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Health and Safety Commission / Executive press releases in 2007
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December
21.12.07 - HSE warns of the dangers of working at height after Herefordshire employee is injured
20.12.07 - HSE final report on potential breaches of biosecurity at the Pirbright site 2007 – notification of erratum
20.12.07 - HSE and the Forestry Commission make safe work of 2,000 Christmas trees
20.12.07 - HSE turns the spotlight on farm safety in North Yorkshire
19.12.07 - HSE warns of the danger of not segregating the public from construction sites, following death of member of the public
18.12.07 - Warning to landlords after HSE prosecutes for failing to carry out a gas safety check
07.12.07 - Landlords reminded of their duties to maintain and service gas appliances under Health and Safety law
07.12.07 - HSE warns construction companies to take the danger of working at height seriously
04.12.07 - HSE on workplace transport in the Ricoh arena
04.12.07 - HSE publishes land use planning consultation outcome
03.12.07 - When its comes to protection size does not matter, says HSC Chair
November
30.11.07 - Company fined £50,000 after glass incident results in horrific injuries
30.11.07 - HSE warns on dangers of work at height following prosecution of North Wales roofing contractor
29.11.07 - Ensure edge protection is adequate before working at height, warns HSE
28.11.07 - Advice for landlords on gas safety
27.11.07 - HSE warns employers of the need for proper risk assessments after maintenance worker dies at amusement park
27.11.07 - Health and safety regulator sees challenging way ahead
27.11.07 - Risk assessment and supervision essential, warns HSE
26.11.07 - HSE warns hospitals that they have a duty to ensure the safety of patients from falls from windows
23.11.07 - Health and Safety Executive reminds employees not to flout the law following death of 90 year old Leeds man
23.11.07 - HSE issues work at height warning after Stourbridge glazing firm fined
22.11.07 - Health and Safety Executive on stand 5 in national painting and decorating show
21.11.07 - Offshore industry has more to do says HSE
21.11.07 - Healthy hands on national Hairdressers day
16.11.07 - Trench death a warning to construction firms and their workers
16.11.07 - HSE warns employers to use safe systems at work when working at height after worker breaks arm
15.11.07 - HSC Chair congratulates industry leaders on their sensible but positive approach to health and safety
15.11.07 - HSE publishes investigation report into outbreaks of C. Difficile at Stoke Mandeville Hospital
15.11.07 - HSE warns employers to ensure they comply with HSE enforcement notices following prosecution of company director
13.11.07 - HSE reminds gas installers of need for vigilance after fire was left in dangerous condition
12.11.07 - Farmers to flock to HSE Cheshire safety event
11.11.07 - Raising safety standards at Wansbeck height aware training day
08.11.07 - HSE sends out clear warning after tragic death of six year old at tilbury port
08.11.07 - Consumers urged to check gas fitters’ registration after North Wales prosecution
08.11.07 - Stockport builders merchants’ breakfast aims to help HSE reduce falls from vehicles
07.11.07 - Workplace stress costs Great Britain in excess of £530 million
06.11.07 - Single HQ for Health and Safety Executive in Bootle
01.11.07 - HSC Chair highlights real health and safety issues affecting Britain’s workforce
01.11.07 - HSC/E publishes Health and Safety Statistics for 2006/07
October
31.10.07 - Interim report on occupational cancer published
30.10.07 - Learning to manage risks an essential part of growing up, says HSC
30.10.07 - HSE and Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland working well together group aim to reduce high rates of fatal and major injury in construction Health and safety days in Leicestershire for small construction firms
30.10.07 - Partnership gives safety messages to farm workers in Alnwick
30.10.07 - Durham venue for road transport management event
30.10.07 - Working well together in south Yorkshire - Partners build safety into construction
30.10.07 - Transport and construction under the spotlight at north wales health and safety seminar
29.10.07 - Wansbeck safer workplace inspections begin
29.10.07 - Don't chance it - Change it - Farmers told at Health and Safety demonstrations
26.10.07 - Directors take Leadership on Health and Safety Guidance
25.10.07 - Children help lighten the load for businesses in South Beds
25.10.07 - HSE puts out major warning to companies after care home death in Sussex
23.10.07 - Minister for health and safety puts his back into it
22.10.07 - HSC Chair applauds ‘target zero initiative’ at QPA awards ceremony
19.10.07 - HSE warns employers to have safe operating procedures after worker injures hand
19.10.07 - HSE warns employers to ensure they manage asbestos properly after a South London NHS Trust fined £5000
18.10.07 - HSE urges employers to be aware of safety of non-employees following prosecution of building contractor
17.10.07 - ‘Don’t set yourself up for a fall’ says HSE
16.10.07 - Bangor students given gas safety advice for carbon monoxide awareness week
