| Construction Infonet – July 2008 | Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:38 |
| July edition of Construction Infonet is now available. In this issue, nationwide events, ladders exchange, recent enforcement activity and HSE warns children ‘building sites are not playgrounds’. keep up to date with news in construction subscribe for your copy.
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| Wates Construction Ltd fined £7,000 | Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:03 |
| HSE is warning construction firms to check the safety of gas flues, following roofing work, after the occupants of 11 bungalows in Birmingham were put at risk of carbon monoxide entering their loft spaces.
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| Assessing and modelling fatigue crack growth in structural steels | Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:02 |
| This report aims to find the best way in which information gained during in-service inspection can be used to improve the prediction of the remaining useful life of structural steels and in particular offshore structures approaching the end of there design lives.
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| Specialist Inspector vacancies | Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:03 |
| HSE currently has posts for Specialist Inspectors within occupational hygiene, occupational health, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and construction engineering. Based at various locations across the United Kingdom, closing date 28 July 2008.
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| Small reduction in fatal injuries at work no reason for complacency | Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:16 |
| Provisional figures of work-related fatal injuries in Great Britain issued by HSE reveal a slight reduction in 2007/08 compared to 2006/07.
Responding to the released figures HSE Chair Judith Hackett said, “Whilst we welcome the decrease in overall numbers of fatalities, there is absolutely no room for complacency”.
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| Good response to Aberdeen scaffolding event | Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:04 |
| HSE has welcomed the response to a safety seminar held in Aberdeen in conjunction with Aberdeen City Council. Over 200 delegates from the north east attended the event designed to promote safe use of scaffolding.
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| HSE crackdown on construction sites in Newcastle. | Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:11 |
| Work was halted on construction sites in Newcastle last week as part of a HSE crackdown on unsafe practices.
Inspectors visited 24 contractors engaged on refurbishment sites in the city and served four prohibition notices, effectively stopping work due to concerns about working at height and electrical issues.
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| HSE Newsletter - June 2008 | Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:11 |
| Subscribe to HSE’s Health and Safety Newsletter and you’ll find out the best ways to tackle today’s key health and safety issues. In this months edition:
Who is responsible for what and when it comes to migrant workers,
what happens when an inspector calls,
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| Company prosecuted after worker falls through fragile roof | Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:45 |
| HSE is warning construction companies of the importance of implementing safe systems for working at height. This follows the HSE prosecution of a company after an incident in which a worker was seriously injured after falling through a fragile roof.
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| Construction Infonet e-Bulletin | Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:36 |
| Construction Infonet is a free e-Bulletin from the HSE to provide a regular update on health and safety issues for all in the construction industry. The June edition is now available and includes, F10 notifications, skin at work, shattered lives and recent enforcement activitiy.
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