News

25 August 2023

HSENI's 'Universal safety booklet for migrant workers' is a useful pictorial book for employers with migrant workers. The pictures highlight hazards in the construction and manufacturing industries and the correct and incorrect way to dea..

5 August 2023

HSENI has announced that it will be carrying out a workplace transport inspection campaign at manufacturing premises across Northern Ireland. The inspection campaign will run throughout Autumn, starting in September 2023.  Speaking on the..

3 August 2023

Following an investigation by HSENI, a company director of a gas heating company has been fined at Belfast Magistrates Court in connection with the installation of gas boilers at five residential properties across Northern Ireland. Nathan Jermy, the..

3 August 2023

Construction Industry Advisory Committee (CONIAC) has issued new guidance on managing fire safety on construction sites. CONIAC has recently published fire risk management guidance based on the well-established principles of Plan, Do, Check and Act ..

30 July 2023

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has announced an eight-month long programme of workplace-based transport inspections on farms across Northern Ireland. The work is being undertaken in a determined effort to reduce the numb..

15 July 2023

All this week we are featuring e-zine articles on the  the many ways that technology can be employed to support safety and health in the workplace. Transforming health and safety with AI In the first of this week’s articles on H & S ..

30 June 2023

Following an investigation by HSENI, Bennett Management Contractors (GB) Limited and AF Roofing Limited have been fined for breaches of health and safety legislation. The prosecutions followed an investigation into the circumstances surrounding a fir..

26 June 2023

A Co. Down farmer was  fined £15,000 last week  in Coleraine Crown Court. Appearing at Coleraine Crown court today, Mr Derek Nummy was fined £15,000. In addition a forfeiture order was granted in respect of the JCB loading shov..

17 June 2023

This article from EU-OSHA  looks at the emergence of smart personal protective equipment (PPE) for the workplace. Smart PPE combines traditional means of protection with enhanced materials or electronic components, and it may collect data on th..

10 June 2023

HSE (GB) has issued a safety notice after becoming aware of a number of fires on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) powered forklift trucks and other similar vehicles that have occurred during starting. The build-up of deposits in fuel systems, in partic..

9 June 2023

New guidance designed to help organisations support employees experiencing menopause or menstruation and better enable them to retain experienced and talented people of all ages has been published by BSI. BSI, the UK National Standards Body, has pub..

8 June 2023

This year’s Workers Memorial Day (28th April) was marked by a request from us to deliver a working at height toolbox talk during that week. We were delighted to find that the HSENI Falls from Height guide (which we asked those delivering the t..