HSE Construction Safety Alerts
Latest Safety Alerts
- 02 November 2011
- Safety notice – Mobile crushing plant
- There is potential, on some mobile crushers, for unintended movement of a machine track if an earth/ground fault occurs because of damage to the outer sheath and insulation of the electrical cable that controls the proportional control valve for the track.
- 02 December 2010
- Safety notice: Gas boilers – flues in voids
- This Safety Notice provides updated information to that in the safety alert that was issued by HSE on 2nd October 2008 following a death earlier that year. The purpose of the original alert was to raise awareness of the potential dangers from certain types of flues connected to gas-fired central heating installations in some properties [...]
- 19 November 2010
- Safety notice – ‘False’ engagement of tipping hooks on ‘builders’ skips
- This safety notice highlights a potential danger whereby fabrication of the skip can result in a lip on which tipping hooks may ‘falsely’ engage and provides advice on corrective actions View safety notice ”False’ engagement of tipping hooks on ‘builders’ skips’
- 09 November 2010
- Safety alert – Deterioration and failure of cold / frozen food store ceilings
- HSE has recently completed a fatal accident investigation following the failure of the ceiling of a frozen food store. Two men fell to the floor of the store when insulation panels separated from the steelwork, which supported the ceiling. One of the men died from his injuries. Following the accident, the investigation revealed that the [...]
- 24 September 2010
- HSE Podcast – Electric gates safety warning
- In this episode: We speak to David Ashton, HSE’s Director of Field Operations, about the new warning that has been issued to the manufacturers and installers of electric gates. HSE Podcast – Electric gates safety warning
- 02 September 2010
- Safety notice – Risks to pedestrians from crushing zones on electrically powered gates
- Actions required to prevent the trapping and crushing of persons by electrically powered gates. The purpose of this Safety Notice is to reinforce and update previous information to organisations and individuals involved in the design, construction, installation and commissioning of electrically powered gates and organisations in control of their use and/or maintenance. It is also [...]
