30 December 2005 - Site News

The Legislation News page has been updated. You can read more on the following by clicking the link.

* The Railways (Accident Investigation and Reporting) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

27 December 2005 - Site News

The Legislation News page has been updated. You can read more on the following by clicking the links.

• Managing competence for safety-related systems
• The Disability Discrimination Code of Practice (Public Authorities) (Duty to Promote Equality) (Appointed Day) Order 2005

27 December 2005 - HSE to Launch New Small Business Campaign

27 December 2005 - HSE to Launch New Small Business Campaign: "The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are getting ready to launch a new campaign for small businesses to highlight how good health and safety practise can reduce costs."

19 December 2005 - HSL Report Shows Non Union Workplaces Failing

19 December 2005 - HSL Report Shows Non Union Workplaces Failing: "A report, conducted by the Health and Safety Laboratories (HSL), into the awareness and participation of workers on health and safety within non-union workplaces, found most to be 'clueless' regarding consultation laws with 'very limited' participation from the workforce."

15 December 2005 - New HSE Guidance Notes and Leaflets

15 December 2005 - New HSE Guidance Notes and Leaflets: "The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have provided new guidance notes and leaflets for the following:

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Falls from height - Working at Height Guidance for Schools
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Workplace Transport Safety
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Working Platforms (non-integrated) on Fork Lift Trucks

The first of the above is a webpage full of excellent advice and help. The remaining two are in pdf format. All of the above can be accessed by clicking the relevant link.

Article by Alexandra Johnston"

15 December 2005 - HSC Recommend Explicit Safety Duties for Directors

15 December 2005 - HSC Recommend Explicit Safety Duties for Directors: "Following a meeting by the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) on 6 December 2005, in which unions and safety campaigners proposed that Directors of organisations should have explicit health and safety duties ensuring compliance with safety law, the HSC agreed and recommended the following:

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There should be positive legal duties on directors to ensure their organisations comply with safety law.
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There should be more authoritative guidance.
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There should be more enforcement.
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There should be greater penalties and more use of director disqualifications."

7 December 2005 - HSE Update on First Aid Provision for Public

7 December 2005 - HSE Update on First Aid Provision for Public: "The Health and Safety Executive have reviewed the duty required by employers under The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981, which states that employers must provide adequate first aid equipment, facilities and personnel to their employees. However, the Regulations do not extend to members of the public and non-employees, which can cause difficulties in such places as schools, entertainment facilities, fairgrounds and shops."

7 December 2005 - HSC Consultation for New Workplace Exposure Limits

7 December 2005 - HSC Consultation for New Workplace Exposure Limits: "A consultation on proposals for new Workplace Exposure Limits (WEL's) for Respirable Crystalline Silica has been published by the Health and Safety Commission (HSC).

Two million employees every year are exposed to crystalline silica, a naturally occurring mineral found in rock, sands, clay, building materials made from them such as bricks, concrete and tiles, exposing at least, as estimated by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 100,000 workers to the dust containing respirable crystalline silica.

Long-term exposure to dusts can lead to the following:

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The development of silicosis, a slowly developing irreversible lung disease.
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Risk of lung cancer through heavy and prolonged exposures under conditions that are sufficient to cause silicosis."

8 December 2005 - Death Influenced by Bullying in the Workplace

8 December 2005 - Death Influenced by Bullying in the Workplace: "A jury inquest, at Oldham Magistrates Court, into the death of a young teenage girl, on Boxing Day 2003, ruled that Hannah Kirkham from Baguley, Greater Manchester had died from 'cardiac arrest, brought on by ingestion of her medication' and was 'significantly influenced' by the abuse and threats to her life from bullies within her workplace.

The inquest heard how young Hannah, whilst working at Kentucky Fried Chicken fast food outlet in Northeden had been subjected to such abuse as the following:

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She was stabbed in the arm with corn sticks.
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Verbally abused and threatened with death.
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Her colleagues and team leader called her a 'fat, spotty bitch.'
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One colleague also said: 'You dirty ugly slag, who would want to rape you?'
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Workers sprayed deodorant on her uniform.
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Workers held a cigarette lighter against her.
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Workers also drew on her face and body with a marker pen.
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One worker said: 'Would anyone miss you if you died?'.
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Another said: 'No one could ever have loved you, not even family' and 'If we killed you we would cut you up and post your body through your letterbox.'

Hannah was signed off sick. She then suffered hallucinations of being attacked and consequently harmed herself.

Eighteen year old Hannah told her KFC employer of the abuse. She was told to try and sort it out by herself and if this failed, she had to put her grievances in writing. Hannah did put her grievances in writing on 5 December 2003, but her letter was 'misplaced' by her employer KFC and was not opened until February 2004, some 2 months later and after her death.

Young Hannah was found by her Mother on the morning of 17 December 2003, lying next to empty blister packs of her medication. She subsequ"

12 December 2005

A new article has been published on the Your Articles page

• Noise at Work by John Johnston AIIRSM

8 December 2005

New download added to the Downloads PowerPoints section

• Hazard Assessment by Graham Clarke 267KB

6 December 2005

The Legislation News page has been updated. You can read more on the following by clicking the link on the bottom of this post.

