Sevron http://www.sevron.co.uk Just another WordPress site Sat, 19 May 2012 23:00:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en MSDS’s Over 100+ Pages Due To Exposure Scenarios Due to the new REACH regulations many Safety Data Sheets (MSDS/SDS) need to be revised. Part of this revision is the inclusion of Exposure Scenarios. These inclusions will help generate MSDS that are over 100+ pages.

The thought of maintaining a library of MSDS’s over… Read more

]]> http://www.sevron.co.uk/safety-data-sheets/msds-over-100-pages/ How To Implement A Risk Assessment Management System

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]]> http://www.sevron.co.uk/tips-advice/implement-risk-assessment-management-form/ Lack of hygiene facilities results in firm prosecution A building company form Bristol has been fined for failing to provide basic washing and welfare facilities for workers despite previous HSE enforcement action against the company.

The Health and Safety Executive visited CR Construction (SW) Ltd on 16 June 2011 at its site at… Read more

]]> http://www.sevron.co.uk/coshh/news-coshh/lack-hygiene-facilities-results-firm-prosecution/ Roof fall death results in suspended sentence A former Leicester businessman has been given a 12 month suspended prison sentence after a migrant worker was killed when he fell through the roof of a disused factory.

Musa Suleman, had instructed builder Robert Jozwiak, to repair the roof on a disused textile dye… Read more

]]> http://www.sevron.co.uk/coshh/news-coshh/roof-fall-death-results-suspended-sentence/ Further intervention recommended in limiting occupational cancer According to new research conducted by Dr Lesley Rushton in the British Journal of Cancer, more action is required by the HSE to prevent work-related cancer. The findings were presented to the HSE in December 2011.

Cancer can be caused by substances called carcinogens. Occupational… Read more

]]> http://www.sevron.co.uk/coshh/intervention-recommended-limiting-occupational-cancer/ Industrial solvent linked to Parkinson’s disease A commonly used manufacturing and engineering substance, used to clean metal parts, has been linked to the development of Parkinson’s disease among workers exposed to it.

A team of international scientists found a six-fold increase in the risk of developing Parkinson’s among those who had… Read more

]]> http://www.sevron.co.uk/news/industrial-solvent-linked-parkinsons-disease/ Barnet Football League Club fined after teenage worker sustains burns Barnet football club have been fined after a kitchen employee suffered burns in an accident involving a tea urn.

On September 29th 2011 at  Hendon Magistrates’ Court, both Barnet FC and former catering manager Allan Collinge pleaded guilty to health and safety failures which contributed… Read more

]]> http://www.sevron.co.uk/coshh/news-coshh/barnet-football-league-club-fined-teenage-worker-sustains-burns/ Slips, Trips & Falls – The Cost to Business Slips, trips and falls are the main cause of major injuries at work accounting for 30% of the total. They also cost 40 workers their lives in 2009.

Preventable slips, trips and falls are having a serious financial effect on the UK. The Health and… Read more

]]> http://www.sevron.co.uk/what-is-health-and-safety/workplace-accidents/slips-trips-falls-cost-business/ Manual Handling – Case Study Manual Handling Risks Result in Company Fine

A company from Sunderland was fined a total of £5,000 by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for failing to carry out adequate risk assessments of manual handling tasks.

The company manufacture and install a range of fencing… Read more

]]> http://www.sevron.co.uk/what-is-health-and-safety/workplace-accidents/manual-handling/ Slips, Trips and Falls – Case Study 2 Tripping Accident Leads to Store Fine

Poor housekeeping in a convenience store led to prosecution following a tripping accident to a customer.

The customer tripped over newspaper binding (used to hold newspapers together) while shopping in the store and caused an injury to her hip.… Read more

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