September 2011 News Items
23 Sept 2011
Inadequate
guarding
A farm worker
was injured when dragged into an inadequately guarded turf
harvesting machine.
For further information see
Health and
Safety Executive Press Release
Circular saw
injury
HSE told the court it had
become standard practice by employees to remove the guard as the
height adjustment mechanism on the saw was broken. In addition, the
table saw was not big enough to adequately support the foam being
cut, therefore it was necessary for him to support the foam with
his hands rather than using a push-stick.
For further information see
Health and
Safety Executive Press Release
Big bag falls on
worker
A North East fertiliser
company has been fined after a worker was seriously injured when a
600kg bag of ammonium nitrate fell on him.
Although the company had a risk assessment for the bag store, which
had identified bags falling from the stacks as a hazard, the
control measures were simply too generic and made no reference to
any safe working procedures.
For further information see
Health and
Safety Executive Press release
Consultation - tree-work
standards
An opportunity to input into Lantra's final on-line consultation
to review the roles, skills and job responsibilities required for
people working with trees and timber, and for a chance to win a new
chainsaw. The consultation will run from 1 September to 8
November.
for further information see
Institute
of Chartered Foresters News article
31/08/11.
Civil Servants told to work on Farms
Influential committee of MPs says Government
officials should be sent to work on farms so they can see first
hand the consequences of their policy making
For more information see
Farmers Weekly Interactive