Free Hearing Seminar – Bracknell 15 November

Need help with HPE compliance in the workplace? Confused by legislation? Want to understand Real World Attenuation?
Then why not join Tim Ward (HSE Principal Specialist Inspector), Professor Peter Wheeler (Former President, Institute of Acoustics) and 3M at their first joint Hearing Seminar 15th November 2011 at 3M Head Office, Bracknell.

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Safety notice – Mobile crushing plant

There is potential, on some mobile crushers, for unintended movement of a machine track if an earth/ground fault occurs because of damage to the outer sheath and insulation of the electrical cable that controls the proportional control valve for the track.

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Leicester firm fined after death of worker

A Leicester manufacturer of quarrying plant and equipment has been fined after a worker was crushed between two nine-metre steel structures which were being lifted with an overhead travelling crane.

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HSE publishes policy for dealing with cases where a local authority is minded to grant planning permission or hazardous substances consent against HSE’s advice

In August 2011, HSE published circular – SPC/Tech/Gen/49 – Criteria document for land use planning cases of serious public safety concern – setting out HSE’s current policy when a Hazardous Substances Authority or Planning Authority advises HSE that it is minded to go against its advice and grant either hazardous substances consent, or planning permission for a development within HSE’s consultation distance of a major hazard installation/pipeline. It includes the criteria which HSE will use to decide whether it should request that such applications are called-in by the Secretary of State, or Welsh Ministers, for their own determination, or to inform Scottish Ministers that HSE maintains its objection to a development proposal and invite them to call it in for their own consideration. This replaces the previous circular SPC/Tech/Gen/22.

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