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2 January 2024

CEFNI has released resources for the month long health and safety initiative, Safety Reboot, taking place throughout January 2024. The aim of the initiative is to encourage construction companies to stop work for about 15 minutes, once a week through..

15 December 2023

The Department for the Economy has launched a public appointment competition to appoint a new Chair to the Board of the Health HSENI. HSENI plays an important role in educating, informing, communicating with, and supporting businesses to comply with..

14 December 2023

The Corporate Plan (CP) was approved in October 2022 by the then Minister for the Economy. The CP set sets out the key areas of work that HSENI will focus on up to 2028. It has been developed by our staff and also through public consultation which h..

14 December 2023

HSENI will be carrying out an inspection initiative focusing on machinery guarding, safe isolation and maintenance procedures across private waste premises in Northern Ireland from 15 January 2024 through February and March. HSENI inspectors will be..

4 December 2023

HSENI will focus on the safe loading and unloading of vehicles in the haulage and logistics sector as part of its recently launched ‘Drive Danger Out’ workplace transport safety campaign. The focused inspections are now under way an..

28 November 2023

Research on noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) shows around a fifth of the British working population could be exposed to high noise levels while doing their job. HSE’s noise expert Chris Steel said: “If you are shouting at work and can&r..

18 November 2023

HSENI's Agriculture and Food Team (AFT) has announced it will be conducting workplace transport inspections focused on agricultural contractors throughout Northern Ireland from November 2023 to March 2024. The inspection programme is being ..

18 November 2023

HSENI has announced it will be carrying out an inspection initiative focusing on machinery guarding, safe isolation and maintenance procedures across Northern Ireland Quarries from 11 December through January 2024. HSENI inspectors will be vi..

11 November 2023

November is CO Awareness Month. Find out about the dangers from carbon monoxide and how best to protect yourself and others from this deadly gas. 'Silent killer' CO is produced by the incomplete combustion of solid, liquid, and gaseous fu..

6 November 2023

Construction Industry Training Board NI has achieved a milestone through its Apprenticeship Grant scheme.  Since it launched in 2017, the scheme has helped to recruit and support 1000 apprentices into the NI construction industry. When the sche..

4 November 2023

HSENI Annual Report and Accounts for 2022-2023 published The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has published its Annual Report and Accounts for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023. The twenty-fourth annual publication re..

28 October 2023

HSENI have been informed of potential problems with Scheider Electric Smart-UPS 192V battery cartridge (Part Number APCRBC140). A product recall has been issued for Part Number APCRBC140. Issue The results of analysis performed by Schneider Electri..