HSE Alerts

Oct 2014 The HSE has issued a safety alert to raise awareness of potential problems with adequate maintenance of the slew brake release mechanisms. Tower crane slew […]

The HSE has issued a safety alert to raise awareness of potential hydraulic injection injuries which could cause amputation of limbs or even death. Hydraulic injection […]

There has been a recent incident, along with findings from further investigation that suggest that the examination and maintenance of floating roofs in large scale tanks […]

This alert advises that covers/shrouds on machine controls do not protect against entrapment of operators between the machine and nearby obstructions. Devices used to reduce operator […]

An operator was killed when a Genie Z135/70 mobile elevating work platform became unstable and overturned whilst it was working at or very close to its […]

Following the recent collapse of three luffing jib tower cranes in high winds, the HSE has issued the following safety alert. Preventing catastrophic failure of luffing […]

The HSE is issuing this notice to those who use, install, maintain or distribute wood pellet boilers or manufacture/store/distribute wood pellets. Since 2002 there have been […]

This alert is to warn operators that fire resistant composite materials, especially FRP deck gratings, used offshore may fail, or lose integrity, after exposure to relatively […]

This safety bulletin draws attention to key aspects of the proper management of the risks from legionella in water systems other than cooling towers and evaporative […]