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Following the introduction of TG20:13 by the National Access and Scaffolding Confederation earlier this year, the Health & Safety Executive have now produced a scaffold checklist that is intended to outline design requirements, and levels of competence for the erection, dismantling, altering, inspecting and supervising of scaffold operations. The checklist replaces a similar one, relating

Costain is launching new guidance on preventing and controlling exposure to silica dust on its construction sites. The move follows an HSE blitz on small sites that found high levels of non-compliance with current guidance. Inhaling silica dust while drilling or cutting products such as concrete or mortar can lead to lung diseases including silicosis,

The HSE has opened a six week consultation on changes to the Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) relating to the Safe Work in Confined Spaces – Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 (L101). The regulator says the revisions are designed to clarify, not change, the requirements for dutyholders. In 2012, the HSE consulted on the need to revise

The HSE is planning a partial reversal of its plan to abandon the Approved Code of Practice when it implements the CDM Regulations 2015, and now intends to publish a slimline version to accompany new regs. The HSE had planned to remove the ACOP, which gives practical advice on implementing CDM 2007, In favour of

Trade body The Ladder Association has launched the 2014 Ladder Exchange which runs 1 September to 31 December.   Run by the Ladder Association since 2012, the Ladder Exchange promotes the use of safe ladders and helps take potentially dangerous ones out of service by allowing both individuals and businesses to trade in their old ladders, regardless of

A national targeted inspection focussing on health risks for construction workers saw enforcement action taken at one in six of hundreds of sites visited. During the two week period of proactive inspections, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) demanded improvements, and in some cases put an immediate stop to work activities, where they fell short

Shane Ponting joins The Building Safety Group as a Safety Adviser looking after our members sites in Swindon and the surrounding areas. Shane is passionate about Health and Safety and has spent most of his working life within it, so is very well established to continue to advise and thoroughly support all our members ensuring

City and Country have chosen The Building Safety Group (BSG) to be its UK consultants for health, safety and environmental advice. The renowned heritage developer chose BSG as its preferred partner because it was considered to be the best equipped safety group to cater for City and Country’s requirements. “City and Country is rapidly expanding

The Health and Safety Executive ( HSE) has launched a new website on occupational disease. The site, Tackling occupational disease, states that work-related health issues are harder to tackle than safety issues as cause and effect are often not clearly linked. HSE says that it wants to build on work that public, private and third