British Safety and Health Executive

In order to distinguish between soluble and insoluble Pt in air, the British Health and Safety Executive employed leaching of air dust in workplace atmosphere collected on cellulose ester filters in 0.07 M HCl to solubilize the soluble Pt fraction (MDHS 46,1985). Alt et al. (1993) also used this procedure to determine soluble Pt in milligram... 

At present, several approved Hsts of air sampHng and analytical methods exist on a national basis within and outside Europe, these having been developed more or less independently by standardization organizations or regulatory authorities. European organizations have developed and edited a remarkable number of approved methods for air sampHng at the workplace. These include the British Health and Safety Executive (HSE), which has the so-called MDHS series [6-88], and the French INRS Institut National de Recherche et de Securite , which offers... 

Loo-Morrey, M. and Houlihan, R. Further slip-resistance testing of footwear for use at work. British Health and Safety Executive, Health and Safety Laboratory, Report Number HSL, 2007. 

In my opinion, the British Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is similar in some aspects to a British version of the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration blended with the US National Safety Council. The HSE s website is comprehensive and easy to use. The HSE s objective is to prevent death, injury and ill-health in Great Britain s workplaces - by becoming part of the solution. The search engine at this site can connect you to a treasure chest of supporting informatioa... 

Regulatory and advisory bodies publish methods for ambient air analysis such as those issued by the British Standards Inshtute and the US Environment Protechon Agency (Tables 10.24 and 10.25, respectively). Methods for assessment of workplace air are published by the Health and Safety Executive. Some of these are generic methods (Table 10.26) whilst others are compound specihc (Table 10.27). Examples of other official methods for moihtoring workplace air quality are those published by the British Standards Inshtute (Table 10.28), and the US Nahonal Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Table 10.29). Table 10.30 provides addihonal guidance on analytical techniques for a selection of substances. 

This situation does not apply only to Germany. The Health and Safety Executive quotes specific figures for the UK, which give an idea of application of occupational health and safety legislation there In approximately 1.3 nullion British compaiues chemicals are handled. When questioned, only 16% of these compaiues were able to state the applicable law for handling chenucals or the limit values for these substances at the workplace. With regard to the need for protective measures, these 16% also rely almost entirely on the details contained in the safety data sheets. 

Health and Safety Executive, British Government. The Control of Legionellosis, Including Legionnaires Disease (HS(G)70). Her Majesty s Stationary Office, UK, 1991. 

As searches are carried out for OSH information, some of the references found may be in languages other than English but which may have been translated. Many organizations need to have translations made of articles in periodicals, reports and even chapters of books. The Health and Safety Executive Information Service is a prolific source of translations, producing about 700+ a . These translations are all deposited with the British... 

That the newspapers are not necessarily telling the truth (see Health and Safety Executive myths ad infinitum ) does not seem to be relevant, and ignores the fact that the integrity of the British press is in fact an entirely different problem from health and safety. With regard to occupational health and safety, Cameron goes on to boldly claim that ... 

Our initial round of interviews in the U.K. nuclear power industry was conducted in July 1999 with the British nuclear safety authorities— the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (Nil)— and the private nuclear generating company in England (British Energy). A second round of interviews was conducted in January 2000 to follow up on open issues. Additional background information was obtained from discussions with trade union representatives and a local U.K. trade press correspondent. The U.K. interviewees were given considerable latitude to describe the process and impacts of industry restructuring in their own terms, in part because a sensitive audit was still pre-decisional at the time of the interviews. 

U.K. Health and Safety Executive (2000), Safety Management Audit of British Energy Generation Limited and British Energy Generation (UK) Limited, Balliol, United Kingdom, Nuclear Safety Directorate. 

The British Rubber Manufacturers Association (BRMA) publishes an operating and medical code of practice Isocyanates in Industry and the United Kingdom Health and Safety Executive publishes Isocyanates Toxic Hazards and Precautions, Environmental Hygiene No. 16 (1979). Additionally all isocyanate manufacturers provide free and excellent literature pertaining to the handling and use of diisocyanates. 

