FFI

Failure to adequately manage these risks will at best, result in delays, extra costs on the project and possibly a Fee For Intervention bill from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and, at worst, leave the client in court facing the new sentencing guidelines for health and safety prosecutions.

I am writing about the article on the Health and Safety Executive's fee for intervention scheme (" So far, not so bad," PE June).

In response to fiscal constraint in the public sector, HSE has introduced a 'fee for intervention' allowing the organisation to gain cost recovery from businesses found to be in material breach of health and safety law.

As the Health & Safety Executive's Fee for Intervention begins to make its mark, there is growing awareness that minimising reactive maintenance through effective planned, preventative maintenance can drastically reduce accidents--as well as improving uptime and reducing asset maintenance costs.

THE Health and Safety Executive's cost recovery scheme, known as Fee for Intervention, began on October 1.

Despite the union's objections and suggested alternatives to the proposals last year, the Fee for Intervention (FFI) scheme is now likely to be implemented in October.

The new Fee For Intervention (FFI) rules - which come into effect on October 1 - will see the Health & Safety Executive charge companies for their inspectors' time as it looks to manage a cut in its own funding.

Lawyers from the regulatory team at the Birmingham office of Pinsent Masons say the new Fee For Intervention (FFI) rules, which come into effect on October 1 and will see the HSE billing firms for inspectors' time, allow for little if any discretion.

Despite industry protests, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to bring in its Fee for Intervention (FFI) scheme in October.

In a wider context, CBA is concerned that 'Fee for Intervention' will fundamentally change industry's perception of HSE: from a regulator respected for its impartiality to an organisation focused on the generation of additional revenue"

It is now three years since the Health and Safety Executive introduced its controversial Fee for Intervention (FFI) scheme.

The new Fee For Intervention (FFI) rules that came into force on October 1st 2012 cover a wider scope than the typical applications that are commonly addressed by those utilising the safety products, services and solutions offered by Rockwell Automation.