Category Archives: Health and Safety Updates

Working on Roads Code of Practice for Contractors with Three or less Employees

By Geraldine | Published: May 4, 2010

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

By Geraldine | Published: February 9, 2010

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

By Geraldine | Published: January 22, 2010

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

By Geraldine | Published: October 6, 2009

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

By Geraldine | Published: August 10, 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

By Geraldine | Published: June 9, 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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July 6th 2009 Deadline for new Signing, Lighting and Guarding regulation

By Geraldine | Published: March 12, 2009

The revised Regulation 97 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2006 comes into force on July 6th 2009. This Regulation requires that persons carrying out roadworks must hold a Signing, Lighting and Guarding CSCS Card (SLG CSCS Card). There are two types of SLG CSCS Card, the first card is a [...]

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New CLP Regulations come into effect

By Geraldine | Published: January 21, 2009

The new Regulations on the Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures was published at the end of last year and came into effect on January 20th 2009. The regulations ensure that the description and labelling of hazardous substances shall be universally recognised and understood in all countries. The regulations will eventually replace the [...]

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HSA to increase Farm Inspections

By Geraldine | Published: January 7, 2009

The Health and Safety Authority have announced that due to a significant increase in farm related fatalities in 2008 (21 compared to 11 in 2007) they will be increasing their number of Safety Inspections on Farms this year. The Health and Safety Authority also issued a “Farm Safety Action Plan 2009 – 2012″ in December [...]

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New HSA “Guidelines for Working on Roads”

By Geraldine | Published: December 23, 2008

The Health and Safety Authority has published a new document entitled “Guidelines for Working on Roads”. It gives practical guidance on how to comply with the new amendment to the (Construction) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2008 which deals with Signing, Lighting and Guarding during Construction Work on Roads. The Document can be Downloaded for Free [...]

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