SOURCE: HSE The Offshore Safety Directive Regulator is the Competent Authority responsible for overseeing industry compliance with the EU Directive on the safety of offshore oil and gas operations. The Directive was published following the Deepwater Horizon accident in the…
SOURCE: HSE Firework displays should be enjoyable and spectacular occasions – but they obviously need some responsible planning. The good news is that there is straightforward guidance to help you. If you are organising a major public event, you will…
SOURCE: HSE Health and Safety Executive launches new safety campaign as an average of 20 tradespeople die every week from asbestos related diseases Tradespeople, including construction workers, carpenters and painters and decorators, could come into contact with deadly asbestos on…
SOURCE: MovingOn Blog Soon some vehicles will no longer have to be fitted with tachograph recording equipment and their drivers will not have to comply with EC drivers’ hour rules, but with GB drivers’ hours rules instead. From 2 March…
Small food manufacturers can use the online tool created by the FSA to help them produce a Food Safety Management System based on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point principles. Read more at
Source: UKAS The current UKAS business plan has a strong focus on advancing the use of accreditation in the health and social care sectors. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has been in discussion with the Department of…
Source: UKAS The Department for Transport, (Rail Technical and International Safety) has requested UKAS to develop the accreditation regime for conformity assessment bodies for two commission regulations, under the Railway Safety Directive. The two regulations are: EU 445/2011 – relating…
New laws on working safely with explosives and compressed acetylene gas will take effect next month. Two new sets of consolidated regulations – The Explosives Regulations 2014 (ER) and The Acetylene Safety (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2014 (ASR) come into force on 1…
Source: HSE A scheme designed to shift the cost of regulating workplace health and safety from the public purse to businesses who break the law has proven effective and should stay, an independent report has concluded. The report recognised that…
Source: HSE HSE has published new web-based guidance designed to support school leaders to strike the right balance and encourage them to avoid being risk averse. Whilst children need to be kept safe, they also should be able to learn through experience…