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13th July 2022
What’s Happened A West Yorkshire-based manufacturing company has recently been fined for safety breaches after a worker lost part of their hand in a textile machine. An employee of the company was understood to be running a number of textile machines at the site. When he opened a guard to check on a build-up of […]
6th July 2022
What’s Happened? Carlsberg has recently been fined a whopping £3 million after a contractor died and another was seriously injured following an ammonia gas leak at one of its breweries. This case highlights the importance of ensuring appropriate coordination and cooperation when appointing contractors to undertake works on your site. Both the client (Carlsberg) and […]
29th June 2022
An employee with a disability will qualify for protection against discrimination if they have a protected characteristic. Under section 6 Equality Act 2010 for an employee to qualify as having a disability if they: Have a physical or mental impairment, and The impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry […]
22nd June 2022
What’s Happened? The Landlord of two properties in South Wales has recently been found guilty of 21 offences relating to fire safety following the conclusion of a week-long Jury trial at Cardiff Crown Court. The offences were significant to life safety, numerous fire safety breaches were identified which included:- Failure to maintain working fire alarms […]
15th June 2022
What’s Happened? A North Wales company that manufactures sofas and chairs has recently been prosecuted after failing to ensure that employees’ exposure to the risks from vibrating tools was sufficiently risk assessed and managed. It transpires that the company had not carried out a thorough risk assessment, didn’t have adequate control measures to manage exposure […]
8th June 2022
A Scottish care provider – The Richmond Fellowship Scotland (RFS), has been found guilty of breaches of Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and subsequently fined following the death of a vulnerable adult under their care. Incident On 10th June 2016, a resident at Cherry Tree Court care home drowned […]
25th May 2022
What’s Happened? Two West Yorkshire businesses have recently been fined for health and safety breaches after a HGV driver suffered a fracture to one of his neck vertebrae. On the day of the incident, the delivery driver (an employee of Brighouse Pallet Services Ltd) was working at the Elland site when he was struck by […]
18th May 2022
What’s Happened? A Lancashire based engineering company has recently been fined £500,000 with costs of £145,487 following a fatal incident concerning one of their employees during the maintenance of machinery. The company specialises in the manufacture of containers and drums for the nuclear, aerospace and medical industries. An employee of the business was understood to […]
11th May 2022
In celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, we will be enjoying an additional bank holiday on 3 June 2022, and the usual late May bank holiday has been moved to 2 June 2022. Whilst many employees will be glad of the upcoming 4-day weekend, are they all entitled to take the additional bank holiday as […]