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The UK Health & Safety Executive Targets the UK Waste Industry to Reduce Accidents

Make sure your Waste Management Facility, Landfill, Recycling, Waste Processing Site is complying with 'Best Practice' Guidance on Health and Safety for the Waste Industry’.

The Health and Safety Executive has recently announced that it is targeting the waste and recycling industry due to an increased number of fatal and serious accidents that have occurred during collection and management of municipal waste (especially in recycling activities).

An extremely useful checklist is published on the HSE waste website listing those points that an inspector will look for. To view the checklist, click here http://www.hse.gov.uk/waste/checklist.doc.

There will clearly be a large number of unannounced inspections carried out many their inspectors over the next few years.

However, the HSE has given the industry a useful audit tool ahead of any inspection in the form of the checklist.

All management with responsibility for Health & Safety on sites will be well advised to use this form, among other tools.

The most dangerous areas of a landfill are clearly the tipping areas on the landfill itself, and any area where personnel and vehicles mix.

Waste Industry Health & Safety News

To highlight the sort of accidents which occur we have added an Newsfeed below which should display worldwide landfill accidents, not as reflection on landfill in the UK specifically, but to highlight the dangers of landfilling, and indeed of any waste related activity as all these do present high accident risks worldwide.

landfill accident - Google News Updated : Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:17:08 GMT Bryan to File for Injunction Against College Station Over BVSWMA - KBTX Bryan to File for Injunction Against College Station Over BVSWMA KBTX, TX - Jul 1, 2008 Bryan officials say they are not covered by an insurance were an accident to occur at the site, meaning they'd be left open to suits against the city. ... Publ.Date : Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:39:23 GMT City to scare birds from dump - Northern News Services (subscription) City to scare birds from dump Northern News Services (subscription), Canada - Jun 28, 2008 ... accident. If that happens, the city could be held liable. The city has budgeted $25000 to buy scare tactic equipment and provide training for landfill ... Publ.Date : Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:56:00 GMT Companies fined in County Court in Ballarat over landfill death - Courier Companies fined in County Court in Ballarat over landfill death Courier, Australia - Jun 20, 2008 The court earlier heard both companies knew there was a problem with the hook-lift and before the accident Landfill had contacted HaulMaster which installed ... Publ.Date : Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:58:19 GMT Garbage truck overturned on its way to Clinton Landfill - Bloomington Pantagraph Garbage truck overturned on its way to Clinton Landfill Bloomington Pantagraph,  USA - 18 hours ago The driver escaped serious injury in the single-vehicle accident about 3:15 pm Wednesday. near the entrance to the landfill. The driver was momentarily ... Publ.Date : Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:50:24 GMT Fiery I-880 crash in San Leandro kills two - San Jose Mercury News Fiery I-880 crash in San Leandro kills two San Jose Mercury News,  USA - Jun 27, 2008 Mercado had just left the Davis Street Transfer Station and was on his way to the Altamont landfill in Livermore, Tucker said. "A lot of employees within ... Publ.Date : Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:46:15 GMT Truck driver dies in crash with train - 2TheAdvocate Truck driver dies in crash with train 2TheAdvocate, LA - Jun 9, 2008 Grimes said the accident occurred near Woodside Landfill and the Livingston Industrial Park on the east side of the town. He said the truck was out of the ... Publ.Date : Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:14:23 GMT Accident shuts down Highway 9 - Cherokee County Herald Accident shuts down Highway 9 Cherokee County Herald, AL - Jun 24, 2008 According to reports, the truck was hauling a load of contaminated topsoil containing PCBs from the GE Plant in Rome, Ga. and was enroute to a landfill in ... Publ.Date : Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:57:46 GMT Trooper cleared in fatal crash - Cherokee Scout Trooper cleared in fatal crash Cherokee Scout, NC - Jun 3, 2008 It appeared to Ledford that Boring intended to turn into the landfill road, which comes into US 19/74 from the right. He saw the Lumina come to a complete ... Publ.Date : Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:18:31 GMT Automate Your Blogging RSS to HTML