Hoses can be so useful, yes even indispensable, and yet used without sufficient discipline and caution they can be a menace. The British Health and Safety Laboratory studied 718 Loss of Containment Incidents occurring between 1991 and 2002 and published it in 2003 [7]. Loss of containment incidents were identified from about 2500 investigations reported to the Health and Safety Executive. It is surprising that the HSE reported that the site of release of about 9.7% of all of the loss of containment incidents occurred involving a flexible hose. Said differently, about 10% of all loss of containment involved flexible hoses. The report is cryptic and statistical in nature. The report stated that 3.9% on the releases were at cotmections, 2.6% were in the hose body and 3.2% were open-ended sitirations. 

Since 1994 the Club has been self-sufficient, but it retains the active support of the DTI and EPSRC, as well as that of the Health and Safety Executive, the Institution of Electrical Engineers, and the British Computer Society. All of these bodies are represented on the Club s Steering Group. 

Considerable assistance is also gratefully acknowledged from Ruth Powell, Paul Winner, Tim Jordan, Graham Hollins, Steve Lewis and Sebastion Lazareno. Material in this book is reprinted by permission of the University of London and Figure 1 is reprinted by permission of the Trustees of The British Museum. Financial support was received from grants from the Wellcome Foundation and the Health and Safety Executive. 

Health and Safety Executive, Electrical Apparatus for Use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres, Health and Safety Series Booklet no. HS(G)22, HMSO, London (1984) British Standards Institution, BS 5490 1977(1985), Specification for classification of degrees of protection provided by enclosures, BSI, London (1985)... 

The text of any book is enhanced by the inclusion of tables, diagrams and figures and I am grateful to the many companies who have kindly provided illustrations. I would also like to acknowledge the help I have received from a number of organisations who have provided information. Particularly I would like to thank the journal Engineering, the Fire Prevention Association, the Health and Safety Executive, the British Standards Institution and the International Labour Office. 

The use of electrical equipment in potentially flammable atmospheres should be avoided as far as possible. However, there will be many cases where electrical equipment must be used and, in these cases, the standards for the construction of the equipment should comply with the Equipment and Protective Systems Intended for Use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (known as ATEX) and details on the classification or zoning of areas are published by the British Standards Institution and the Health and Safety Executive. 

In 1999 the Home Office and the Health and Safety Executive published a comprehensive report entitled Violence at Work Findings from the British Crime Survey. This was updated with a joint report Violence at Work New Findings of The British Crime Survey 2000, which was published in July 2001. This report shows the extent of violence at work and how it has changed during the period 1991-1999 (Table 17.9). 

The lack of prescription in the legislation is meant to be offset by the provision of comprehensive guidance and the setting of benchmark standards by bodies such as the Health and Safety Commission/Health and Safety Executive (HSC/HSE) and the British Standards Institution (BSI). Trade associations and other similar organisations have an important role in this respect, and guidance material published by bodies such as Electrical Equipment Manufacturers and Users Association (EEMUA), the Institution of Electrical Engineers (lEE), the Electrical Contractors Association (ECA) and Electrical Contractors Association of Scotland (SELECT) is extremely useful. 

The joint British Standards Institute and Health and Safety Executive HS (G) 65 (BS 8800)... 

Executive or, for example, by the British Standards Institution. What this means is that in relation to that particular risk, or array of risks, the Commission has approved, with the agreement of the Secretary of State, a way of dealing with the particular problems. Failure to comply with a Code of Practice could be used as evidence that all that was reasonably practicable had not been carried out, and in that case the onus would fall on the accused to show that their measures were either as good as the Code of Practice or better. This is, of course, quite convenient and useful for large companies who are in the forefront of developments in health and safety. They can develop a system that at least does what is immediately required by the law and develop from there. But, nevertheless, there are many smaller industrial concerns which find it difficult to decide exactly what they should do, and the concept of what is reasonably practicable is not much help to them. The Health and Safety Executive produce a fair body of detailed requirements which, given some guidance, the smaller firms and less professional or less expert people will be able to follow and should keep them free from health and safety problems. 

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