the workplace? Confused by legislation? Want to understand Real World Attenuation? – Then why not join Tim Ward, Health and safety Executive, Professor Peter Wheeler, Institute of Acoustics and 3M at their second joint Hearing Seminar.
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Stress in your workplace? – Harrogate, 22 February 2012
Harrogate and District Health and Safety forum – free event. The aim of this event is to help you understand the causes of stress in order to prevent identify and manage it in your workforce and relate this to what the law expects of the employer.
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HSE Chair speech to Westminster Legal Policy Forum – The future of health and safety regulation: in search of a common sense approach
‘Implementation and Enforcement: the view from the regulator’ – HSE Chair Judith Hackitt’s speech to Westminster Legal Policy Forum – The future of health and safety regulation: in search of a common sense approach, 17 January 2012.
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L73 – A guide to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995
This publication is a detailed guide to The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR). This edition provides information about the updated Regulations, which will, subject to parliamentary approval, come into force from 6 April 2012.
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Lung diseases – Causes of extrinsic allergic alveolitis
Extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA) refers to a group of lung diseases that can develop after exposure to certain substances. The name describes the origin and the nature of these diseases, symptoms can include: fever, cough, worsening breathlessness and weight loss.
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Farmworker suffered severe injuries in fall
A farmworker suffered severe facial injuries after falling 16ft through a shed roof in Cornwall.
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Plumber jailed for carrying out illegal gas work
A Suffolk plumber who put lives at risk by illegally working on domestic gas appliances has been sentenced to six months in prison.
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Safety chief uses high-hazard visit to distinguish real health and safety from the nonsense
The Chair of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has used a visit to a Cheshire oil refinery to highlight a shining example of a proper approach to health and safety.
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‘Safer together – moving forward’ – NASHiCS Capital event, Edinburgh 3 April 2012
The National Association for Safety and Health in Care Services (NASHiCS) is pleased to visit Scotland and host this ‘Capital Event’ in Edinburgh on 3rd April 2012, entitled ‘Safer together – moving forward’.
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Speech by HSE Chair to Association for Science Education (ASE) Annual Conference
HSE Chair Judith Hackitt’s speech to Association for Science Education (ASE) Annual Conference, Liverpool University, 5 January 2012.
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RR901 – Prospective evaluation of the 1991 NIOSH Lifting Equation
An epidemiological prospective cohort study of the ability of the 1991 NIOSH Lifting Equation to predict loss of time from work due to low back pain (LBP) or to predict reports of LBP followed 515 industrial workers in jobs requiring manual handling for 18 months.
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Fire and explosion – Simple guide to dangerous substances
Explosive atmospheres can be caused by flammable gases, mists or vapours or by combustible dusts. If there is enough of a substance, mixed with air, then all it needs is a source of ignition to cause an explosion. Each year people are injured at work by flammable substances accidentally catching fire or exploding.
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False identity leads to prosecution for Peterborough man
A self-employed plumber has been fined for posing as a registered gas fitter to try to carry out work on gas appliances at a Peterborough take-away.
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Clearing snow and ice advice and tips
Don’t be put off by myths – advice and tips on clearing snow and ice from public places is available from Direct Gov.
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Two companies fined over worker’s injury at power plant
Two companies have been fined after a worker at Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire suffered a broken foot when a 13kg weight dropped nearly four metres from an overhead crane.
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Dover man fined after failing asbestos regulations
A Kent-based partner of a development company has been prosecuted after dangerous conditions were found at a demolition site in Dover.
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Violence at work – findings from the British Crime Survey
Violence at work statistics from the 2010/11 British Crime Survey (BCS) & RIDDOR.
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Death at Hampstead site leads to prosecution
A construction company and director have been fined following the death of a worker at a site in Hampstead.
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