Tag: hse safety alert

HSE ebulletin – metalworking inspections: looking after your metalworking fluid

Issued: 21 November 2023 HSE will be inspecting manufacturing businesses that use metalworking fluids or ‘white water’ in their machining processes until March. HSE is inspecting manufacturing businesses that use metalworking fluids or coolants in their machining processes. Inspectors are focusing on how employers ensure workers are protected from exposure to fluid or mist generated […]

Good ventilation in the workplace can help reduce the spread of coronavirus

8th September 2021 As more people return to the workplace, authority bodies are stressing the importance of good ventilation to support businesses minimize the risk of coronavirus. Alongside cleaning, hygiene and handwashing, good ventilation is one of the best ways to reduce the spread of coronavirus in the workplace as it reduces the amount of […]

Company and director sentenced for exposing workers to asbestos

July 2021 A wood working company and its director have been fined after an inspection by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found a series of failings and risks associated with significant quantities of asbestos-containing materials within the premises. The Court heard that in August 2016, during an unannounced visit to the workshop, the asbestos […]

Construction company fined after worker seriously injured by a mitre saw

June 2021 A construction company has been fined after a worker’s hand was severed by an inadequately guarded mitre saw on a construction site. The Court heard that, in January 2019, a worker installing skirting board in a new build house was using a powered mitre saw to cut material to length. The guard of […]

Construction company fined after an employee dies after being run over by a dumper truck

An organisation has been fined after an employee was run over by a dumper vehicle. The Court heard that in October 2016, an employee was changing over a blade on a piece of work equipment at the side of a roadway when the employee was run over by a six-tonne dumper truck. The employee sustained […]

Woodworking company fined £150k after worker injured

May 2021 A company has been sentenced for safety breaches after a worker was struck by objects falling from an articulated trailer. The Court heard that in July 2019, the 45-year-old worker had been unloading the bottom deck of the double deck articulated trailer, which was being used for overflow storage at the company’s site. […]

Builder receives custodial sentence for failing to report an incident where a worker was seriously injured

May 2021 A builder has been imprisoned for 24 weeks after he failed to report a serious incident at a construction site he was in charge of. The Court heard that on January 2019, the IP had been clearing a site with an excavator so a new house could be built. The excavator tipped while […]

Air suspension systems on vehicles

Air suspension systems on vehicles Introduction HSE have investigated several serious incidents involving air suspension systems on vehicles. The two main causes are collapse of inadequately supported vehicles and unintended rupture or release of components from the air suspension system. You should Undertake minimal repair work at the roadside or third-party premises. The best place […]

HSE safety alert – use of ICAR capacitors in uninterruptable power supply (UPS) systems

Target audience: All users of industrial uninterruptable power supply (UPS) systems including, but not limited to, the chemical industry, energy industry, offshore oil and gas production and other users of high capacity electrical capacitors in industrial equipment. Affected capacitors are known to be found in some models of UPS system manufactured by Vertiv Infrastructure, previously […]