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25/02/2011 - Tube project the first to insist on CSCS smartcards

The Tottenham Court Road underground station upgrade project in central London has become the first construction site to insist on the new CSCS smartcards for all workers.

The joint-venture contractors on the £250m project, VINCI and Bam Nuttall, now require the 150 workers currently on the site (rising to 350 by April) to hold the new cards, which store all the workers’ information in relation to training and qualifications. The cards can be quickly checked using a handheld card reader, or via the user’s own computerised system.

25/02/2011 - EU orders UK to tighten asbestos laws

The European Commission has requested that the UK amend its regulations on asbestos at work because they do not comply fully with the parent EU Directive.
 
Delivered in the form of a reasoned opinion under EU infringement procedures, the Commission wants the UK to change provisions in its legislation that exempt some maintenance and repair activities from the application of the EU Directive on the protection of workers from asbestos.

20/12/2010 - Closing Dates for Festive period.

Due to adverse weather conditions, we have taken the decision to close for the Festive Period. We will be closed from Tuesday 21st December until Tuesday 4th January 2011.

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01/07/2010 - Don’t scrimp on safety to ride out recession, Euro Agency warns.

The recession has significantly affected workplace health and safety across Europe, both positively and negatively, according to the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work.
Warning organisations not to “abandon long-term benefits for short-term gains”, Jukka Takala said: “Spending on workplace health and safety should be seen as an investment, not a cost. With 80 per cent of European managers reporting workplace accidents as their main concern, we cannot afford to make cuts in workplace health and safety.”

01/07/2010 - Britain records its lowest-ever number of worker deaths.

The number of people killed at work in Britain fell to a record low of 151 in 2009/2010 – down from 178 the previous year, and 31 per cent lower than the average figure for the last five years.
The provisional figures cover the period between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2010 and reveal that agriculture was the most dangerous industry. It recorded a massive 52-per-cent increase in fatalities, with 38 workers losing their lives on farms last year compared with the record low of 25 deaths in 2008/09.

18/05/2010 - Safety & Health Expo 2010 was a Huge success!

Trusted Training Services enjoyed a huge amount of success at this years Safety & Health Expo which was held at the NEC in Birmingham. This event is the biggest Health & Safety Expo in Europe which enabled the company to gain some very lucrative contracts and leads which will help them to become even more recognised in the industry as a leading provider of Health & Safety training, consultancy services and products. A statement from the Managing Director at the company says " We are very happy with the response we received from the 1000's of customers we spoke too and we will look forward to working with them to improve their Health, Safety and Environmental needs and we are already looking forward to next years Expo as we have already booked our stand".

27/04/2010 - Shattered Lives – request a free danger sign

You can request a free copy of the A5 colour ‘Danger’ display card for your own sector. The ‘Danger’ display card can be used to remind your staff of the simple actions that they can take to help prevent slips, trips or falls from height happening in particularly hazardous areas of your workplace.

These signs can be used on staff desks, counters and notice boards. Up to five copies of the ‘Danger’ display card can be requested.

Contact us for more information.

27/04/2010 - Safety Alert – Use of chain flail/non standard accessories on brush cutters

Portable, hand-held, combustion engine driven brush cutters are commonly used for cutting weeds, brush and similar vegetation, and are frequently utilised in ground-clearance operations connected with construction work, using a variety of standard cutting attachments.

HSE has become aware of a dangerous practice involving the fitting of non-standard accessories, not approved by the manufacturers, to brush cutting machines. In particular, HSE are aware of the UK supply of chain flail attachments comprising of a cutting head incorporating lengths of metal chain. This alert is relevant to any such metal brush cutter accessory manufactured or assembled from more than one component.

27/04/2010 - Building company fined after digger runs over worker

An East Yorkshire building company was today (24 March) prosecuted by HSE after a construction worker suffered serous injuries when he was run over by a digger.

Brothers Bryan Christopher Kendra and Michael Antony Kendra of L & S Kendra & Sons, Meadow Bank, Melbourne, East Yorkshire, were each fined £9,000 and each ordered to pay £2,500 in costs after both men pleaded guilty to breaching section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.

27/04/2010 - £19,000 fine after mother and daughter poisoned by carbon monoxide

Two landlords and a gas service engineer have been fined a total of £19,000 today after risking the lives of a mother and her six-year-old daughter.

HSE brought the prosecution at Southampton Magistrates Court today (24 March) after Motoko Riley and her six-year-old daughter Emily were severely affected by carbon monoxide.

27/04/2010 - Kent construction employer found guilty after death of employee

A West Kent construction employer has been found guilty of health and safety breaches following the death of an employee.

At Maidstone Crown Court today (24 March), Edward James Day (trading as E J Construction) of Longfield Road, Longfield, Kent, was fined £20,000. A jury found Mr Day, 54, guilty of breaching section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and regulation 37(6) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007.