16.10.07 - "When did you last have your gas appliance checked?" - HSE backs bid to reduce Midlands toll
15.10.07 - Don’t let health and safety rain on Remembrance Day parades
15.10.07 - HSE finds printing 'on the right lines' in Yorkshire and Humber
15.10.07 - Beware of the silent killer, HSE's reminder during CO Awareness week
15.10.07 - "When did you last have your gas appliance checked?" - HSE backs bid to reduce North West toll
12.10.07 - HSE warns employers to undertake risk assessments after worker dies falling from a lorry
11.10.07 - Carbon monoxide awareness national tour starts in Runcorn
11.10.07 - Bangor students told to wise up to carbon monoxide at safety awareness event
04.10.07 - Father and son roofers prosecuted for endangering themselves and others
04.10.07 - Newport Riverfront contractors to tell construction firms why design matters from the outset
03.10.07 - Man fined for endangering fellow employee
03.10.07 - HSE prosecutes Bloom Environmental Ltd
02.10.07 - £100,000 fine following construction worker death
01.10.07 - Health and safety improvement needs boardroom leadership, says new Chair of HSC
01.10.07 - Gas Fitter fined £1,500 after water heater failure poisons 14 Bolton family members
September
28.09.07 - HSE warns against inadequate supervision of children after school proprietor sentenced
21.10.07 - Building company, director and foreman prosecuted by police and HSE following death of worker
14.09.07 - Champion to tell Mid-Wales conference how he overcame the odds of ill health
13.09.07 - HSE warns farmers over baling safety
11.09.07 - HSE warns construction workers ‘don’t take the risk’
10.09.07 - Great Yorkshire boost for health and safety on farms
07.09.07 - Foot and mouth outbreak in Surrey: HSE publishes final report on potential breaches of biosecurity at the Pirbright site
05.09.07 - Students warned about gas safety
August
31.08.07 - HSE puts health and safety into print
29.08.07 - HSE warns HGV operators about safety during reversing following successful prosecution
28.08.07 - ICL investigation: Completion of legal proceedings
24.08.07 - Safety representatives effective in promoting health and safety messages
23.08.07 - Local authority fined £18,000 over asbestos
21.08.07 - HSC chair visits St Austell quarry as industry goes for target zero
17.08.07 - Health and Safety Commission (HSC) launches consultation on a new chemical classification and labelling regulation
15.08.07 - Distinguished Service Award for Sir Bill Callaghan
07.08.07 - HSE publishes initial report on potential breaches of biosecurity at the Pirbright site
02.08.07 - HSE urges offshore industry to invest to secure a lasting future on the UK continental shelf
July
30.07.07 - Cynon Valley man jailed for carrying out unauthorised gas work
27.07.07 - New gas installer registration scheme for Great Britain
26.07.07 - HSE urges Welsh business to make health and safety their top priority as worker fatalities increase
26.07.07 - 241 lives lost is unacceptable
25.07.07 - HSC says don’t overcomplicate health and safety
24.07.07 - HSE issues response to Buncefield Standards Task Group Final Report
20.07.07 - HSE issues safety alert on scalding risk from domestic hot water systems
13.07.07 - HSE issues pool safety advice following double drowning case
10.07.07 - Falls and trips in construction are no laughing matter
10.07.07 - New Chair appointed to the Health and Safety Commission
05.07.07 - Bob the Builder™ backs HSE’s ladder safety campaign
03.07.07 - HSE and local authorities hit back at ‘health and Safety’ myths
June
30.06.07 - HSE warns landlords to test gas appliances after a family suffers carbon monoxide poisoning
28.06.07 - Companies fined after fatal fall from height
22.06.07 - HSE concludes 'Top Gear' jet car crash investigation
21.06.07 - Knighthood for the Chair of Health and Safety Commission
20.06.07 - HSE calls a stakeholder conference in a bid to reduce the risk of exposure to chemical carcinogens in the workplace
20.06.07 - Keeping children safe at fairgrounds this summer
20.06.07 - Health and Safety Commissioner calls for common sense approach to Health and Safety at Swansea conference
19.06.07 - HSE 'lightens the load' to support Euro Week
19.06.07 - Life on Mars' star scales new heights for HSE's ladder safety campaign in North Yorkshire
18.06.07 - Construction firms reminded to assess risk from electricity after North Wales HSE prosecution
18.06.07 - From adventure playground to death trap - HSE warns children about building sites
15.06.07 - HSE takes enforcement action against Select Plant Hire Company Ltd
15.06.07 - "Keep a sense of proportion when it comes to risk" HSC Chairman tells safety specialists
14.06.07 - HSE issues warning on transport of acetylene cylinders following explosion in Front Street, Wolsingham
14.06.07 - European court supports UK safety laws (Case C127-05 European Commission v United Kingdom)
12.06.07 - Employers warned over dangers of forklift trucks after Berwick worker is paralysed
07.06.07 - HSE warning after Colne company fined £4,000 following explosion in which employees receive burns
06.06.07 - Tynedale businesses urged to get rid of dodgy ladders!
