HSE has guidance on managing health and safety and controlling risks for businesses. Our managing health and safety pages will help you find the right level of guidance for your business. They include a guide providing an introduction to managing health and safety. This will help you: understand what managing health and safety means find the right guidance for your workplace use the Plan, Do, Check, Act approach to manage health and safety in a way that is simple and proportionate to your risks, while still complying with the law There are also links to useful resources on the site, including our free to download publication Managing for health and safety (HSG65). |
The fine was issued after a worker fell into a sump due to inadequate grating and sustained severe burn injuries and permanent scarring to his leg. HSE's investigation found the company: failed to undertake a risk assessment of the work involved had no safe system of work in place as the grating was not secured and there were no barriers in place to prevent a fall into the sump Read this press release for full details about the incident. HSE has guidance on managing risks and risk assessment at work. Other recent enforcement headlines include: Recycling company fined 200,000 after worker's arm severed Company fined after delivery driver suffers brain injury The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has issued a reminder about the transitional arrangements for building control approval for higher-risk buildings (HRBs). The transitional arrangements allow HRB projects which are already underway to stay under the current building control regime and avoid transfer to BSR. If your project had building control arrangements established before 1 October 2023, and will make substantial progress before 6 April 2024, it may qualify for transitional provisions. However, developers must take the required steps now for their projects to benefit from these provisions. Read more about the eligibility criteria |
Since October, HSE has been inspecting manufacturing businesses that use metalworking fluids in their machining processes, with more than half of inspections identifying failings. As a result, enforcement action has been taken against employers. The most common failings found are: not having local exhaust ventilation not completing regular fluid quality checks not providing health surveillance for lung and skin conditions For information and links to guidance to help you check your business has the correct measures in place, visit HSEs metalworking fluids campaign webpage. Why it matters Metalworking fluid is a hazardous substance that comes under COSHH regulations (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations). The annual statistics on work-related ill health and workplace injuries for 2022/23 show: an estimated 12,000 people die each year from lung diseases linked to exposure to hazardous substances at work an estimated 19,000 new cases of breathing and lung problems are thought to have been caused or made worse by work New transitional arrangements for the registration of building inspectors in England have been announced. A competence assessment extension period of 13 weeks will be introduced from 6 April to 6 July 2024 to enable those professionals who meet specific criteria to continue to operate. Professionals who are not registered by 6 April will not benefit from the extension period and will not be able to continue to work on regulated building control activities after this date. Read the letter to industry from the Director of Building Safety for HSE, Philip White. | 