http://www.safetyservices.co.uk Company and Industry Safety News provided by the Safety Services (UK) Ltd. which has now been providing Health and Safety advice and training services to industry for over 20 yrs and has full time advisers and trainers that has been recruited from a range of employment sectors namely local authority, construction, manufacturing, engineering and retail. en-us Copyright safetyservices.co.uk All Rights Reserved. Thu Apr 1 11:44:39 UTC+0100 2010 http://www.safetyservices.co.uk/images/ssuklogo150.gif http://www.safetyservices.co.uk http://www.safetyservices.co.uk/news.asp?ID=234 Employers are advised to review their arrangements to ensure that scaffolds and other working platforms are still inspected by a competent person over the Christmas break even though the site is closed, Thu Apr 1 00:00:00 UTC+0100 2010 http://www.safetyservices.co.uk/news.asp?ID=229 An engineering company has today been fined after one of its workers was injured when he got his arm trapped in an unguarded drilling machine, Mon Mar 29 00:00:00 UTC+0100 2010 http://www.safetyservices.co.uk/news.asp?ID=228 HSE Construction Division has created some new, simple, straightforward guidance for those who run small construction sites. The leaflets show real examples of good and unacceptable practice on site., Mon Mar 29 00:00:00 UTC+0100 2010 http://www.safetyservices.co.uk/news.asp?ID=233 Portable, hand-held, combustion engine driven brush cutters are commonly used for cutting weeds, brush and similar vegetation, and are frequently utilised in ground-clearance operations connected with construction work, using a variety of standard cutting attachments., Thu Mar 25 00:00:00 UTC 2010 http://www.safetyservices.co.uk/news.asp?ID=231 You can request a free copy of the A5 colour ‘Danger’ display card for your own sector. The ‘Danger’ display card can be used to remind your staff of the simple actions that they can take to help prevent slips, trips or falls from height happening in particularly hazardous areas of your workplace. These signs can be used on staff desks, counters and notice boards. Up to five copies of the ‘Danger’ display card can be requested. Shattered Lives – request a free danger sign , Thu Mar 25 00:00:00 UTC 2010 http://www.safetyservices.co.uk/news.asp?ID=230 In the first event of its kind in Wales, builders from across the country have been invited to take part in a mock trial of one of their peers at Cardiff City Stadium (Thursday 25 March). , Thu Mar 25 00:00:00 UTC 2010 http://www.safetyservices.co.uk/news.asp?ID=227 The Conservative Party will press ahead with a scheme to let companies bar HSE inspectors from their premises if it wins the election expected in May, Mon Mar 15 00:00:00 UTC 2010 http://www.safetyservices.co.uk/news.asp?ID=225 The HSE has launched a new campaign to reduce machinery noise in the workplace by persuading manufacturers to make quieter equipment and encouraging businesses to buy it, Mon Mar 15 00:00:00 UTC 2010 http://www.safetyservices.co.uk/news.asp?ID=232 Morgan Est plc, of Rugby has pleaded guilty to breaching PUWER 98 Reg 11(1) and MHSWR 1999 Reg 3(1) at Huddersfield Magistrates Court. The prosecution follows an incident which occurred at a Huddersfield Waste Water treatment works in March 2008 in which an engineer lost his right arm in a screw conveyor., Sat Mar 13 00:00:00 UTC 2010 http://www.safetyservices.co.uk/news.asp?ID=222 These regulations revoke and replace the Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2009 and also update fees to be charged, Thu Mar 11 00:00:00 UTC 2010