Press releases from the Health and Safety Commission/Executive 2006

This page contains links to the text of Health and Safety Commission and Health and Safety Executive Press Releases. The most recent Press Releases are mentioned first.

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December

• 22.12.06 - Five pay over £144,000 following Warrington death
• 22.12.06 - Droylsden food manufacturer pays £65,000 after forklift truck accident
• 15.12.06 - CORUS UK fined £1.3 million for blast furnace deaths
• 14.12.06 - Construction company and director fined for causing building collapse
• 11.12.06 - Lightwater valley ride death: HSE prosecution brings fines totalling £157,500
• 08.12.06 - Inspector wins 'first' for HSE following prosecution of Surrey company
• 08.12.06 - Statement from Health and Safety Executive
• 08.12.06 - HSE marks Buncefield anniversary
• 06.12.06 - A stronger voice for health and safety: HSC announces consultation on merging HSC and HSE
• 05.12.06 - HSE reminds people of dangers on CO awareness day
• 01.12.06 - British health and safety measures up well - with more to do

November

• 30.11.06 - £466,000 in penalties following Lancashire farm death
• 30.11.06 - Oldham company pays £12,456 after Czech worker is injured by circular saw
• 30.11.06 - Update on HSE investigation into Crookhill Primary School, Ryton, Gateshead incident
• 29.11.06 - Chorley firm pays £118,000 after death of Wigan employee
• 28.11.06 - Hertfordshire man prosecuted following the death of a construction worker who fell four storeys while replacing windows
• 27.11.06 - Silsden death prompts hse warning about the risks of carbon monoxide poisoning
• 23.11.06 - HSE says care for your hairdresser on National Hairdressers' Day
• 22.11.06 - Gulliver's World to pay £170,000 after child's death
• 16.11.06 - Sutton man fined £11,500 after garage disaster scars mechanic
• 15.11.06 - Incident at Crookhill Primary School, Ryton, Gateshead
• 13.11.06 - Jo Hansford backs HSE's 'bad hand day'
• 08.11.06 - Farmers warned about guarding all agriculture equipment after death of worker
• 07.11.06 - Essex firm and individual prosecuted after death of visiting worker
• 07.11.06 - Bullying, bullying its way to the workplace
• 07.11.06 - Construction statistics 2005/06(p) - falls down, slips up
• 03.11.06 - New course and qualification for young people unveiled
• 02.11.06 - Working days lost down by a quarter
• 02.11.06 - HSC/E publishes health and safety statistics for 2005/06

October

• 25.10.06 - HSE withdraws paper industry guidance INDG 396
• 24.10.06 - Carbon Monoxide – the silent killer
• 20.10.06 - Revised asbestos regulations to come in to force on 13 November 2006
• 20.10.06 - Health And Safety Commission approves CDM Regulations
• 16.10.06 - HSE stresses importance of nuclear industry safety standards following Sellafield sentencing
• 12.10.06 - Buncefield Joint Task group calls for immediate action
• 11.10.06 - Keeping it simple
• 10.10.06 - HSE launches REACH helpdesk
• 09.10.06 - HSE tackles back pain with supermarket workout
• 09.10.06 - HSE publishes report following investigation of construction worker death
• 09.10.06 - Migrant worker research published
• 05.10.06 - Company fined £100,000, employees suffered from painful allergic dermatitis over four year period
• 03.10.06 - HSC and HSE consults on disability and gender equality schemes
• 02.10.06 - Lord Hunt calls for renewed action on gas safety
• 02.10.06 - Regulation simplified as hse becomes sole electricity safety watchdog

September

• 26.09.06 - HSE welcomes ECA and HCVA’s health and safety competency initiative
• 12.09.06 - HSE’s new chief scientist takes up post
• 12.09.06 - Companies fined after worker's leg crushed: Site owners warned of the dangers of reversing vehicles
• 07.09.06 - Maintenance workers warned – don’t take the gamble with asbestos
• 07.09.06 - BUPA Care Homes fined £90,000 after the tragic death of a 95-year old woman in their care
• 04.09.06 - Heath and Safety Commission promotes safe systems of work to reduce fatalities in waste and recycling collection work
• 01.09.06 - HSE to take over electricity supply safety regulation
• 01.09.06 - ‘Industry must do more to meet offshore safety targets’, says HSE

