All posts in this section will be addressing enforcement notices, both improvement and prohibition, issued to UK foundries by the Health and Safety Executive.
Latest Prosecutions of UK Foundries by the HSE
There have been three prosecutions to date this year of UK foundries, the details of which are shared below. It ...
HSE visits to UK foundries to increase throughout 2023
Following the resulting levels of enforcement issued against UK foundries as a result of their silica campaign visits which ran ...
HSE silica campaign is impacting on UK foundries
In October 2022 the HSE started their latest proactive inspection campaign looking at users of silica. This campaign includes foundries. ...
HSE / CMF Molten Metal Safety Alert
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are investigating a number of molten metal/moisture explosions that have occurred in UK foundries ...
The Health and Safety Executive are still busy tackling industry issues
Employees exposure to workplace noise, vibration, dusts and fumes are still significant issues being found by the HSE during their ...
Can we put a cost on getting health and safety wrong? – We can give it a good go!
People say you can’t truly understand the costs of doing health and safety versus not doing it. This may be ...
HSE Safety alert for welding fume posted on website
There is new scientific evidence from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) that exposure to mild steel welding ...
HSE enforcement Actions 2017/18
In their operational year 2017/18, the Health & Safety Executive issued a total of 34 notices (32 improvement, 2 prohibition) ...