Help HSE to improve communications for those working in construction trades by completing our short survey on safety and asbestos in the workplace. Your feedback will be used to evaluate the design of our current and future communications about asbestos to businesses. The survey will only take 5 minutes to complete.Your answers are confidential and will be anonymised before being reported in aggregate with the views of other tradespeople across sectors. Thank you. Take part in the survey |
The TrustMark App was developed in collaboration with HSE, launched in Autumn 2022, and has recently had new content added. The App is aimed at helping homeowners to better understand what they need to know and do when having building work done on their home, to make sure that everything is in place to keep people and property safe while works are ongoing. Content already on the App includes information on energy efficiency measures insulation, solar panels, heat pumps and double glazing; general repair and maintenance; and work when changing or replacing kitchens and bathrooms. New content added includes information on loft conversions, garden buildings, living spaces and garages. For further information read TrustMark's press release Download the TrustMark App for free on Apple and Android devices HSE is one of the UK's market surveillance authorities, which monitors and enforces legal requirements on the safety (including risks to health) of most products used in the workplace. HSE has a duty to notify the Secretary of State about unsafe or non-compliant products and of the measures taken and communicated by an economic operator. Products that present a serious or high risk to the health and safety of the user, and products that have been recalled, are published on GOV.UK. A recent example of a product HSE investigated is the RGA5 fall arrest block, designed to stop a person after they have fallen. Find out more about the RGA5 fall arrest block product recall There are a range of upcoming virtual and in-person training courses and events organised by, or which involve HSE, including: Manual Handling for Assessors (including NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Manual Handling Risk Assessment)
9 March, HSE Science and Research Centre, Buxton
NEBOSH HSE Introduction to Incident Investigation
23 March, HSE Science and Research Centre, Buxton
Work-related Stress: Developing Manager Capability
28 29 March, live online Find out more about HSE's training and events. Welfare facilities Company and director fined after HSE inspectors find unusable toilet Links for further guidance and information: Managing construction health risks: welfare Unloading vehicles Director given suspended prison sentence and firms fined after worker dies Links for further guidance and information: Loading & unloading Working at Height Roof work Company fined 120,000 after man fell to his death working on roof Links for further guidance and information: Roof work Working at Height Fragile surfaces Two companies fined more than 380,000 after worker fell through roof Links for further guidance and information: Fragile surfaces Working at Height Failure to plan Company fined after worker fractures back and ribs following fall Links for further guidance and information: Assessing all work at height Multiple health and safety failings Building firm fined for multiple failings that included workers being lifted by raised bucket Links for further guidance and information: Planning for construction work Company fined 20,000 for health and safety failings at building site Links for further guidance and information: Principal contractors: roles and responsibilities Gas work Plumber jailed after illegal gas work costs elderly woman over 1,000 Links for further guidance and information: Gas safety Develop a career at HSE and help to protect lives. As the national occupational health and safety regulator, HSE offers a range of rewarding career opportunities. View a list of our latest vacancies. | 