August

• 30.08.06 - Health And Safety Minister Lord Hunt goes caving
• 30.08.06 - Quarterly statement of nuclear incidents at nuclear installations
• 29.08.06 - European commission consults on proposal based on UN globally harmonised system of classification and labelling of chemicals
• 22.08.06 - "Get a life", says HSC
• 17.08.06 - Construction deaths down to a record low in 2005/06
• 17.08.06 - Fatal injuries to British workers at record levels
• 17.08.06 - HSC publishes statistics of fatal injuries 2005/2006
• 16.08.06 - Construction industry leads on CDM guidance
• 03.08.06 - HSE publishes full results of work-related Illness survey
• 03.08.06 - Two million british workers suffering ill health
• 02.08.06 - HSC announces proposals for Work at Height amendment regulations consultation
• 02.08.06 - HSC consults on proposals for new workplace exposure limits
• 02.08.06 - HSE grants decommissioning consent at Dungeness a power station

July

• 27.07.06 - HSC approves revised asbestos regulations
• 26.07.06 - HSE Guidance To Help Shiftworkers Run Like Clockwork
• 21.07.06 - Company fined following injury at Wembley Stadium
• 19.07.06 - CPS prosecution of the office of the Commissioner of Police: Statement from the Health and Safety Executive
• 18.07.06 - Brent Bravo inquiry determination: HSE statement
• 15.07.06 - "Work with us to protect workers" - Hunt
• 13.07.06 - Commission endorses publication of the initial report of the independent board's investigation into the explosion and fires at the Buncefield oil storage depot
• 11.07.06 - HSE launches programme to protect two million workers
• 11.07.06 - HSE publishes revamped guidance to simplify risk assessments
• 07.07.06 - Survey results question difference in public/private sector sick leave
• 04.07.06 - HSE welcomes the integration of Health and Safety into the 2012 Construction Commitments
• 04.07.06 - HSE issues further safety alert to fuel depot operators

June

• 29.06.06 - Minister recognises large organisations’ public commitment to health and safety
• 28.06.06 - HSE publishes expert report for Energy Review
• 20.06.06 - Workplace transport – a matter of life or death? HSE consults on new safety route map
• 19.06.06 - Child safety reminder
• 13.06.06 - HSE publishes initial feedback from Buncefield safety alert

May

• 26.05.06 - Quarterly statement of nuclear incidents at nuclear installations
• 25.05.06 - Mobile phone culture putting tradesmen’s lives at risk
• 25.05.06 - HSE grants decommissioning consent at Sizewell A power station
• 22.05.06 - Lancashire constubulary wins HSE sponsored Public Servant of the Year award
• 17.05.06 - A fifth of British workers concerned about work-related stress
• 16.05.06 - HSE issues precationary advice after dive cylinder valve fails
• 15.05.06 - Back to ladders due to drought? HSE issues advice to window cleaners
• 11.05.06 - HSE consults on new gas safety body
• 11.05.06 - Investing in health and well-being – The Health and Safety challenge
• 10.05.06 - New guidance on working with dangerous pathogens
• 10.05.06 - Minister thanks Access Industry for being ‘Height Aware’
• 09.05.06 - HSE sucessfully prosecutes construction companies following fatality on a London building site
• 09.05.06 - HSC statement - discussion of proposals for revised asbestos regulations
• 09.05.06 - Third Buncefield progress report: HSE statement
• 09.05.06 - More needs to be done to improve protection for British workers
• 08.05.06 - HSE warns landlords about gas safety following prosecution
• 03.05.06 - HSE to prosecute British nuclear group following leak at Sellafield plant

