HSfB Site News - 19 January 2008

Site News

19 January 2008

• New download page added Diploma Unit A
• New downloads have been added to the Downloads pages.
  • Diploma Unit A Cases Q Cards by Simon Holmes
  • Diploma Unit A Revision Cards by Simon Holmes

HSfB Site News - 17 January 2008

Site News

17 January 2008

• New downloads have been added to the Downloads pages.
  • First Aid by Andy Brazier
  • Hazardous Substances by Andy Brazier
  • Principles of Control by Andy Brazier
  • Investigate Record Report by Andy Brazier
  • Promoting a Positive Culture by Andy Brazier

HSfB Site News - 13 January 2008

Site News

13 January 2008

• The Legislation News pages have been updated where you can read more on the following.
  • The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Carcinogens and Mutagens) Regulations 2007
  • The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Control of Vibration at Work) Regulations 2007
  • The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Control of Noise at Work) Regulations 2007

HSfB - Site News 6 January 2008

Site News

6 January 2008

New Health and Safety Discussion Forums Launched

We are proud to announce that on Thursday 20 December 2007, HSfB launched its new look health, safety and environmental discussion forums which you can view here - Health and Safety Discussion Forums

The new discussion forums are based on the phpBB style which has been vastly improved in many ways by the phpBB team. Both security and functionality have been improved giving our members and visitors an excellent online experience.

A list of new features can be found on the phpBB website here - phpBB3 Gold Features

Here is just a sample of some of the new features and options now available to our members -

• User preferences offering a wide range of user defined customisations.
• Private messaging system which can be fully managed by users, including creating new folders and moving saved messages.
• Various anti-spam techniques have been added to allow administrators to keep our forums a nice place to be, including; CAPTCHA Visual Confirmation; blacklists; banning; warnings; user logging and many more.
• Users can now report individual posts to the moderator team at the touch of a button.
• Users can now attach multiple files to their posts.
• Users can save a draft of their posts allowing the post to be completed at a later time.
• More advanced search facility.
• Unread post flags are not lost after closing browser or logging off.
• Users can bookmark individual topics for future reference.
• Print topic functionality added.
• Email topic to a friend functionality added.
• Add friends/foes to user control panel.
• Users can manage private message and draft posts.
• And many more...

One side effect of the new upgrade is that members may have some difficulty in logging on to the new forums for the first time due to incorrect passwords. This is a known bug with the conversion/upgrade software. If you are affected by this unavoidable side effect, please Contact Us to have your account manually reactivated. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Another side effect is that our discussion forums RSS feed is temporarily unavailable for the time being.

All that remains for us to say is thank you for your continued support and we hope you enjoy your new health, safety and environmental discussion forums.

HSfB Site News - 18 November 2007

Site News

18 November 2007

• New downloads have been updated and added to the Downloads and Revision pages.
  • Acts and Regulations to Remember for NEBOSH Certificate by HSfB Updated
  • NEBOSH Exam Hints & Tips.doc by Jane Riley Updated
  • Construction Basics by Coldrop
  • Fire Risk Assessment by Claire Odd Updated

HSfB - Site News 10 November 2007

Site News

10 November 2007

• The Legislation News pages have been updated where you can read more on the following.
  • The Coal Mines (Control of Inhalable Dust) Regulations 2007
  • The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Prescribed Occupations) Order 2007
  • The Manufacture and Storage of Explosives and the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) (Amendment and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2007

HSfB Site News - 6 November 2007

Site News

6 November 2007

• The Legislation News pages have been updated where you can read more on the following.
  • The Community Drivers' Hours and Recording Equipment Regulations 2007
  • The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2007

HSfB Site News - 20 October 2007

Site News

20 October 2007

• New downloads have been added to the Downloads pages.
  • Site Safety Inspection by Coldrop
  • Traffic Management by Coldrop
  • HS(G)65 and Culture by Mike McDonnell
  • Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan PEEP by HSfB

HSfB - Site News 30 September 2007

Site News

Health & Safety for Beginners had entries to be posted on their website forum www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk that cans of Evo-Stik Expanding Foam, produced by Bostik Limited, are bursting for no reason or when shaken. Bostik has informed Health & Safety for Beginners that their product does not burst for any reason and therefore the forum discussion may wrongly give the impression that this was the cause of a fatal accident.

