Updated HSE ACOP - Welfare Regs.

This month the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published new guidance for employers on how to protect the health, safety and welfare of their workers.

Following consultation, HSE has reviewed and updated the Workplace Regulations Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) (L24) to make it easier for employers to understand and meet their legal obligations and so reduce the risks of over-compliance.

Following recommendations by Professor Ragnar Löfstedt in his report ‘Reclaiming health and safety for all’, the ACOP was identified for review and revision, consolidation or withdrawal.

The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 cover a wide range of basic health, safety and welfare issues and apply to most workplaces except for those involving work on construction sites, those who work in or on a ship and those who work below ground at a mine.

Legal responsibilities to protect workers’ health and safety are not altered by any changes to the ACOP.
HSE spokesman Chris Rowe said: ‘Across HSE we are working hard to ensure that employers have access to good-quality advice which makes clear what they need to do to protect workers.

‘The revised ACOP will help employers understand the regulatory requirements on key issues such as temperature, cleanliness, workstations and seating, toilets and washing facilities.’

The review of and subsequent revision to the Workplace ACOP was subject to public consultation and the changes were agreed by both the HSE Board and the minister of state with responsibility for health and safety.

More info: http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/l24.pdf

Friday Fun - digging yourself out of a hole

This was recently posted on a the climbing web site Climb Tafraout

What do you do when your digger falls in a hole? Answer, send for it's dad!

If only there could be a David Attenborough commentary.

Friday Fun - Engineering Quotes

Today we thought we'd have some fun with quotes

"To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the

glass is half empty. 

To the engineer, the glass is twice as big

as it needs to be."

Unknown

"The most important thing is to keep the most important thing the most important thing.

From the book "Foundation design" by Coduto, Donald P.

"Death and taxes are unsolved engineering projects."

Romana Machado

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler"

Albert Einstein

"Engineering is the art of doing with one dollar which any bungler can do with two after a fashion."

AM Wellington (1887)

"Fast, Good, Inexpensive"

Pick two!

Our Boss, Andy Fewtrell ;o)

My favourite is:

"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."
Douglas Adams

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