The BetteRSAfe newsletter from RSA helps to keep up to date with health and safety issues, especially those related to our Engineering Inspection & Consultancy services.
In Issue 13 the CEA thought that the articles included would be of some interest to our members and colleagues.
To read the Newsletter click here or follow this link http://www.rsainspection.co.uk/News/pr-news-bettersafe-issue13.html
The titles included are:
Pressure System Failure Leads to the Largest Ever Corporate Manslaughter Fine
A South Yorkshire waste firm has been fined £500,000 after being found guilty of corporate manslaughter following an explosion in January 2011 which caused the death of a 42-year-old employee
Proposed Increase in Sentences for Health & Safety Offences
The Sentencing Council has published draft guidelines to assist sentencers dealing with corporate manslaughter, health & safety offences and food safety and hygiene offences.
HSE Publish Latest Annual Health and Safety Statistics
The HSE has published the latest annual statistics on work-related health and safety in Great Britain.
Newer PUWER!
The HSE has published a new version of its Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) and guidance on the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (also known as PUWER).
Updated Guidance on Pressure Systems
The HSE has also published an updated version of its ACOP and guidance on the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000 (PSSR).
Firm Sentenced after Pressure System Fatality
A horticultural company has been fined after a 67-year-old worker died and three others were seriously injured in an explosion while emptying a pressurised tank used to heat greenhouses.
Veterinary Firm Punished for Fume Cupboard Failings
A Bedfordshire veterinary firm has been fined after workers were potentially exposed to harmful substances found in animal chemotherapy drugs prepared at the practice over a four year period.
Company to pay £125,000 following Crane Collision Death
An Oldham manufacturer has been ordered to pay £125,000 in fines and costs after an employee died when he was struck by a three-tonne piece of steel being lifted by an overhead crane.
Defective Dumper Truck Caused Worker’s Death
A 20-year-old man died on his first day at work for a new company when the four-tonne dumper he was driving toppled over a bank and crushed him. The HSE investigated the incident and prosecuted the company at Exeter Crown Court.
Man Killed on First Day at Work in Forklift Truck Accident
The worker, 29, was using a forklift truck at a glass recycling plant when it overturned and fatally crushed him.