April

• 28.04.06 - Outbreak of lung disease at Powertrain in 2004: HSE update
• 28.04.06 - HSC calls for health and safety standards to be raised
• 25.04.06 - Noise and vibration roadshows ride again
• 24.04.06 - HSC consultation: improving worker involvement – improving health and safety
• 21.04.06 - HSE show safer ways of working from height at Interbuild
• 20.04.06 - HSE wins employment tribunal appeal by Menzies Aviation
• 19.04.06 - HSE publishes full offshore health and safety statistics 2004/05
• 19.04.06 - HSE continues support for British Safety Council awards
• 07.04.06 - Lift compaines fined £400,000 after fatal lift incident
• 07.04.06 - New offshore safety regulations become law today
• 06.04.06 - Noise regulations come into force
• 06.04.06 - Amendment to the management of health and safety at work regulations
• 04.04.06 - HSE begins public consultation on revised nuclear safety assessment principles
• 03.04.06 - Asbestos - updated information for schools

March

• 31.03.06 - Rail departs HSC/E
• 28.03.06 - New research says realistic training helps healthcare staff deal with increasing violence
• 28.03.06 - ‘Buying for life’ in public sector construction - “Be the best”, say health and safety minister
• 27.03.06 - HSE publishes discussion document on review of strategy for regulating new nuclear power station design
• 27.03.06 - Is your workplace noisy?
• 24.03.06 - Cocklers tragedy highlighs need for high safety standards
• 24.03.06 - Watch out for your bin man
• 23.03.06 - Oil company ordered to pay out £14,000 for inadequate safe system of work after explosion at refinery
• 22.03.06 - HSE warns of dangers to children playing on powered rolling doors
• 21.03.06 - HSE urges caution over 'retractable type fall arresters'
• 17.03.06 - HSE Safety warning to construction industry
• 17.03.06 - HSE publishes final report on Chancery Lane tube derailment
• 16.03.06 - HSC Consults on proposals for amended biocidal products regulations
• 15.03.06 - Inadequate safe system of work leads to £13,000 fine for train maintenance company
• 14.03.06 - HSE prosecutes following fall from height fatality
• 13.03.06 - HSE Chief Executive outlines the new challenges of regulating British industry
• 13.03.06 - New research confirms low risk of exposure from Asbestos containing textured coatings
• 10.03.06 - Preventing back pain and other aches and pains to kitchen staff – HSE issues new guidance
• 02.03.06 - Free property developers seminar at HSE's London HQ
• 01.03.06 - Nine fatalities in eight weeks – HSE issues safety alert to Waste and Recycling industry
• 01.03.06 - Workers’ Safety Adviser Challenge Fund award winners announced

February

• 28.02.06 - New advice for employers on involving workers in health and safety management
• 28.02.06 - HSE Announces new timetable for construction design regulations
• 23.02.06 - Free advisory service on health and safety for small businesses goes live
• 21.02.06 - HSE issues precautionary advice to fuel depot operators
• 20.02.06 - Stress Workshop tackels sickness absence in the police
• 20.02.06 - Transport case prompts HSE reminder on the importance of radiation protection controls
• 16.02.06 - HSE to prosecute Corus UK LTD following incident in November 2001
• 16.02.06 - Statement of nuclear incidents at nuclear installations
• 15.02.06 - HSE seeks views on domestic gas safety
• 02.02.06 - Sorting slips and trips in construction
• 02.02.06 - Patient safety and health and safety: two sides of the same coin: health and safety minister addresses ‘patient safety 2006’
• 02.02.06 - Egg carton manufacturer fined £50,000 over asbestos

January

• 31.01.06 - Absence costs UK economy £12 billion every year
• 27.01.06 - HSE and EEF launch ground-breaking partnership to promote health and safety in manufacturing
• 24.01.06 - Watch Your Step in Construction
• 23.01.06 - HSE to contribute safety report to energy review
• 20.01.06 - Custodial sentence for construction company owner
• 16.01.06 - Staff rehabilitation and managing sickness absence conference provides key to ‘huge rewards’ in manufacturing
• 12.01.06 - HSC announces independent chair of Buncefield investigation board
• 10.01.06 - Small business break new year resolutions within a month: Good intentions fail because changes seen as too costly to implement
• 10.01.06 - Buncefield investigation: statement 10/1/06
• 18.01.06 - HSC consultation on asbestos ends in two weeks