Effective LEV or dust/fume extraction can carry away airborne contaminants before they can be breathed in. This website provides practical advice for employers and employees on buying and using LEV and what to do to comply with the law. It will help designers, installers and examiners work with their customers to control airborne contaminants effectively. HSE Local Exhaust Ventilation
HSE releases annual injury and ill-health statistics for Great Britain The Statistics released at the beginning of November demonstrate that Great Britain is still one of the safest places in the world to work with the lowest number of deaths on record. The statistics, compiled from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and other sources, illustrate […]
HSE’s annual musculoskeletal disorders ‘risk-reduction through design’ award needs your nominations! The award highlights the important contribution that design changes can make to reduce risks of musculoskeletal disorders. Building on the success of last year’s award, they want businesses to nominate design changes that have made a real impact. HSE are looking for approaches that have worked […]
The explosive problem of “Zombie Batteries” Euan Munro from SLR Consulting writes article on the risk of Lithium-Ion battery fires. SWITCH – Battery Fire Risk Article – November 2020
HSE publish workplace health and safety statistics for Scotland, 2020. The report provides a summary of workplace health and safety in Scotland. Key statistics include: 99,000 Workers suffering from work-related ill health each year 10 Fatal injuries to workers 45,00 Non-fatal injuries to workers each year £1.2 billion cost of workplace injury and ill health […]
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) proposing to change the existing guidance document, WST-G-002 Provision and assessment of technically competent management at licensed waste management facilities meaning SEPA will now assess technical competence on the basis of any known previous compliance history as well as on approved qualifications held or bespoke assessment undertaken, rather than focusing […]
View David Goodenough, West Lothian Council (SWITCH member of Education, Training Competence group) webinar on Lessons learned from delivering waste collection during COVID-19. In this webinar David takes us through the key stages of delivering a collection service this year as covid 19 restrictions developed including the issues which arose trying to keep a collection […]
The 5th Annual Health and Safety in Waste and Recycling Conference will take place online this year on Thursday 12th November. To view the full day programme please click here where you will see there are contributions from WSH, UNITE, HSE, Veolia, Comply Direct and more. For more information and too book your place please […]
For the latest HSE Weekly Digest please follow the links below. Topics include: RIDDOR reporting of COVID-19 COVID guidance from HSE Safely working at height Changes ahead as the transition period ends: Act now Please forward this on to any colleagues that you feel will benefit
Thursday 26th November 10:30 – 12:00 Click Here to Register to join the webinar The theme of this year’s virtual event will be ‘Building Sector Resilience: what 2020 taught us and what happens now’. It will take place as a 90-minute webinar session and will also include an interactive Q&A session with the panellists and […]