Health & Safety News

• November 2012 Biocidal Products Directive Annex I Inclusion Decisions February 22, 2012
  Details on the active substances that will be Included onto Annex I of the Biocidal Products Directive (BPD) on the 1 November 2012. […]
• Nanotechnology – What are nanomaterials? February 22, 2012
  Nanotechnology involves the creation and/or manipulation of materials at the nanometre (nm) scale. One nanometre is 10-9 m or one millionth of a millimetre. Nanoparticles are also manufactured or produced as a by-product of many long standing processes, such as fires, diesel engines and high energy manufacturing processing such as welding or grinding. […]
• HSE clampdown to reduce death and injury on Gloucestershire’s construction sites February 21, 2012
  Construction sites across the West are being put under the safety spotlight as part of an intensive inspection initiative aimed at reducing death, injury and ill-health. Between 20 February and 16 March, inspectors from the Health & Safety Executive will be visiting sites in Gloucestershire, where refurbishment or repair works are being carried out. […]
• HSE clampdown to reduce death and injury on Somerset’s construction sites February 21, 2012
  Construction sites across the South West are being put under the safety spotlight as part of an intensive inspection initiative aimed at reducing death and injury. Between 20 February and 16 March, inspectors from the Health & Safety Executive will be visiting sites Somerset, where refurbishment or repair works are being carried out. […]
• HSE clampdown to reduce death and injury on the West’s construction sites February 21, 2012
  Construction sites across the West are being put under the safety spotlight as part of an intensive inspection initiative aimed at reducing death, injury and ill-health. Between 20 February and 16 March, inspectors from the Health & Safety Executive will be visiting sites in Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, […]
• HSE clampdown to reduce death and injury on Wiltshire’s construction sites February 21, 2012
  Construction sites across the South West are being put under the safety spotlight as part of an intensive inspection initiative aimed at reducing death, injury and ill-health. Between 20 February and 16 March, inspectors from the Health & Safety Executive will be visiting sites Wiltshire, where refurbishment or repair works are being carried out. […]