Guidance update on controlling legionella bacteria in evaporative cooling systems Our technical guidance publication ‘The control of legionella bacteria in evaporative cooling systems’ (HSG274: Part 1), has been updated. The guidance for managing the legionella risk presented by evaporative cooling systems has been improved in several areas. These changes include: further information on DPD No …
Some Stoneridge SE5000 transitional smart 2 tachograph devices are wrongly displaying and recording an error message. ‘Hardware sabotage’ will be displayed on the screen and an event will be recorded in the tachograph. Impact on tachograph devices We have received assurances from Stoneridge that this error does not affect the working of the tachograph. It …
A rental housing operator has been ordered to pay £18 million towards building safety works at the former Olympic Village due to flammable-style cladding. Serious fire safety defects were first discovered at five blocks at the site, now known as the East Village, in Stratford in November 2020, court documents show. Homeowners have been plunged into a “state of terrible uncertainty” since, …
The owner of an equestrian yard in Bicester has been fined £5,000 for breaches of fire safety legislation that put lives in danger. The case was heard at Oxford Magistrates court on 2 January 2024. Fire safety inspectors from Oxfordshire County Council’s Fire and Rescue Service visited the premises in October 2020, where they found …
Man handed community order for illegal removal of asbestos 15 January 2024 The man was handed an 18-month community order after removing asbestos from a school, when he did not hold a license to do so. Director receives suspended prison sentence after scaffolder suffers electric shock 15 January 2024 The company was also fined £50,000 …
Overall remediation At the end of December 2023, there are 3,839 residential buildings 11 metres and over in height identified with unsafe cladding whose remediation progression is being reported on in this release, an increase of 15 since the end of November 2023. At the end of 2022, DLUHC was monitoring the remediation progress of …
HSE launches ‘Asbestos – Your Duty’ campaign HSE has launched a new campaign to highlight the risk of asbestos in buildings and raise awareness of the legal duty to manage those risks. Many buildings in Great Britain that were built or refurbished before 2000 may contain asbestos. Asbestos was completely banned in 1999. Asbestos can …
HSE is aware of 3 fatal incidents in Great Britain since 2019, where the operator of a lorry loader has been crushed against the bodywork of the vehicle by the retracting leg of a powered tilting stabiliser. On some lorry loaders with powered ‘tilting’, stabilisers people can be crushed against the bodywork of the vehicle when …
Overfill of vapour recovery units HSE’s investigation into a gasoline overfill of a carbon adsorption VRU revealed concerns with its design. The overfill prevention system was not independent of the basic process control system (BPCS), meaning that when the BPCS failed, the overfill prevention system also failed, resulting in a loss of containment. This risked …
DVSA has published its first Market Surveillance Unit (MSU) report on vehicle and component testing. The MSU inspects vehicles, trailers, parts, and equipment to make sure they are safe for people to buy and use. It also checks that they meet current and relevant environmental standards. Vehicle and component testing The report looks at their …
