Health and safety responsibilities for grid-scale battery energy storage systems This ebulletin is for those with responsibilities during the life-cycle of battery energy storage systems (BESS), including designers, installers and operators. It will point you to information that will help you understand your duties. The relevant legislation includes: Health and Safety at Work Act Dangerous …
In the past few days, two of our crews faced delays in attending incidents due to dangerous parking – our fire engines simply couldn’t get to where they were needed! Fortunately, they eventually reached their destinations, and neither incident was fatal, but these types of delays are common. Please, if you’re parking on a narrow …
Silica in stone working – new advice for installers of stone worktops Stone workers are at risk of exposure to airborne particles of stone dust containing respirable crystalline silica (RCS) when processing stone, including engineered stone, by cutting, chiselling, and polishing. Why this matters Breathing in the silica particles in stone dust over time can …
Latest news and prosecutions This ebulletin contains a selection of HSE’s latest prosecution notices: Company fined after repeated wood dust failures The £4,000 fine was issued after a company failed to protect its workers from exposure to wood dust £60,000 fine issued after worker falls from church steeple An investigation found safety failings which resulted …
Thorough Examination and Testing (TExT) duties Ensure you understand your duties when conducting TExT of microbiological safety cabinets (MBSCs) and other laboratory-based LEV systems There is increasing evidence to suggest that some sectors using MBSCs and other laboratory-based LEV systems do not fully understand their TExT duties under Regulation 9(2) of the Control of Substances Hazardous …
New statutory guidelines published for businesses producing and distributing lithium-ion batteries for e-bikes. From: Office for Product Safety and Standards Published 12 December 2024 The government has published new statutory guidelines for businesses producing and distributing lithium-ion batteries for e-bikes, as the latest step in tackling fires caused by unsafe e-bikes and associated products. There …
Latest news and prosecutions This ebulletin contains a selection of HSE’s latest prosecution notices: Company fined £120,000 after worker breaks leg from fall The worker was adjusting a solar panel and fell 4 metres from the roof of a house School trust fined £300,000 after student death The fine was issued after HSE’s investigation found …
Health and Safety Executive turns 50 HSE celebrated 50 years on 1 January 2025 Created by the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, HSE was officially launched on 1 January 1975. Working together with local authorities for the last 50 years, we have played a central role in reducing workplace death and injury, helping …
Company and director sentenced for putting workers at risk Staff were working at height without proper safety equipment, putting their lives at risk Plastic manufacturing company fined after death of worker The £330,000 fine was issued after a workers sleeve was caught in machinery, leading to fatal injuries Prisoner dies after failure to manage legionella …
A care home business run by private health and care provider BUPA has been ordered to pay a record £1.04m after a resident died in a fire while smoking at one of its care homes. BUPA Care Services (ANS) Ltd was fined £937,500 for fire safety failings and ordered to pay £104,000 prosecution costs at …
