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 Why the Grenfell Tower inquiry must go beyond the details

Wednesday 18th October 2017
Reputation
The first part of the inquiry is to establish what happened, with a detailed timeline, how the response was organised and deployed, and the outcomes of dutyholders’ decisions and actions. The second part will explore the “why” questions.We have had significant disasters in the past and as Winston Churchill is reputed to have said, we should “never let a good crisis go to waste”. Learning the lessons and adopting preventive measures is part of the memorial to those who lost their lives and their families.
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 Proposals for harsher manslaughter sentences

Wednesday 18th October 2017
Regulation/enforcement
The European Union’s OSH strategic framework, which runs from 2014 until 2020, prioritises embedding and simplifying existing regulations rather than introducing fresh ones, so the other major source of new UK safety regulation has also slowed to a trickle.Safety and health practitioners may be relieved that they have been left alone – except for the occasional blip such as the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 – since each new statute makes more work for them.
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 Graham Parker, Mapeley Estates

Wednesday 18th October 2017
Corporate governance
Performance/results
Regulation/enforcement
Reputation
In the past 12 months Graham Parker has often found himself working into the early hours. His work as head of health and safety at one of the UK’s biggest property companies has been overlaid with duties representing his professional institution as its president.
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 V is for vicarious liability

Tuesday 17th October 2017
Regulation/enforcement
In British criminal law, the employer has to look at the evidence that all reasonably foreseeable hazards were identified, and that all reasonably practicable controls were put in place. However, in civil law, vicarious liability is strict, with the organisation liable for what is done (or not done) on its behalf by employees.
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 Drones in Society: exploring the strange new world of unmanned aircraft

Thursday 12th October 2017
Regulation/enforcement
Rating: Each author is an expert in UASs. Lead author, Ron Bartsch, has worked in the aviation industry for more than 30 years and is a former director of the Australian Association of Unmanned Systems.
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 DfT releases at-work road death statistics

Tuesday 3rd October 2017
Performance/results
The previous year 31% of the 1,730 road fatalities involved people at work. The proportion of the 2016 fatal accident toll who were commuting to or from work was 12% (221 of 1,792), broadly level with the past five years.However, the DfT data, based on information gathered by the police at road accidents, shows serious injuries to commuters have risen by almost a quarter (24%) since 2011, according to new government statistics.
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 Multiple CDM breaches bring fines for construction co and project manager

Tuesday 3rd October 2017
Regulation/enforcement
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) visited two project locations, where In House Design and Build was the principal contractor, after workers and members of the public had raised safety concerns.It made several visits during 2015, Reading Magistrates’ Court was told, and served enforcement notices on the company for unsafe work at height, working in unstable deep excavations, and inadequate arrangements for planning, managing and monitoring construction work.
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 HSE’s construction blitz targets dust exposure

Tuesday 3rd October 2017
Regulation/enforcement
Over the next two weeks HSE inspectors will visit building projects across Britain and focus on respirable silica dust, wood dust and asbestos. Other issues they will target include work at height, structural safety, materials handling and welfare provision. This is the second phase of the inspection programme. During phase one earlier this year the regulator carried out more than 2,000 inspections and took enforcement action on almost half the visits.
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 Deaths at work rise in Northern Ireland

Thursday 28th September 2017
Performance/results
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has published its 2016-17 annual report that shows 18 people were killed in accidents at work in the 12 months to the end of March 2017, up more than a third on the previous 12 months.
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 New on-the-spot fines for lorry drivers exceeding hours limit

Wednesday 27th September 2017
Regulation/enforcement
Britain's road regulator the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency can fine lorry, bus and coach drivers up to £300 if they exceed the number of hours they are allowed to drive or are found to have taken not enough breaks.Domestic rules (there are separate requirements in Northern Ireland) state that lorry drivers must not be on the road for more than ten hours a day.
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