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Welcome to Health and Safety Monitor, the newsletter for anyone involved in managing health and safety.

Snappily written to bring practitioners and managers a concise but comprehensive briefing, Monitor cuts through the fluff and gets to the heart of the issues affecting employers today.

With so much health and safety information available I use Monitor to summarise everything I need to know in one easy-to-use monthly update.  Circulating Monitor around my staff makes it a cost-effective resource as well a great source of practical advice.

 

Bettina Ratcliffe, MD, The Safety Business, www.safetybusiness.co.uk

Whatever your sector, Health and Safety Monitor will give you the information you need to successfully implement good practice in your organisation.

Recent articles

  Unacceptable practices (in: Court Reports)
Two companies have been fined after a worker at Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire suffered a broken foot when a 13kg weight dropped nearly four metres from an overhead crane.
  Dangerous conditions (in: Court Reports)
A Kent-based partner of a development company has been prosecuted after dangerous conditions were found at a demolition site in Dover. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Allan Smith for failing to undertake an asbestos assessment and for not securing a demolition site.
  False credentials (in: Court Reports)
A Suffolk plumber who put lives at risk by illegally working on domestic gas appliances has been sentenced to six months in prison. Paul Jowett, 40, of Nelson Road, Pakefield, Lowestoft, admitted five breaches of gas and health and safety regulations when he appeared at Ipswich Crown Court.
  Proper planning needed (in: Court Reports)
A farmworker suffered severe facial injuries after falling 16ft through a shed roof in Cornwall. Bodmin Magistrates' Court heard self-employed worker, James Best, 24, of Blisland was asked to help remove fibre cement roof sheets from a shed at Park Farm, Washaway, near Bodmin on 12 July 2011.
  In brief (in: In Brief)
HARD HAT SAVES WORKER
NIOSH SKIN PERMEATION CALCULATOR UPDATED
SAFETY DISABILITY GUIDE
WORKER CRUSHED
UK WORKERS CLOCK UP EXTRA HOURS
STRESS CHECKPOINT GUIDE
CONTROLLING COLOPHONY
METALWORKING FLUIDS RESEARCH

February 2012 Volume 35 Number 2
  NO LET UP FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY (in: Standards & Regulations)
The Prime Minister has made it clear that, despite the many changes already announced, more still needs to be done with health and safety.

February 2012 Volume 35 Number 2
  HSE INSPECTOR CHALLENGE PANEL OPENS (in: Standards & Regulations)
It is now possible for businesses to challenge potentially inappropriate advice issued by health and safety inspectors through an independent panel.

February 2012 Volume 35 Number 2
  DIRECTOR PROSECUTIONS RISE (in: Best Practice)
The number of directors prosecuted under s.37 of the HSWA in the last ten years is at a record high, according to figures released under a Freedom of Information requesT.

february 2012 Volume 35 Number 2
  FIRE RISK ASSESSOR COMPETENCY (in: Fire Safety)
The Fire Risk Assessment Competency Council (FRACC) has produced definitive guidance on the competency of fire risk assessors, following a consultation last year

february 2012 Volume 35 Number 2
  NEW COSHH EXPOSURE LIMITS (in: Hazardous Substances)
The latest version of the HSE’s ‘EH40’ lists airborne exposure limits covered by the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (as amended).

February 2012 Volume 35 Number 2
 
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