Myth of the Month - January 2010. The reality: Gas and cowboys don’t mix! Anyone who is employed to work on gas appliances must be listed on the Gas Safe Register. If the person you’re using isn’t registered then they might not be safe and they are also breaking the law.
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- ‘Snow work often good work’ HSE responds
- Load Safety – planning load handling
- Bolton company fined after builder falls to death
- Podcast – Asbestos: The Hidden Killer – behind the scenes
- Partnership on Health and Safety in Scotland (PHASS) meeting
- Adventure Activities Licensing Authority – particular importance to Scotland
- Asbestos: The survey guide
- RR771 – Identifying the incidence of electricity-related accidents in Great Britain
- Injured Lancashire farmer backs safety campaign
- Chemicals – PIC eBulletin
- Offshore information sheet – Water deluge systems
- Livestock handling case studies
- Notification of Conventional Tower Cranes Regulations
- Bristol landlord fined for asbestos exposure
- Helicopter Liaison Group meeting papers
- Stress – Business solution case studies
- RR763 – The development of a web-enabled framework for probabilistic exposure assessments
- Carbon monoxide – will you wake up?
- Optical radiation consultation – time is running out to have your say
- Company fined £90,000 after man dies at Heathrow airport
- Agenda for the 17th AFAG meeting
- RR770 – A small survey of exposure to stainless steel welding fume
- Farms – ‘People are still dying’
- Edinburgh construction firm fined
- Keeping alive – a new year’s resolution for farmers in Wales
- RR766 – Whole-body vibration and ergonomics of driving occupations
- SEVESO – eBulletin service
- £100,000 fine after disabled teenager fatally scalded
- Violence at work – statistics
- HSE Board Agenda for 27 January 2010
- Cleaning Industry Newsletter
- Rosi Edwards puts the record straight
- Waste management additional case studies
- Abstract of decided case: Chilcott v Thermal Transfer Limited
- Review and revision of COMAH safety reports
- Communications job vacancy details
- HSE South West Regional Director responds to Bristol Evening Post
- Load safety initiative
- Free event – Low noise and vibration equipment for European markets
- New guidance for local authorities to help improve health and safety in the waste and recycling sector
- TEXIAC agenda and minutes
- Underlying Causes of Offshore Incidents
- Vehicle spot checks drive new load safety campaign
- Safety Alert Workshop speech
- Electric profiling beds in residential and nursing homes
- Guidance for awarding bodies offering an accredited qualification in Emergency First Aid at Work
- Aviation company fined £2,400 after painter fall
- Putting the record straight
- Carbon Monoxide – advice for students
- Waste services – LA procurement and management guidance
- HELA agenda and papers
- Diving show dates for 2010
- Docks consultation extended
- Caravan safety awareness days for SW tourist industry
- ALG Meeting Agenda – 21 January 2010
- ALG IAM Sub Committee Meeting Notes – 22 December 2009
- Gritting pavements – IOSH put the record straight
- ALG Meeting Minutes – 3 November 2009
- £80,000 fine following young man’s crush death
- BAE systems fined after explosion kills Lancashire worker
- Keeping alive – a new year’s resolution for farmers in the East of England
- Latest REACH e-Bulletin
- Low noise and vibration equipment for European markets event
- iosh 10: Making the case for health and safety
- Collapse of East London building leads to £10,000 fine
- Prosecution launched against high street retailer
- HSE Chair interviewed on BBC Radio 4
- Scotland events
- Working with COPFS and the Police in Scotland
- Leicester company fined for huge fire risk
- Agriculture Industry Advisory Committee (AIAC) meetings – Agenda, Papers and Minutes
- AIAC Intelligence Gathering Project Group Chair’s Report
- Plastics firm fined after Liverpool worker loses four fingers
- Agriculture Industry Advisory Committee Agenda 3 February 2010
- Keeping alive – a new year’s resolution for farmers
- Low noise and vibration equipment for European markets
- Printing Industry Advisory Committee (PIAC) meetings – Agenda and Minutes
- The Seveso II Directive – website
- Latest Stress e-Bulletin
- Will you wake up? – Guidance for students using gas appliances in rented accommodation
- Company fined £4,500 after telehandler overturns injuring worker
- New health and safety boss for Cumbria
- Free – LEV Road shows
- Chemicals – Prior Informed Consent (PIC)
- Minutes of the sixteenth SACGM(CU) Meeting, 18th March 2009
- North East employers asked to make New Year safety resolution
- Builder fined for using dangerous scaffolding
- Firm fined £16,000 after worker’s 5-metre plunge
- COMAH – revised website
- West Yorkshire employers – make New Year safety resolution
- WATCH Meeting Minutes – 12 June 2009
- HSE Scotland – Working with the Scottish Occupational Road Safety Alliance
- South East employers asked to make New Year safety resolution
- Cheshire oil worker paralysed
- South Yorkshire employers - make New Year safety resolution
- East Midlands employers asked to make New Year safety resolution
- Agenda and papers for the 15th PHASS Meeting on 9th December 2009
- £280k fine after Cheshire oil worker is paralysed
- South Yorkshire employers – make New Year safety resolution
- Myth: It’s ok to get a general handyman to work on gas appliances
- London employers asked to make New Year safety resolution
- North Yorkshire employers - make New Year safety resolution
- HSE investigates explosion in Shrewsbury town centre
- North Yorkshire employers – make New Year safety resolution
- 2009