06.06.07 - HSE's machinery warning after Rochdale carpet company is fined £ 1,600
06.06.07 - Nationwide inspections tackle biggest cause of death in construction
05.06.07 - HSE helps children enjoy the countryside - safely
05.06.07 - HSE to remove 4000 'dodgy' ladders through a 'ladder exchange'
05.06.07 - HSC calls for a stronger health and safety agenda in boardrooms
May
30.05.07 - Safety first for Merthyr Council on gas testing
25.05.07 - Distinguished service award for Health and Safety Commissioner
23.05.07 - HSC Chair commends the access industry forum for collaborative working
23.05.07 - Have fun at the fair? Yes, with a bit of care
22.05.07 - HSC Chair visits Wychavon to see goods moved safely
21.05.07 - A stronger voice for health and safety: HSC’s decision following a merger consultation
21.05.07 - Agriculture safety skills in the spotlight at 2007 Royal Highland Show
18.05.07 - HSE warns of the dangers of working with asbestos after Hereford company prosecuted
16.05.07 - HSE helps to promote gas safety message in South East Cornwall
11.05.07 - Company and sole trader fined £37,500 after steel beam falls from vehicle and fatally injures the driver
11.05.07 - White van roadshow to take Health and Safety direct to the construction industry in Llanelli
09.05.07 - HSE seeks improvements at bus stations
08.05.07 - North West contact centres and the HSE take action to prevent costly slips, trips and falls
03.05.07 - HSE issues maintenance warning after council fined £125,000 over boy’s death
01.05.07 - Time to clear the air on World Asthma Day
April
30.04.07 - HSE supports Workers' Memorial Day
27.04.07 - Welsh brewery fined £15,000 following worker injury
27.04.07 - UCATT report on prosecutions: Statement from HSE Chief Executive Geoffrey Podger
26.04.07 - Working together 'key' to successful health & safety - Scottish HSE director tells nurses' forum
25.04.07 - HSE warns of the need for safe working practices - company fined £75,000 after death of workman
24.04.07 - HSE issues gas fitter warning after Barrow heating company fined over faulty boiler installation
23.04.07 - Dermatitis costs industry millions - The solution is in your hands
17.04.07 - Gas explosion in Blyth
17.04.07 - HSE warns of the dangers of working on fragile roofs
16.04.07 - Elgin company fined after worker injured in fall on building site
13.04.07 - HSE issues a reminder to the asbestos licensed industry
13.04.07 - Burscough firm director fined £2,000 after ignoring Health and Safety Executive enforcement notices
11.04.07 - HSE's machinery warning after Barrow company is fined £2,500
05.04.07 - New CDM Regulations launched at industry stakeholder event
03.04.07 - HSE warns of carbon monoxide threat in pheasant sheds and similar buildings
03.04.07 - HSE present findings from offshore inspection programme
02.04.07 - CDM regulations come in to force
02.04.07 - Views sought on societal risk
March
28.03.07 - HSE is adapting to the changing world says Chief Executive
22.03.07 - HSC Chair stresses the vital link between health and safety and active involvement of the workforce
21.03.07 - “We are about saving lives, not stopping living” HSE tells carers
20.03.07 - Health and Safety Commission endorses new approach to worker involvement
16.03.07 - HSE issues crown censures to Ministry of Defence
13.03.07 - HSC Chair calls on Police to take sensible approach to health and safety
08.03.07 -
Local NHS trust fined £7500 following death of elderly visitor
07.03.07 - HSE warns of dangers of improper training on machinery as North Wales firm fined
February
28.02.07 - HSE consults on land use planning
23.02.07 - HSE publishes THORP leak report
20.02.07 - Paper industry improves health and safety performance
16.02.07 - HSE refutes attack on safety record
08.02.07 - Carbon monoxide – It's a deadly responsibility: Straight talking for Calderdale’s landlords
January
19.01.07 - HSE prohibits operation of tower cranes supplied by Falcon Crane Hire LTD
11.01.07 - Regulators publish guidance on new nuclear power station designs
10.01.07 - HSE grants consent for THORP re-start
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