Health and safety bulletins
Recent safety alerts and notices
It is important to keep the right people up to date with failures in equipment, process, procedures and substances used in the workplace.
Safety alerts are for major faults that would result in a serious or fatal injury and where immediate remedial action is required.
Safety notices are usually issued to facilitate a change in procedure or it requires an action to be undertaken to improve the level of protection or instruction in a potentially dangerous situation. It must be acted upon within a reasonable time, if a time period is not stated. It is not as immediate as a safety alert.
| Date | Topic | Bulletin No | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/2023 | LPG forklift truck fire risk | EPD02-2023 | HSE is aware of a number of fires on, and around, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) powered forklift trucks and other similar vehicles. These are caused by problems with LPG build-up being released during cold starting. |
| 05/2023 | Risk to offshore installation mooring lines outside 500m safety zone | ED3-2023 | There is a risk of fishing vessels colliding with offshore installation’s mooring systems when trawling near to, but outside of, exclusive 500m safety zones. |
| 04/2023 | High concentration of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in cargo and slop tanks | ED2-2023 | Operators of floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) and floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessels and floating storage units (FSU) in the UK continental shelf (UKCS). |
| 03/2023 | Unsafe use of floor grating systems in oil and gas, and wind generation | ED1-2023 | Offshore installations, wind generation units and sea going vessels |
| 01/2023 | Exposure to diacetyl vapour in food and drink manufacture | EPD01-2023 | Employers, and the self-employed, in food and drink manufacture who use diacetyl |
| 05/2022 | Mast climbing work platforms: Failure to detect mechanical failure in drive units leading to uncontrolled fall of platforms | BSCD1-2022 | Construction and all other industry users |
| 05/2022 | Mast climbing work platforms: Failure to detect mechanical failure in drive units leading to uncontrolled fall of platforms | BSCD1-2022 | Construction and all other industry users |
| 04/2022 | Ear loop respirators/masks do not provide protection as tight fitting RPE | EPD1-2022 | Those required to use tight fitting RPE at work |