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HSE has now revised its guidance on exposure to welding fume. The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health direct advice for welding to help make sure exposure to any welding fume released is adequately controlled has been published, along with HSE’s web pages on how to manage exposure to welding fume. In the new year,

WWT Construction Occupational Health and Fire Safety – 14th Nov 2019 Gloucestershire College Join us this Thursday at the WWT Construction Occupational Health and Fire Safety event at Gloucestershire College, Cinderford Campus, Gloucester College, Northern United Way, Cinderford, GL14 3FF. The free event will run from 08:30 to 13:00 on Thursday 14th November 2019 08:00

What are ‘BSG Bytes’? BSG Bytes are a series of short videos discussing topical industry health and safety matters. BSG Byte – Sherri masson Our new BSG Byte is with Sherri Masson, Safety Adviser for the South region at BSG. During the video, Sherri will be discussing: Why are construction sites high risk areas for

The director of a building firm has been sentenced to ten months’ imprisonment after he fatally crushed an employee with a digger. Image credit: HSE Robert Harvey was operating the machine when Nicholas Hall was pinned against a wall by the excavator bucket, causing fatal injuries. The court heard Harvey’s company, Front Row Builders, was

BSG’s October 2019 Newsletter is now available for members to download from the Secure Area. This month’s issue includes: BSG Awards 2019 HSE conducts construction site health blitzes Construction and mental health: CN’s Mind Matters 2019 Survey Lorry drivers told to ‘Look out look up’ as knowledge gap leads to electrocution fatalities Fire-risk warning issued

In September, BSG attended a Working Well Together event on Safe Excavation at the Construction, Skills & Innovation Centre (CSIC) in Taunton. The free half-day event provided self-employed builders and smaller construction companies with practical up-to-date information, help and advice in regards to Health Issues. The information given on the day helped companies to take

BSG understands that a new Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspections initiative has been scheduled to start on the 7th of October. HSE inspectors will be conducting site visits on construction sites to ensure workers are being adequately protected from occupational lung disease. The inspections will run until early November. For information about the key

Hand-arm vibration exposure calculator HSE has made updates to their hand-arm vibration (HAV) exposure calculator. HSE’s HAV exposure calculator helps estimate and record workers’ exposures to HAV and compare them with the actions values in the regulations as part of a HAV risk assessment. It includes drop down vibration magnitudes for common tools from HSE’s

The Building Safety Group (BSG) has reported a 31% increase in the number of electricity breaches occurring on construction sites. BSG’s report was based on 20,000 independent site inspections which compared the first six months of 2018 with the same period during 2019. The most common types of infringement included damaged and trailing cables as