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Health and Safety Bulletins 2013

Health and safety bulletins are short communications designed to keep you up to date with information you need to manage health and safety or work safely. You will find bulletins issued in 2013 on this site.

For more information about health and safety bulletins or to search other years use the appropriate link in the box on the right hand side.

Category: Committee updates
Notification of change of safety representative (21 March 2013) (.pdf)

Health and Safety Performance Measures (25 March 2013) (.pdf)

Category: Best Practice
 New Leaflet: A Step Too Far and Induction Video (3 April 2013) (.pdf)

Category: Policy
New Health and Safety Standard: Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) (01 February 2013) (.pdf)
New Health and Safety Standard: Overseas Travel (20 February 2013)  (.pdf)
Consultation: Proposed new Health and Safety Standard: Student Work Placements. (29 August 2013) (.pdf)
Consultation: Revised Health, Safety and Wellbeing Policy and Code of Practice on Managing Health and Safety (2 September 2013) (.pdf)
Electrical and Fire Safety Audit information (5 September 2013) (.pdf)

Category: Safety Alerts

Health and safety risk: Laser Pointer  (05 February 2013) (.pdf)

Risk from travel adaptor plugs (18 March 2013) (.pdf)

Fire & Rescue Service strike action - 25 September 2013 (19 September 2013) (.pdf)

Category: Training and Events
PAT and overseas visit briefing event (17 January 2013) (.pdf)
Managing Safety Training  (6 March 2013) (.pdf)

Working Safely – a new training opportunity (29 July 2013) (.pdf)

Category: Legal
HSE guidance work equipment and dust (02 January 2013) (.pdf)
New HSE Guidance: Lift Trucks, Oxygen, Silica (23 April 2013) (.pdf)