Health and safety, Food safety, News at HSF Ltd

The recovery position
Refresh on how to place a casualty into the recovery position with this informative film.

Important changes to RIDDOR
September 2011 saw the way we report, and in April 2012 what we report for Work related incidents will change. Familiarise yourself with these changes here.

Whats in your First Aid box?
HSF Training Ltd’s advise on a Basic first aid box for a low risk work environment

Refresh your memory with these fantastic training videos
The First Training Video CPR.

orange gas cloud leaked from plant in Hebburn.
the international chemical firm was fined £10,000 today

health and safety is not a bad word!
safe working practices is a right not a privilege

new figures
there is a fall in work place injuries, showing the UK's commitment to health and safety in the work place

south Tyneside company put workers at risk
the company has been prosecuted after exposing workers to known fumes

Contacting us - phone line issues

Bonfire night
HSF Training Ltd have put a couple of tips together, to ensure the night Only memorable for being fun!

Frequently asked questions for start up businesses
FirstAid at work.

Important Recent changes to RIDDOR
important information on reporting work related incidents

Food safety frequently asked questions
Here at HSF Training Ltd we have put the answers together for our frequently asked questions!

1 in 4 people become ill within the year with stomach upsets FSA find
this is a loss of 11 million working days every year!

HSF Training room for hire
call to find out more details

2012 open course training calender
the dates of next year’s courses have been finalised, check them out here!

New plans to scrap food sell by dates is an initiative to tackle huge waste of food, but what does it mean for consumers?
HSF Training Ltd explains the meanings of the dates we see on our food lables

Very worrying finding’s found by the Food standards agency (FSA)
after the food hygiene rating scheme was introduced in wales.

county Durham man injured while working at a recycling company
recycling company has been prosecuted after failings found.

council fined after a narrow escape
Fined after crane jib on the back of his lorry hit a 20,000 volt overhead power line at one of its depots

North east company fined after a worker seriously injured by a bag of fertiliser
Fertiliser Solutions Ltd, of Dawson's Wharf, Middlesbrough was fined a total of £10,500 and ordered to pay £12,411.45 in costs after pleading guilty to two offences

A father to be, died after attempting to unload a four-ton crate
in an accident that could have been prevented with a proper risk assessment had have taken place

Travel advice
when going abroad read up to keep you in the know with gas saftey

Is it time to start Irradiating more food in the UK?
Irradiation may have prevented the E.coli crisis in Germany. The death toll of the deadly Escherichia coli rose to 47 people and left thousands more seriously ill. Some scientists believe that this may have been avoided if the fenugreek seeds, which are b

The E.coli out break in germany 2011 the facts.
3000 ill and 39 deaths, thye most serious outbreak to date, but what happened?

HSF Training Ltd win contract to deliver First Aid provision for Durham County Council!
This adds to our growing portfolio of contracts

The care industry: First Aid frequentley asked questions
working in the care industry? read more here on the first aid requirements of employees.

excellent guidence from HSE on working with asbestos
the dos and donts from the HSE

E.coli frequently asked questions
Answers to the most frequently asked questions about E.coli

Halifax demolition firm fined after a Man from south shields was hit by a metal girder
Mr Gareth Dodds, from South Shields, Tyne & Wear, was working on a demolition site in Rossington, near Doncaster, when he was hit on the head by a 20-metre steel girder being moved by a hydraulic excavator in November 2008.

Food for thought
HSF Training held a conference in March considering the difficulties faced by allergen sufferers and their families in choosing foods to eat and practical advice on ways that allergens can be controlled within food establishments. Follow the links to you

HSE publishes 2010/2011 provisional fatality statistics
17% lower than the average for the past 5 years!

Improved risk-based dairy inspections
From 1 July 2011, the Agency will be changing the frequency of official hygiene inspections on dairy farms in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, to make the system more proportionate to the food safety risks

A report shows a decrease in the number of workers killed in the agriculture industry from last year!
The number of workers killed each year in the agricultural industry remains stubbornly consistent, but a welcome result in fewer deaths than last year.

Common sense common safety! Have your say! the red tape challenge!
around 200 regulations will be under debate. Ministers will use the views generated to remove unnecessary rules from the statute book. Suggestions made by the public will also be considered by the Lofsted review of health and saftey

E. coli latest update from the Food Standards Agency
The FSA is revising guidance on the consumption of sporouted seeds

Food labeling for consumers with allergies.
The Food Standards Agency, an insight into the buying behavior of allergy sufferers

Issue 6 of the BRC global standard for Food safety available from 31 July 2011
Issue 6 places increased emphasis on good manufacturing practice, including a change in the balance of the number and depth of requirements in favor of the implementation of good manufacturing systems within the factory and greater focus on standardizing

And More Courses available through the rest of 2011, courses from our North East based training rooms easy to access from all North East Areas including, Newcastle, Sunderland and Durham
Half way through the year, and half way through our open course training calendar and we still have too many to fit in one page! Here are some more, all at the training rooms of HSF Training Ltd……. Have a look to see if any courses could benefit you or yo

2011 open course training calandar, courses available from our North East based training rooms easy to access from all North East Areas including, Newcastle, Sunderland and Durham
Half way through the year, and half way through our open course training calendar! Here at the training rooms of HSF Training Ltd……. Have a look to see if any courses could benefit you or your business may be interested! 2012 dates will be announced soon

Health and safety being used as a scapegoat
Health and safety was blamed by Wimbledon for the turning off of the giant screen at Murray Mount, Judith Hackett, chair of the health and safety executive has something to say about that!

HSF Training are extremely proud and happy to have donated to the Washington Riding centre
On the lead up to the national RDA Dressage competition 2011 we will be keeping you upto date with the wonderful Washington riders!

HSF Training Ltd out training in the North East
Training Starts today for IOSH Managining safely.

Health and saftey helps keep an environment safe, but even then some will find a way to danger.
Our sympathys goes out to a mother who was left wheelchair-bound after she fell off a banister while imitating Mary Poppins, however we cant help but agree with the with the judges verdict!

The benefit of Hind sight came too late for one worker, who has sustained injury to thumb and index finger.
A risk assessment is a simple and nessesary step, this story just highlights to employers the step and equipment required for employees to conduct their job within a safe working environment.

Spartan UK Ltd Gateshead failed to take adequate measures to ensure workers were protected , Leaving one employee may who may never be able to work again.
Spartan UK Ltd, of Ropery Road, Teams, Gateshead was fined a total of £40,000 and ordered to pay £9,757.99 in costs after it pleaded guilty to three breaches of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations

NEBOSH NGC success
Excellent results yet again

Allergen Management Conference Success!
Small businesses benefit from practical allergen managment advice.

Allergen Management Seminar 22nd March 2011
A funded seminar for SME caterers and food manufacturers.

A really good link for food businesses, sign up for free food safety posters
This website gives some really good information, use the posters to improve the food safety cutlture in your business

Fantastic Results by our latest L4 Award in Managing Food Safety Delegates
10 delegates, 7 distinctions, 1 merit and 2 good passes - what a group!

National Britannia Certification Ltd suspended from auditing.

New Year's course dates now available

WE HAVE MOVED!
New training facility available for bookings.

NEW: Level 3 Awards in PTLLS and TSP

Level 4 Managing Food Safety
Success for candidates in Germany.

Latest from the Food Standards Agency
Beating Campylobacter!

Latest from the Food Standards Agency
New Shelf life guidance for chilled food published

NEBOSH success
Students celebrate exceptional success.