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	LATEST LATEST LEGAL NEWS ARCHIVE		LATEST NEWS & EVENTS HSE launches web tool for risk assessments A new web tool has been launched that will hopefully reduce the chances of shopkeepers facing a personal injury claim. The online tool from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is designed to help implement Lord Young's recommendations that workplaces with a low accident risk are spared paperwork. Using the tool will count as evidence that a retailer or shopkeeper has carried out an appropriate risk assessment when visited by local authority inspectors. HSE chair Judith Hackitt said: "Shop managers are best placed to identify what happens in their premises and we want to enable them to have confidence to say that they have dealt with the risks that do exist." She added that the online risk assessment will be "quick and easy to complete", taking just 20 minutes. The HSE also reports that BT has been fined £300,000 after a worker died when he fell from a ladder while carrying out installation. Posted by Gaby Hamerton Related Articles: 24/12/2010 - Older drivers 'safest in poor weather' 17/12/2010 - HSE launches web tool for risk assessments 5/10/2010 - New asbestos ruling over mesothelioma disease 20/9/2010 - Theft affects one in eight students yearly 16/9/2010 - Students being 'careless with money' More Insurance Law News