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9th October 2024
While hazards in an office might not be as high risk as other working environments, accidents can and do still happen. In this blog, we identify the top 5 H&S issues and what you can address to create a safer office workplace 1 – Slips, trips and falls Slips, trips and falls remain the most […]
3rd October 2024
What’s Happened? A food manufacturing company has been fined £150,000 for failing to prevent access to dangerous parts of machinery. The failings came to light during a routine site visit by an inspector from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). HSE visited the site as part of a routine inspection programme for manufacturing businesses. During […]
25th September 2024
The UK Supreme Court has unanimously ruled to restore an injunction granted by the High Court that prevents Tesco from terminating and re-engaging workers to end their right to ‘retained pay’ benefit. Background In 2007, Tesco reorganised its distribution centres, resulting in a number of sites closing. To avoid losing experienced employees to redundancy, Tesco […]
18th September 2024
Lighthouse Risk Service LLP is excited to announce a new partnership with HSEQ Smart after they joined the JMG Group of Companies. HSEQ Smart is a leading health and safety consultancy based in County Durham but operating throughout the UK. They specialise in ISO consultancy support and training. As many clients will already know, implementing ISO management systems […]
11th September 2024
What’s Happened? A charitable trust has recently been fined after a volunteer tragically lost his life during restoration works on the Wilts and Berks Canal. What were the circumstances of this accident, and what should you be doing to protect volunteers so may be working for you? Restoration Works An ongoing project to restore part […]
4th September 2024
What’s Happened? Two directors of a care home business have recently been fined £125,000 after pleading guilty to a string of fire safety breaches across four different premises. East Sussex Fire and Rescue officers were understood to have visited four care home properties run by the directors. Officers identified 12 separate fire safety issues across […]
28th August 2024
A care assistant who failed to disclose that she was charged with murder has won an unfair dismissal case at the Edinburgh Employment Tribunal. The tribunal found that her employer, Care UK Community Partnerships, failed to properly assess the risk of reputational damage before terminating her employment. In October 2022, Jacqueline Difolco, who worked at […]
14th August 2024
What’s Happened? A builder has recently been given a suspended prison sentence after he put the lives of workers at risk on a construction site in London. This is an interesting case in that it demonstrates the HSE will prosecute companies where they fail to comply with the Law, even when there has not been […]
7th August 2024
What’s Happened? An Ipswich-based property management company and its director have been sentenced following a recent prosecution brought by Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service. The company manages residential premises in Ipswich where it was established that ACM cladding had been installed to the block of flats. A fire risk assessment of the premises had been […]