11th April 2015
The HSE have issued this Safety Alert to highlight the issue of chloride stress corrosion cracking which has been found to affect stainless steel (grade 316/316L) […]
HSE Alerts
11th October 2014
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 […]
11th September 2014
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 […]
11th July 2014
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 […]
11th May 2014
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 […]
11th February 2014
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 […]
11th February 2014
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 […]
11th November 2012
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 […]
11th October 2012
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 […]
