Dispelling the myth that HSE still bans this, that and the other.
In reality HSE has banned very little outright, apart from a few high-risk exceptions like asbestos, which kills around 4000 people a year.
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- RR792 Decontamination of agricultural sprayers
- Refusal of planning permission for the construction of 12 apartments
- Labour Force Survey results for 2008/09
- The Control of Artificial Optical Radiation at Work Regulations 2010
- Company fined after worker suffers head injuries
- The burden of occupational cancer in Great Britain
- Do your bit Subsidised training from HSE
- HSE Board meeting papers 28 April 2010
- RR794 Vibration measurements on torque multipliers
- Stakeholder, Communications & Engagement Manager vacancy details
- Moving Goods Safely 3 evaluation report
- Footwear and modifications to goods vehicles in the UK road haulage sector
- Technician vacancy details
- Health and Safety Newsletter (April/May) subscribe now
- New protection for workers from artificial light
- RR798 Factors influencing the implementation of RPE programmes in the workplace
- Workers crush death leads to fine for East Lothian farmers
- Water companies fined after worker injured in roof fall
- Construction tower cranes legislation read the guidance
- HSE at Safety and Health Expo 2010 Birmingham NEC, 11 to 13 May 2010
- Finance Officer vacancy details
- Farming company fined after man is trapped in manure machine
- Proactive inspection of maintenance activities in manufacturing premises
- Ageing & life extension of offshore installations
- HSE Chair and Chief Executive on YouTube
- RoSPA Health and Safety in Waste Management
- HSE at Safety and Health Expo 2010
- Do Your Bit with subsidised training from HSE
- Developing understanding of target audiences Local exhaust ventilation
- Sweet factory fined for machine death
- Planning to do business in the UK offshore oil and gas industry?
- Firm fined after potential asbestos exposure
- Engineering services firm fined after worker suffers serious back injuries
- Interview with Patrick McDonald, HSEs Chief Scientific Advisor
- Offshore information sheet High voltage electric motors for use in hazardous atmospheres
- LNG source term models for hazard analysis
- South Wales man jailed again for unauthorised gas work
- Myth of the month HSE still bans this, that and the other
- Safety Alert Failure of pipeline ESDV
- £3,000 fine after worker suffers electric shock
- Lancashire man fined for gas safety offences
- HSE Chief Executive You Tube interview at IOSH 10
- HSE Chair You Tube interview at IOSH 10
- Offshore Operations Notice 83 Health and safety implications of the suspension of offshore helicopter flights over the UKCS due to volcanic ash
- Doppler monitoring of compressed air workers
- Investigation into the performance of the PipeTech computer code in calculating Isle of Grain pipeline blowdown tests
- Factory boss fined after worker falls through roof
- Aberdeenshire man fined after employee fell from roof
- Construction Free leaflet: Provision of welfare facilities during construction work
- Nationwide construction firm fined for multiple health and safety failings
- Five-year ban for director after raft of health and safety breaches
- Recycling firm fined for crush injury
- Nuclear LLC Quarter 1 Reports 2010 for Sellafield, Windscale, Calderhall and Springfields
- Local Authority Circular The Working Time Regulations 1998: Guidance on the legislation
- Metal company fined after forklift truck runs over worker
- Cambridgeshire demolition man fined for putting lives at risk
- Latest news and information on agriculture in a free eBulletin Subscribe now
- Buckinghamshire company fined £280,000 following death
- Building firm prosecuted after workers roof fall
- Explosion at Buncefield Oil Storage Depot
- Stress Line Manager Competency Indicator Tool
- Asbestos Liaison Group (ALG) Minutes 21 January 2010
- HSE Chair Speech Universities Safety and Health Association
- Merseyside chemical firm fined after worker suffers burns
- Food firm fined after employee falls into machinery
- Scrap company fined £200,000 after lorry driver death
- Sheffield landlord fined for exposing tenants to gas dangers
- Scotland: Silica awareness event 19 April
- SEVESO Tracking changes to EU legislation that affects COMAH businesses
- £200,000 fine after Kent worker falls to his death
- Corus fined £240,000 after lorry driver crushed by three tonnes of steel
- Leeds city council fined for high voltage shock
- Myth of the month April 2010
- REACH website re-branded Your role explained
- Event marks launch of new group to help make North East construction industry safer
- £100,000 fine for fatal airport hangar fall
- Bakery company fined for failing to protect worker
- Gas installer prosecuted for using fake registration
- Do Your Bit Campaign subsidised training from HSE
- Company fined after finger injuries at Lincolnshire pet food factory
- Construction WWT events
- Non-Agricultural Products approved via HSE Chemicals Regulation Directorate March 2010
- Nuclear LLC Quarterly reports Berkeley, Bradwell, Hartlepool
- Construction Infonet March 2010
- RR786 Bioaerosol emissions from waste composting and the potential for workers exposure
- Planting Pesticide treated trees
- Trainee Inspectors vacancies
- Waste Industry Safety and Health (WISH) meeting minutes
- The Scottish Parliamentary Newsletter from HSE Issue 1, March 2010
- Partnership on Health and Safety in Scotland 16th Meeting, 25 March 2010
- Guard-rail failure leads to near fatal fall for worker
- HSE Single Equality Scheme
- Podcast Worker involvement: Do Your Bit campaign
- New tower crane regulations come into force
- Risk of vehicles falling off two-post vehicle lifts in motor vehicle repair (MVR)
- £70,000 fine for Clyde Valley Housing Association Ltd
- Safety Alert Failure of pipeline emergency shut-down valve
- Central interventions by lead inspectors to national waste management and recycling companies
- Names of work related deaths 2009/10 Issue 11
- Hayle machinery firm fined for putting workers at risk
- Notification of Conventional Tower Cranes site poster
- 1 in 4 construction sites fail safety inspections
- Rubber company fined after coffee break saves workers life in factory explosion
- HSE responds to Farmers Weekly letter
- Corus fined for chimney explosion
- Government minister sees construction workers doing their bit for safety
- Nuclear Inspector vacancies
- HSEs Business Plan for 2010/11
- Self-reported work-related illness and workplace injuries in 2008/09: Results from the Labour Force Survey
- HSE consults on minor amendments to GMO regulations
- Company fined after worker plunges through open skylight
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