Articles tagged with "hse"

Failure to use licensed asbestos contractors

This incident shows that no-one can take the chance of illegally using general building contractors to strip away the uniquely hazardous material that is asbestos. The regulations are there for...

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Improper use of digger causes site injury

The invention of the mechanical digger was a great step forward for the building trades, and these machines have untold numbers of uses: but like any other device, they have restrictions in...

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Much anticipated CDM 2015 guidance is issued

Cometh the New Year, cometh the new CDM Regulations. They will hit us in the new Tax Year to be precise, maybe to suit the HSE accountants, but guidance has just been issued to outline what the...

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New worker dies after inadequate dumper truck training

Whenever workers are required to operate dangerous machinery such as trucks, they must be properly trained by people certified to do so. In this case a young worker had literally just begun wor...

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Crazy Christmas Health & Safety

Having just regaled our readers with a light-hearted spoof of health and safety as applied to the Christmas carols and traditions, we now return to Christmas Present, in reality – although in...

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