Posts Tagged ‘Improvement Notice’
17/02/2011
HSE clampdown on construction in South Yorkshire
Over the next 3 weeks, construction sites across South Yorkshire will be visited as part of an intensive inspection initiative aimed at reducing death and injury in one of Britain’s most dangerous industries. The HSE will be focusing on construction sites carrying out refurbishment and maintenance as nearly 3/4 of fatalities happen in this side of […]
14/02/2011
Watch out – there’s an Inspector about!
Over the next month, construction sites across the country will be visited as part of an intensive inspection initiative aimed at reducing death and injury in one of Britain’s most dangerous industries. During 2009/10, 42 workers died while working in construction, nationally, & nearly three quarters of these occurred during refurbishment, repair and maintenance activities; […]
08/11/2010
Company fined over noise exposure
A manufacturing firm has been fined for putting the hearing of its employees at risk. The company failed to comply with an Improvement Notice requiring a reduction in their daily noise exposure levels despite being given two extensions to the formal warning. Staff at its factory worked for several hours a day near a granulator machine, […]