Bill Longley-Cook, Author at Simplifi Solutions

3rd November 2022

DEFRA consultation on RoHS exemption

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs is consulting on a proposal to exempt the use of lead and cadmium in ion selective electrodes, including glass pH electrodes, from the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS) Regulations. Consultation closes 14th December. https://consult.defra.gov.uk/waste-and-recycling/lead-and-cadmium-in-ion-selective-electrodes/

28th October 2022

SI 2022/1096

SI 2022/1096. The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2022. Comes into force 17th November. Amends Regulations 51A and 52A of SI 2018/611 The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2018, with respect to ground source heat pumps.

27th October 2022

Simplifi October news letter

In our October newsletter we list one amendment to a UK Statutory Instrument and one new piece of EU legislation. We note two consultations and report two news items which we trust will be of interest. Sadly work place accidents continue.

At the request of our customers, the Simpfi team have started linking regulations to statutory guidance documents. Where guidance is available, it is shown against the title of the regulations. When you click on the (highlighted blue) link you will be taken to the Guidance document(s). The example below, for The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 shows that there are four pieces of guidance available.

Search: Title Reference Search completed – see matches below!

Ref SectionName Title Last Edited Revoked Locked Action R14.06 Workplace & Work Equipment The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (Guidance Available)

Legislation Guidance – L23 Manual handling guidance v4.pdf Legislation Guidance – hsg115_Manual_handling_Solutions_you_can_handle.pdf Legislation Guidance – hsg170_Vibration_solutions_Practical_ways_to_reduce_the_risk_of_hand-arm_vibration_injury.pdf Legislation Guidance – indg478 Risk assessment of pushing and pulling.pdf 07/09/2015 13:17:59 0 0 Select ActionEditViewRevokeLock

Take a look (please note you need to be subscribed to our Guidance Module to see these items) or contact one of our team who will talk you through the changes.

The Simplifi Team

27th October 2022

Confectionery firm fined £800,000

A north-east England confectionary manufacture has been fined £800,000 after an employee suffered life-changing injuries. The incident happened on November 30, 2020 when the man was drawn into a roller mechanism on a conveyor machine. A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation found that the company had not properly assessed the risk created by the rollers under the conveyor belt and failed to guard the roller. It was foreseeable that access to this area would be required and that there was a clear risk of injury from coming into contact with this roller. The company had previously been prosecuted following a similar incident at another factory.