A recent article from the Independent highlights some health and safety myths, and HSE Chair Judith Hackitt, gives her views.
View news announcement ‘Has health and safety really gone mad?’
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- Offshore escape to sea ladders
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- South West employers asked to make New Year safety resolution
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- Major accidents notified to the European Commission for England, Wales & Scotland 2005-2006
- Myth of the month calendar 2010
- Moving Goods Safely Seminars
- Control of Major Hazards (COMAH) site updated
- Oldbury employer fined after worker fell through roof
- Fuel terminal operator fined £50,000 after petrol spill in Essex
- Construction Infonet - December 2009
- Ban sweets at panto? Oh no we don’t!
- Offshore statistics for 2008/2009
- Export and import of dangerous chemicals - PIC
- International firm fined £35,000 after worker is thrown from vehicle
- Conference on Safety Case Thorough Reviews held on 10 November 2009
- Events to help local authorities reduce injuries in waste and recycling
- Bus company fined £400,000 after man is crushed to death
- Vehicles at work - ebulletin
- Ladders Exchange - ends 31 December 2009
- RR757 - Real-time measurement of nitrogen monoxide in tunnels and its oxidation rate in diluted diesel exhaust
- Has health and safety really gone mad?
- Moving Goods Safely Seminar - 12th January 2010
- Joint letter from HSE and the Civil Aviation Authority
- ‘Hidden Killer’ asbestos campaign wins international award
- Local authorities waste and recycling events in 2010
- HSE publishes full offshore health and safety statistics 2008/09
- AALA General interpretation Guidance Note - IGN 1.09 - Supervised watersports
- It’s still happening - ‘Make the promise’ campaign
- Podcast - HSE in 2009
- HID Specialist Inspectors posts - Chemical Industries Division
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- Company fined £7,500 after worker injured
- Event to help local authorities reduce injuries in waste and recycling
- M6 death prompts £65,000 fine for roadworks company
- School fruit and vegetables tested for pesticide residues
- Risk guidance - online survey
- Second set of 2009 pesticide residue figures released
- 2010 Myth of the month calendar
- Optical Radiation - consultation
- HSE Chair’s speech to Hawkesmere Croner Annual Health and Safety Agenda Conference
- Quarry fall lands company in court
- Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981
- Wednesbury firm fined for health and safety offences
- Contractor fined £750.00 after man dies in Wembley
- Simplification plan 2009 - Taking a wider perspective
- Business Advice Open Day - Edinburgh April 2010
- Careers - Principal Inspector of Mines
- Safety and environmental standards for fuel storage sites
- Silica Awareness Event - Coatbridge January 2010
- Catalogue of safety breaches at Bedfordshire printing factory leads to prosecution
- Local Exhaust Ventilation Roadshow - February 2010
- Silica Awareness Event - Glasgow, January 2010
- Buncefield - PSLG publishes final report on site safety at fuel storage sites
- Agriculture safety campaign scoops top award
- Safety improvement on Sunderland industrial estates
- RR749 - Comparison of risks from carbon dioxide and natural gas pipelines
- Careers - Offshore Pipelines Specialist
- Development company fined £5,500 following asbestos contraventions
- Online survey - Violence at Work
- Companies warned to stick to the rules when removing asbestos
- Partnership News - 5 ways to stay up to date
- Food company fined after worker’s fingertip was severed
- Biocides - COPR new approvals November 2009
- Free workplace transport leaflets
- Company fined £150,000 over major Preston chemical fire
- Company fined for asbestos failings
- HSE Chair speech to Council for Learning Outside the Classroom Conference
- First aid at work assessment tool
- HSE Chair speech to E.On Joint safety and health partnership working conference
- Would you use a ladder like this'
- Careers - Polish/Russian Speaking Outreach Worker
- Company fined following death of worker
- CD228 - Consultation on Amendments to the Pipeline Safety Regulations 1996 and the Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations
- Housing society fined £50,000 after boiler explosion fatality
- Prohibition Notices - August 2009
- Welsh Assembly Government signs pledge to reduce work related deaths and injuries
- Sellafield Ltd fined after contractors inhale radioactive contamination
- Stress - video case studies
- Ladder Exchange Initiative 2009
- Improvised raft building
- Catamaran surf style rescue boats and similar non-conventional rescue craft
- The real cost of killing - Health and safety brought to life
- Foamed concrete explosion - HSE interim position 03 December 2009
- Diving cylinders: Guidance on their manufacture, inspection and carriage
- NGO's seminar - Questions and Answers 25 June 2009
- HSE Chair's speech to Claims Club, General Insurance Industry event
- Work-related violence - online survey
- Careers in HSE - website rebranded
- Minutes of the HSE CONIAC meeting - 22 July 2009
- Kettering firm fined after man crushed to death by lorry
- Speech by HSE Chair at ICHeme Aberdeen branch seminar
- Property developer prosecuted for dangerous scaffolding
- Speech by Hse Chair at Universities and Colleges Employers Association, London
- Sellafield, Calder Hall and Windscale Q3 LLC report
- Sign up for Safety Bulletins - email, SMS or newsfeeds
- Occupational Hygiene Specialist Inspector - vacancies
- Caravan, Camping and Holiday Parks Safety and Health Awareness Days
- Risk assessment and policy statement - your views
- HSE Strategy - Pledge Forum sign up
- £50,000 fine after man crushed to death by scrapyard claw
- Myth: You can't throw out sweets at pantos
- Barnsley company fined after staff exposed to hazardous mist
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