• Proposals for a Workplace Exposure Limit for Respirable Crystalline Silica
• The Disability Discrimination (Private Clubs etc.) Regulations 2005
• The Disability Discrimination (Prescribed Times and Periods for Accessibility Strategies and Plans for Schools) (England) Regulations 2005

http://www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk/legislation_news.htm

27 November 2005

• The Legislation News page has been updated. You can read more on the following by visiting our Legislation News pages:
  • The Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005
  • The Disability Discrimination (Public Authorities) (Statutory Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2005
  • Draft fire and rescue national framework 2006/08
  • Safe Management of Healthcare Waste: A Public Consultation

http://www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk/legislation_news.htm

23 November 2005

The Legislation News page has been updated. You can read more on the following by visiting our Legislation News pages:

• Schedule 7 (Consequential Amendments) to the Food Hygiene (England) (No 2) Regulations

http://www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk/LN/RC0038.htm

19 November 2005

New download added to the Downloads section.

• NEBOSH Certificate Case Law by HSfB 119KB

16 November 2005

Two new downloads added to the Downloads - PowerPoint and Documents pages.

• Mnemonics for NEBOSH by Mike Riley 38KB
  
• Mnemonics for H & S by Mike Riley 30KB - These items have been compiled using all of the mnemonics posted on the discussion forums and converted into a PowerPoint file and a Word file.

http://www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk/Downloads.htm

14 November 2005

• New feedback added to our feedback pages.
  • Your Feedback
    
  • Your Feedback - Community Forums
    

• Two new downloads added to the Downloads section.

  • Safe System of Work for Ladder Use by Steve Carey

  • Safe System of Work for Step Ladder Use by Steve Carey

• A new recruitment agency has been added to the Careers Pages:
  • Shirley Parsons Associates Ltd - www.shirleyparsons.co.uk

http://www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk/Career_Links_Full.htm

13 November 2005

New legislation and consultations have been added to the Legislation News page. You can read more on the following in our Legislation News pages.

• Disability Discrimination (Public Authorities) (Statutory Duties) Regulations 2005

• Consultation on proposals to implement, by means of Merchant Shipping Regulations:- (a) Council Directive 2002/44/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to vibration at work; and (b) Council Directive 2003/10/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to noise at work

10 Novermber 2005

• Various useful links added to the Useful Links pages.
• Site search tool added to a variety of pages with more pages being updated soon.

http://www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk/useful_links.htm

29 October 2005

New legislation and consultations have been added to the Legislation News page. You can read more on the following in our Legislation News pages.

• Consultation on the first amendment to the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2005
• The Blood Safety and Quality (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2005

23 October 2005

New consultation documents and legislation updates have been added to the Legislation News page. You can read more on the following in our Legislation News pages.

• Second Consultation on the draft Gangmasters (Exclusions) Regulations 2005
• Alternative Penalties for Health and Safety Offences
• Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2005
• The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2005

22 October 2005

Various new links added to the Useful Links pages.

15 October 2005

New legislation has been added to the Legislation News page. You can read more on the following in our Legislation News pages.

• Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

http://www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk/LN/RL0035.htm

11 October 2005

A new consultation has been added to the Legislation News page. You can read more on the following by clicking the link.

• Draft Food Hygiene (England) (No 2) Regulations 2005

http://www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk/LN/RC0033.htm

8 October 2005

• New downloads have been added to the Downloads - Documents page from Ian Paton.

  • Copy of PEEP Template - Personal Emergency Escape Plan

  • DISPLAY SCREEN EQUIPMENT USE POSTURE GUIDANCE 2

  • Policy Template

http://www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk/Downloads_Pages/Documents.htm

New legislation has been added to the Legislation News page. You can read more on the following by clicking the link:

• The Disability Discrimination (Questions and Replies) Order 2005
• Consultation on the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) (Further and Higher Education) Regulations 2006

http://www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk/legislation_news.htm

6 October 2005

New legislation has been added to the Legislation News page. You can read more on the following by clicking the link:

• Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

http://www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk/legislation_news.htm

3 October 2005

You can keep track of what's new on HSfB via our new weblogs and RSS feeds as well as visiting our site. Click the following link to find out more details: HSfB Blogs and RSS Feeds

29 September 2005

New consultations have been added to the Legislation News page. Click the link to read more on the following:

• Equality and Diversity: Age discrimination in employment and vocational training - Consultation on draft legislation to outlaw age discrimination
• Consultation on Proposals for Amendments to Waste Management Licensing Exemptions Relating to Hazardous Waste

http://www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk/legislation_news.htm

20 September 2005

New downloads have been added to the Downloads - Documents page:

Child Safety Seat Use
Head Restraints
Motorway Hard Shoulder Safety
Overtaking
Speed Control

19 September 2005

A new article has been published on the Your Articles page from one of our discussion forum members, Phil - Accident in work ... bad makes worse.

17 September 2005

Various new consultations and legislations have been added to the Legislation News page. Click the link to read more on the following:

• Consultation relating to the amendment of the Local Access Forums (England) Regulations 2002
• Feeding Stuffs and Feeding Stuffs (Sampling And Analysis) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005
• Fish Labelling (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005
• Building Regulations (Parts F and L): Draft publications 2005
• Working Time Regulations 1998 (Amendment) Order 2005
• Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2005
• Consultation Document: Guidance on Matters to be Taken into Account in Determining Questions Relating to the Definition of Disability
• Biocidal Products (Amendment) Regulations 2005
  
  

http://www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk/legislation_news.htm

6 September 2005

A new article has been published on the Your Articles page with many thanks to http://www.shponline.co.uk/default.asp - Question Time

A new consultation has been added to the Legislation News page. Click the link http://www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk/legislation_news.htm to read more on the following:

Disability Discrimination Act: Guidance on matters to be taken into account in determining questions relating to the definition of disability

Consultation on Feral Wild Boar in England

Consultation on new abstraction and impounding licensing regulations to apply in England and Wales and proposed changes to the Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003