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Improved guidance on managing health and safety and controlling risk

There are no changes to legal requirements, but HSEs improved guidance structure will help you quickly find and understand what your business must do to comply with health and safety law. The improvements include a new, brief guide providing an introduction to managing health and safety. This will help you: understand what managing health and safety means find the right guidance for your workplace use the Plan, Do, Check, Act approach to manage health and safety in a way that is simple and proportionate to your risks, while still complying with the law Our new common workplace risks guidance will help you quickly find specific advice on the risks in your workplace. A new managing health and safety page will help you find the right level of guidance for your business. We have also created a workplace, health, safety and welfare website. This brings guidance together on legal duties such as ventilation, temperature, safety signs and emergency procedures, for the first time. Please take part in our survey to provide your feedback on the improved guidance structure.

Companies sentenced after worker is hospitalised for nearly 2 weeks

Two construction companies have been sentenced after a worker was hospitalised when struck by a 124kg panel.

The individual was a lift supervisor at a construction site and had been using a tower crane to lift a structured insulated panel (SIP). During the lifting operation, the SIP struck steelwork and fell on top of the worker, resulting in a fractured collarbone, shoulder blade, left ankle and rib.

HSE's investigation found that both the principal contractor, andthe contractor responsible for the design, supply and installation of the SIPs, were responsible for health and safety failings. Both firms were fined.

Read this press releasefor more details on the incident.

Find out about theConstruction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015).

Other recent prosecution cases include:

• Joinery firm fined for failing to control wood dust

Volunteering: guidance on how to manage the risks

HSE has guidance on how to manage the risks to volunteers.It will help employers who engage volunteers keep them, and those who work with them, healthy and safe. The guidance explains how health and safety law applies to volunteering. There is also information on: when to report incidents involving volunteers including volunteers in your risk assessments For further information visit our volunteering website.

Extra checks on fairground rides this summer

Targeted inspections on the safety of specific fairground and theme park rides are taking place after a string of incidents.

The programme, which runs until September 2023 and will feature an additional 100 inspections, aims to promote the safe use of certain rides.

This follows a number of incidents at different fairgrounds and theme parks in recent years, several of which are currently under investigation by HSE.

• Find out more about the inspection campaign
• Get guidance and advice from our fairgrounds website
• Read our free to download publicationFairgrounds and amusement parks: guidance on safe practice (HSG175)

Latest job vacancies

Come and workfor HSE and help to protect lives and livelihoods.

We currently have a range of vacancies.For details of selected posts, follow the links below:

• Building Safety Regulatory Lead
  Closes 12 May; 4 roles available
  
  

• Head of Chemicals and Devolution
  closes 22 May
  
  

• Ergonomist/Human Factors Practitioner
  closes 26 May