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andyoakley  
#1 Posted : 02 April 2010 09:44:28(UTC)
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andyoakley
I am evaluating a number of tenders for a project is there any way to check the accuracy of the information that contractors have provided concerning their Health and Safety Records concerning prohibition and improvement notices?
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Alan Haynes  
#2 Posted : 02 April 2010 09:52:41(UTC)
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Alan Haynes
According to the Business Link website

"All enforcement notices (improvement and prohibition) as well as prosecutions are published by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) on their online public register of enforcement notices, where it will appear for a period of five years. Notices are not published until nine weeks after their date of issue to allow you to appeal if you wish to. When you have complied with a notice and the inspector is satisfied, then the notice is marked as complied with on the register."
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Chris99  
#3 Posted : 02 April 2010 11:22:03(UTC)
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Chris99
http://www.hse.gov.uk/notices/

You may also want to search

http://www.hse.gov.uk/prosecutions/

The site is a bit 1990's in design, so vary your search terms but you should get what you need.
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Canopener  
#4 Posted : 02 April 2010 12:04:55(UTC)
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Canopener
You already have your answer which is to use the HSE database, but don't assume that no ENs or prosecutions necessarily means that risks are being well managed.
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Ron Hunter  
#5 Posted : 02 April 2010 13:27:50(UTC)
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Ron Hunter
Or to put that another way, were you to "mark down" a prospective contractor at pqq stage solely on the basis that they had been served a Notice or two, this could be open to challenge.
You should focus on the actions taken by the company following issue of the Notice: lessons learned and changes made.
An IN/PN or two doesn't necessarily mean a bad contractor.
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