Health & Safety for Beginners are not responsible for the forum entries and do not endorse their content.

Health & Safety for Beginners has been subsequently informed by Bostik that the product is safe to use when the user follows the instructions on both the pack and the accompanying safety data sheets. The cans do not just burst of their own volition.

The fatal accident is currently being investigated by HSE who have not released a statement. Any safety alerts that you may have seen have not been endorsed by the HSE.

Hearth & Safety for Beginners acknowledge Bostik's assertion that Evo-Stik Expanding Foam is not a faulty product. The manufacturers have asked us to take this opportunity to remind all members to ensure full compliance with the instructions and guidance booklets contained in any products before use. Members should be highlighting to all employees and contractors the importance of reading fully the instructions for use, if they fail to do so there may be serious potential consequences if these instructions are not adhered which could include personal injury and or even a fatality.

HSfB - Site News 16 September 2007

Site News

16 September 2007

• We are pleased to announce the relaunch HSfB. The massive task of migrating the existing pages onto the new design has begun and should be complete by 23 September 2007. You may notice one or two pages still showing the old design, but these will be gradually updated as the relaunch progresses.
• You may also notice one or two of the pages will have changed. This is in order to reduce the number of clicks you need to perform in order to reach your desired page on our site. We have also removed certain pages such as the Useful Links section. There are many reasons for these changes, but they are necessary for us to be able to give you a much improved service all round.
• All existing pages will remain on our servers for a short time to allow you to amend any bookmarked pages you have to HSfB.
• One or two changes have also been made to the Discussion Forums. Two new sections have been created to improve your experience whilst using the forums - Frequently Asked Questions - FAQs and Safety Moment sections have been added.

Fake HSfB Email Alert - Press Release

Fake HSfB Email Alert - Press Release

Fake HSfB Email Alert

It has come to our attention that fake emails are circulating the internet claiming to be from healthandsafetytips.co.uk. These emails appear to come from our website, but we can assure you that they do not. The fraudulent spammers are using a technique which allows their email to disguise itself as another domain name, i.e. healthandsafetytips.co.uk.

Examples of the email will include the following (there may be more we are not aware of).......

Possible subject headings of - 'awels' or '*DETECTED* Online User Violation' or 'Warning Message: Your services near to be closed' or 'You have successfully updated your password' or 'WARNING MESSAGE: YOUR SERVICES NEAR TO BE CLOSED' or 'SECURITY MEASURES' or 'Important Notification' or a series of random letters.

The message content of the emails will be similar to the following:

Dear user andrew,

You have successfully updated the password of your Healthandsafetytips account.

If you did not authorize this change or if you need assistance with your account, please contact Healthandsafetytips customer service at: support@healthandsafetytips.co.uk

Thank you for using Healthandsafetytips!
The Healthandsafetytips Support Team






+++ Attachment: No Virus (Clean)
+++ Healthandsafetytips Antivirus - www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk

The emails will contain a zipped attachment which contains the virus - W32.Mytob.EA@mm and when opened it will infect your pc.

Please delete these emails.

HSfB will never send you emails with attachments unless we have prior consent from you first. Only open emails from HSfB containing attachments when you expect us to send you an attachment.

On the plus side, if you have your anti virus software up to date and set to scan incoming emails, then this virus should get picked up and deleted straight away.

HSfB Site News - 5 September 2007

Site News

5 September 2007

• HSfB Fake Emails Alert - Press Release
• A new download has been added to the Downloads pages.
  • Fork Lift Truck Daily Checklist by John Johnston

HSfB Site News - 28 August 2007

Site News

28 August 2007

• New downloads have been added to the Downloads pages.
  • Lift Truck Operator Training by Operator Qualifications Scheme www.oqs.org.uk

HSfB Site News - 26 August 2007

Site News

26 August 2007

• New downloads have been added to the Downloads pages.
  • HAVS Levels Database by Mark Sutton - Updated 26 August 2007
  • Health and Safety Policy by HSfB
  • Sick Building Syndrome Revision by HSfB