Managing work at height follows a hierarchy of controls ‘avoid, prevent, arrest’ which begins with the question, can the work be done safely from the ground?
News from HSE
- 2012
- May
- April
- March
- February
- January
- Clearing snow and ice advice and tips
- Violence at work – findings from the British Crime Survey
- Local government – FAQs
- Equality Duty – HSE’s commitment to the Equality Act 2010
- False identity leads to prosecution for Peterborough man
- Two companies fined over worker’s injury at power plant
- Dover man fined after failing asbestos regulations
- Death at Hampstead site leads to prosecution
- Farmers encouraged to attend Herefordshire safety event after thumbs up
- Firm fined after lack of hygiene facilities for workers
- Major construction firm fined more than £100k after death
- “Squirrels put on a wonderful show” – HSE responds
- Risk assessment – Online interactive tools
- Care home fined after resident’s fatal fall from window
- Oxford landlord fined for failing to meet basic gas safety regulations
- Health Board fined after patient contracts legionnaires’ disease (COPFS release)
- Firm fined after worker fractures pelvis
- Respiratory Protective Equipment – FAQs
- Boat builder fined after man breaks leg in four places
- Free event to help Argyll construction companies cut death and injury
- Scaffolding firm fined after man’s fall through roof
- RoSPA: Health and safety legal seminar – London 28 March
- Keeping in touch with HSE – Subscribe for free news and updates by email or RSS
- Tata prosecuted for endangering workers during gas leak repair
- Principal Inspector of Mines vacancy
- Cleaning products case study: Wrong product causes mayhem
- Hampshire firm fined over death of delivery driver
- Three companies fined after worker falls from roof
- BAOD events – additional dates for February 2012
- CD238 – Proposals to revoke seven Statutory Instruments
- Health and safety made simple – The basics for your business
- Construction firm fined over worker’s injuries
- Report of the LPG Independent Expert Working Group
- Tree work eBulletin
- Worker’s fingers severed in bubble wrap machine
- Lung diseases: Silicosis – Major disease risk from RCS dust
- Worker burned by molten metal at Worcester factory
- Flooring firm fined after worker injury
- Norfolk companies prosecuted after worker crushes hand
- Domestic gas safety – Information for home owners
- RR903 – Review on the validity and reliability of self-reported work-related illness
- OSHCR: Find a consultant – Fast accessible and proportionate advice
- Worker suffers severed finger at plastics firm
- Social care workers exposed to violence and aggression
- Tenby landlord sentenced for gas safety failings
- RIDDOR reporting – Changes to injury classifications
- Unregistered gas installer had two previous convictions
- Firm fined after workers put at risk
- Office for Nuclear Regulation vacancies
- Examination in mining health and safety law – 2011 sample answers
- Leicester man given suspended sentence after death of worker
- Clyde Q3 and Oldbury Q4 LLC/SSG 2011 reports
- Steel beam falls and fatally injures worker
- Office for Nuclear Regulation strategy
- Temperature eBulletin
- Liverpool businessman fined £112k over roof fall death
- Firm fined £160,000 after technician’s death at factory
- Suspended prison sentences for illegal gas fitters
- Wylfa Power Station – Agreement to fitting new GSRV main filter assemblies
- Complaints and concerns Workplace health and safety – how to make a complaint
- Demolition worker fined after colleague was severely injured
- Lancashire roofer caught on camera risking lives
- Door firm fined after worker suffers severe hand injuries
- BSIF concerned about competency of RPE fitters
- Construction industry dangers highlighted at North East event
- New LLC Site Stakeholder Group (SSG) Reports for Q3 2011 – GE Healthcare and Dungeness A
- Working at height in construction – Management advice
- Reports published on geological disposal of radioactive waste
- Manchester Occupational Health and Safety Group – 2012 Programme
- Register to attend the Fukushima community briefing – 25 January, Bangor University
- WISH Forum minutes – May 2011
- ONR leads international talks on changes to transport regulations
- WWT Event: Refurbishment Safety and Health Awareness Day, 24 January
- Pesticide approvals for December 2011
- Plumber put lives at risk with illegal gas work
- Chocolate manufacturer fined over fractured finger
- Suffolk County Council fined for health and safety breaches
- Manchester worker paralysed in crane crush
- Example risk assessments – Approaches for small businesses
- Lichfield firm fined after man’s neck broken
- Gas fitter sentenced for series of safety breaches
- Biocides – Reporting incidents of exposure
- Landlord prosecuted after Blackburn family put at risk
- Fork lift fall leads to prosecution for Derbyshire company
- Evesham firm fined for worker’s fall through glass roof
- Metal firm’s safety flaws exposed after worker crushed
- Independent Regulatory Challenge Panel
- Construction safety – Slips and trips on site
- Risk of explosion from gas release put lives at risk
- Film, theatre and broadcasting eBulletin
- Free employer and business advice – Wembley
- What is a “substance hazardous to health”?
- Free business advice event in Kings Lynn
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009