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Monthly Archives: November 2014
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- RR1089 – Leadership and Worker Engagement in the Ports IndustryHSE’s 2014 Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) on Safety in Docks (L148) was developed through close consultation with employer and employee representatives. This qualitative study explored how leadership and worker engagement practices were implemented in GB ports.
- Container terminal in court after worker injuredLondon Container Terminal (Tilbury) Limited (LCT) has been fined after a worker was seriously injured when the ‘straddle’ carrier he was driving overturned at Tilbury Docks in November 2014.
- Cargo handling company fined for safety failings after worker injuredA cargo handling company based in Aberdeen has been fined after a worker suffered serious injury.
- Plant hire firm fined after worker tipped from lifting basketA lifting and plant hire company in Wick has been fined after a worker was seriously injured when he fell from a man riding basket.
- Company fined after agency worker seriously injuredA Suffolk cargo handling company has been fined £100,000 after an employee suffered serious injury when a sheet of marble weighing one tonne fell on him.
- Firm fined after worker suffered fatal crush injuriesClydeport Operations Limited (Clydeport) of Glasgow, has been fined for safety failings after a worker suffered fatal crush injuries at their Hunterston Coal Terminal site in Ayrshire.
- Port operator fined after worker injured by capstanAn Essex maritime terminal worker suffered serious injury after his arm became wrapped around a powered capstan, while mooring an ocean-going vessel.
- CD278 – Consultation on the revision of the Freight Containers Regulations 1984This document sets out proposals to amend the Freight Containers (Safety Convention) Regulations 1984 to give effect to amendments made to the International Convention for Safe Containers 1972. In the main, the amendments introduce significant physical changes to the Safety Approval Plates on freight containers and additional safety tests. Consultation closes on 26 February 2016.
- Teesside firm fined after worker’s fatal fallA north east port has been fined £400,000 following the death of an agency worker who fell eight metres onto the steel deck of ship’s hold at Hartlepool Dock
- Consultation launched on Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas RegulationsHSE is currently consulting on proposals to replace the Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987 (DSHAR) with new shorter and up to date regulations and is also seeking views on a new shorter Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) to support the regulations. Consultation began on 28 October and closes on 23 December 2015.
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