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• Assessment of arm locking systems of two-post vehicle lifts

  25/08/2015
  Following a number of vehicles falling from two-post vehicle lifts HSE is concerned that some lifts for sale in the UK amy not be fit for purpose due to inferior build, quality and/or design...

• Employee severely injures leg at HGV spray painting company

  20/08/2015
  A HGV spray painting company has been fined for safety failings that led to a worker sustaining a serious fracture to his left leg...

• Will 'Fit For Work' Be Mandatory?

  18/08/2015
  Will ‘Fit for Work' be Mandatory? We have been asked that once it is rolled out, will it be mandatory for an employer to make a Fit for Work (FfW) referral? When an employee is absent for four weeks or more, under the FfW service employers have the option to refer them for a ‘free' occupational health assessment (if their GP has not already done so)...

• HSE Safety Alert!

  14/08/2015
  'Norfolk Range' large wheeled dry powder fire extinguishers manufactured before 2009 by UK Fire Intrnational Ltd are failing to operate!! Only dry powder units manufactured between 1970 and 2009 are affected...

• Roofing Contractor Fined After Employee Feel Through A Fragile Roof

  14/08/2015
  A Norwich based roofing contractor has been fined after his employee fell seven metres through a roof on which he was working...

• Business Partners Fined after explosion

  14/08/2015
  Partners of Mason Engineering were fined £4000 each and were made to pay £1171...

• Questioning Witnesses

  11/08/2015
  Questioning Witnesses Question: Does an employee facing disciplinary action have the right to question a witness in person? Answer: The employee should be given an opportunity to question and raise points about any information that has been provided by witnesses...

• Cleaning Service Provision Change (TUPE)

  04/08/2015
  Cleaning Service Provision Change (TUPE) Surely you can simply tell your current cleaning provider that you no longer wish to use their services and that's it! Wrong...