Woodworking has some of the noisiest work places in industry. Short exposure to high noise levels can cause temporary hearing loss, but longer exposures can result in permanent damage.
News from HSE
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
- December
- November
- October
- September
- August
- Scottish farmers urged to strap up during harvest
- Worker is left paralysed after being crushed by steel beam
- Company heads prosecuted over hydraulic press injury
- HSE podcast – Agriculture: Royal Welsh Show
- RR824: Assessment of inward leakage tests for air fed suits
- Chemical manufacturers and suppliers CLP – new notification requirements
- Woodworking fire and explosion – what do you need to know?
- Schoolboy killed after falling through farm roof
- Illegal gas fitter fined £8,000
- Partnership on Health and Safety in Scotland (PHASS)
- April-June 2010 quarterly report for GDA published
- Worker left with long-term injuries after 21-metre fall
- Man is left brain damaged by falling panel saw
- Exeter landlord put lives at risk with faulty gas boiler
- Student accommodation – gas maintenance advice for landlords
- Pakistan Flood Appeal – How can you help?
- HSE responds to article in The Telegraph
- Agreement between the IPCC and HSE
- Research indicates no increased cancer risk at Greenock factory
- Offshore safety statistics bulletin 2009/10
- Offshore industry warned over ‘not good enough’ safety statistics
- Involved in farming? Become a Promise partner and support the campaign
- Nuclear LLC (Qtr 2) 2010 reports – Hinkley Point B, Oldbury, Berkeley, Bradwell, GE Healthcare Amersham and Cardiff
- CONIAC Open meeting 21 July 2010 – presentations added
- Free London’s 2nd Stone safety and health awareness event – 15 September 2010
- Agriculture case studies – controlling exposure to poultry dust
- Building firm fined after asbestos disturbed at primary school
- Worker loses fingers in between metal rollers
- HSE responds to Hartlepool Mail ‘Watson’s World’ column
- Evaluating the impact of CDM Regulations 2007
- Students will you wake up? – gas safety in rented accomodation
- Ship breakers fined for potential asbestos exposure
- Five exposed to asbestos at Manchester’s Arndale centre
- Worker impaled at Workington factory
- Interactive health and safety waste management open day – Christchurch 28 September 2010
- Onion firm fined after serious ladder injury
- Woodworking: hazardous substances – what do you need to know?
- HSE Board papers – 25 August 2010
- Elderly man trapped and drowned in fatal pier fall
- Motor vehicle repair bodyshop workers still at risk of asthma
- Agriculture: Make the Promise – Ian Davey’s story
- HSE warns construction firms in Cardiff to adhere to safety standards
- Crane firm fined after four tonne weight crashed to ground near college students
- Steeplejack firm fined after worker falls
- Worker suffers life-changing injuries after roof fall
- Five steps to risk assessment – assess health and safety in your workplace
- Somerset farmers get lifesaving advice on farm dangers
- Woodworking: Noise – what you need to know?
- Building sites not child’s play – warning to parents and children
- HSE responds to Yorkshire Post letter
- International Youth Day – Did you know…? young workers
- 4th Annual HSW/IIRSM Conference 2010
- Concrete manufacturing: CT2015 scheme – targets for industry
- Differential pressure hazards in diving
- Gas Safety eBulletin – subscribe free for news and updates
- HSE responds to Hexham Courant article
- Wembley builder exposed customers to carbon monoxide
- Cleaning of diving equipment
- Offshore safety notice – incorrect manufacture of Flemish eye crane pennant
- European campaign – Hazardous substances in MVR
- Quarry company fined after digger death
- HSE responds to Southern Reporter article
- HSE responds to The Sun article
- European Campaign – Safe maintenance details
- RR823: Plant Ageing Study – Phase 1 report
- Company and director prosecuted after staff exposed to high levels of lead
- Companies fined after 44-tonne machine crashes onto Hull road
- Warning that construction sites aren’t child’s play
- Unregistered fitter prosecuted over defective gas boiler
- FAQs – What do you need to know about the redesigned health and safety law poster?
- Woodworking – wood dust what you need to know?
- RR822 – Safety in the design, construction and use of bulk tipping containers
- Unregistered fitter prosecuted over defective gas fire
- Distribution company’s failures led to Cornish vineyard owner’s death
- Health and safety bulletins sign up – actions to take following incidents
- Offshore eBulletin – Subscribe for free news and updates
- Construction London 2012 – Case studies: short practical solutions
- 22 July 2010 – PIAC Agenda
- Maintenance job leaves man with a broken back
- Occupational Health Benchmarking Tool
- Band 3 Specialist Inspector vacancies
- Agriculture: Make the Promise – Andrew Pursey’s story
- Myth of the month – Health and safety bans bunting
- UKSO guidance on safeguards and nuclear material accountancy in the UK
- July
- June
- May
- April
- March
- February
- January
- 2009