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• Chessington fined £150k after girl injured in fall

  22/01/2015
    Chessington World of Adventures has been fined £150,000 for safety breaches after a four-year-old girl suffered head injuries in a 14ft (4...

• Draft guidance published by the H.S.E. on the new CDM Regulations

  12/01/2015
  The Health and Safety Executive has published draft guidance on the upcoming Construction (Design & Management) Regulations which are due to come in to force on the 6th April 2015...

• New Asbestos Awareness App Launched By the Health & Safety Executive

  01/12/2014
  The Health & Safety Executive have launched a new free App with the specific intention of raising people's awareness in relation to the risks associated with Asbestos...

• Pub That Banned Poppies For Health & Safety Reasons, Criticised By The Chair Of The H.S.E.

  10/11/2014
  The Chair Person of the HSE Judith Hackitt has publically criticised the decision making process of a pub chain that banned poppies and called for the "blanket approach taken" towards Health & Safety to stop...

• An industry-wide campaign to cut the number of deaths from occupational cancer has been launched

  03/11/2014
  Today (3rd November 2014) a new Campaign led by the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health has been launched to "Beat Workplace Cancer...

• New Explosive Regulations Launched

  14/10/2014
  The Explosive Regulations 2014 were launched on the 1st of October 2014 and see a consolidation of a number of former Regulations...

• New Guidance for Using Acetylene

  06/10/2014
  The Health & Safety Executive has produced updated guidance regarding the use of acetylene in the workplace...

• Great Yorkshire Show 2015

  25/09/2014
  We are very proud to announce that we have been retained to manage the event safety aspects of next year's Great Yorkshire Show...

• Changes to the Health & Safety Law Poster

  27/01/2014
  From April 2014 Employers will need to ensure that they either display the 2009 version of the Health & Safety Law poster or issue their employees the free to download approved leaflet...

• Asbestos – The Hidden Killer

  14/01/2014
  Current Government estimates suggest that there are currently over 5000 people in the UK who are dying from asbestos related disease...

• So what is this CoSHH all about?

  10/12/2013
  If you ask anyone to name a Health & Safety Regulation, the one which most people will think of is CoSHH...

• Poorly Maintained Gas Systems

  25/11/2013
  As we start to descend further into winter, we find ourselves hard pushed not to listen to the radio and hear a heated (if you will excuse the pun) debate around the cost of energy...

• The Fee for Intervention Programme

  28/10/2013
  Extra cost for thoses who do not comply...

• Young Persons Guidance Update

  21/10/2013
  Under Health & Safety Law, anyone who is under the age of 18 is classed as a Young Person in the workplace...

• Contractors

  08/10/2013
  Employers have a responsibility to ensure (so far as is reasonably practicable) that they look after the safety & wellbeing of those that can be affected by their undertaking...

• Changes to First Aid at Work Regulations

  04/10/2013
  On the 1st of October the First Aid at Work Regulations changed...

• Fire Brigade Union Industrial Action - 25th September

  23/09/2013
  On the 25th September the Fire Brigade Union will undertake industrial action between 12:00 and 16:00 in England & Wales...

• Changes to RIDDOR

  11/09/2013
  Subject to Parliamentary approval, the Reporting of Injuries Diseases and Dangerous Occurrence Regulations (RIDDOR) are about to take effect...

• £40,000.00 for failure to assess legionaires disease

  02/09/2013
  A private care home has been ordered to pay £40,000 in fines and costs after it failed to manage the risk of elderly residents...

• Checklist

  19/08/2013
  We can often find ourselves doing things in the name of Health & Safety and not understand why we are doing it!  To help focus Companies minds the H...

• Hot Hot Hot!

  07/08/2013
  Currently there is no legal maximum indoor working temperature...

• Reporting Incidents

  06/08/2013
  Changes to Reporting Incidents The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has changed its contact arrangements to better direct those wishing to report an incident, notify workplace concerns or seek interpretation of guidance...

• New Health & Safety Services

  20/06/2013
  Practical HR are delighted to announce the launch of their new Health and Safety Services (and products)...