Category Archives: Health and Safety Updates

NI motorists offered speed awareness courses

“Motorists in Northern Ireland who break the speed limit are to be offered the chance to avoid a fine and three penalty points on their licence if they agree to undertake speed awareness courses. The initiative is being introduced in an attempt to reduce the number of drivers killed on the roads every year. In [...]
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Code of Practice for the Design and Installation of Anchors

The HSA (Health and Safety Authority) have published a New “Code of Practice for the Design and Installation of Anchors” which came into effect on May 17th 2010. According to the HSA, “The aim of this code of practice is to provide practical guidance to designers, specifiers and installers of metal anchors on the requirements [...]
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Revised Guidelines to the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 – Chapter 1 of Part 7: Safety Signs at Places of Work

The Guidelines to the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 – Chapter 1 of Part 7: Safety Signs at Places of Work have been revised.The actual 2007 Regulations themselves do not change and the HSA does not consider it necessary to replace, or physically separate the text and pictogram of, any [...]
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Optical Radiation Regulations now law

The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (SI 176/2010) which transpose the EU Optical Radiation Directive (2006/25/EC) into Irish national law were signed and came into effect on April 29th. Notice of the regulations was published on May 4th. The regulations have been published on the Department of Enterprise, Trade [...]
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Working on Roads Code of Practice for Contractors with Three or less Employees

The Health and Safety Authority have published this new Guidance Document and it is available for free download as of from today at the following link http://www.hsa.ie/eng/Publications_and_Forms/Publications/Construction/Working_on_Roads_Code_of_Practice_-_For_Contractors_with_Three_or_Less_Employees.html. “This is a Code of Practice aimed at Contractors involved in Roadwork and Road Maintenance activities where three or less persons are employed. The aim of this Code [...]
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Safe Hospitality – New HSA Publication

Safe Hospitality is a practical and easy to use guide to help ensure safe and healthy workplaces for those in the hotel, restaurant, catering and bar trades. You will find simple and easy to implement safeguards that can be put in place easily with immediate impact. There are seven parts in total. Part 1 is [...]
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New Code of Practice for Avoiding Danger near Underground Services

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has published a new Code of Practice for Avoiding Danger near Underground Services. “This Code of Practice is a result of a joint initiative between the Health and Safety Authority, Construction Industry Federation, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, key utility companies/service providers and local authorities that are involved in [...]
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New HSA Guidance Publication on Employees with Disabilities

The Health and Safety Authority has published a new Guidance Publication which addresses aspects of work – related safety, occupational health and facilities management and welfare as they pertain to work place health and safety for employees with disabilities. The Booklet can be ordered from the HSA or downloaded for free on their website. For [...]
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New Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

These new Regulations came into effect on July 27th 2009. These Regulations consolidate, revoke and re-enact with amendments the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002. They provide for re-enforcement and the implementation of various EU Directives in relation to Chemicals and their main purpose is to adopt within the European [...]
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CSCS Card Deadline July 6th 2009

The deadline for the requirement for sufficient workers to hold certain CSCS cards is looming. The cards are as follows: CSCS Signing, Lighting and Guarding at Roadworks CSCS Mobile Tower Scaffold operations CSCS Location of underground services CSCS Shotfiring For more information on complying with this deadline, please contact us.
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