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10th June 2019
What’s Happened? The potentially simple task of installing a hotel sign has ended in disaster for one worker. He suffered severe burns and his employer has received a substantial fine as a result. How did this happen and what mistakes were made? The Accident An Employee was sent to install a sign at the entrance […]
24th May 2019
What’s Happened? A company – Glamping Cocoon Ltd – and its Director have both been sentenced for failing to comply with Health & Safety legislation after being served with Improvement Notices. Inspections Glamping Cocoon Ltd was subject to an unannounced inspection as part of the HSE’s targeted campaign of the woodworking sector. Four Improvement Notices […]
15th May 2019
What’s Happening? Many of our clients get tired of completing the same questions on client Pre-Qualification Questionnaires (PQQ’s) s over and over again. Well – the end maybe in sight as a Common Assessment Standard (CAS) has recently been developed by a group of construction sector giants in the hopes of finally putting an end […]
7th May 2019
Introduction As many of our clients have discovered recently, when the Fire & Rescue Service inspects premises, particular attention is now being given to the compartmentation of the building. Historically issues that have never been raised before are now being brought to the table for those in charge of the buildings to address. Why is […]
25th April 2019
What’s happened? A construction company has recently been fined after two workers were seriously injured after falling through a ceiling at a site in Watford. At the time of writing – both of the employees are still unable to return to full time work. Following the incident, one spent two days in hospital after the incident […]
25th April 2019
What’s Happened? This article highlights how tragic accidents and incidents can arise even in what would generally be perceived as a ‘low risk’ retail environment. The owners of Topshop have recently been heavily fined following an accident in which a queue barrier fell on to a young girl. Just a week later, a similar accident […]
11th April 2019
What’s happened? The HSE has recently raised its FFI rate to a whopping £154 per hour. This is a significant price increase from the previous rate of £129 per hour. If you are found to be in material breach of health and safety law, you will have to pay for the time it takes the […]
27th March 2019
What’s Happened? A Building repair and maintenance company has recently been fined £150,000 after an employee fell two metres from a ladder and injured himself while working on a roof. An employee of the firm was working alongside one of his colleagues to repair a leaky roof at a property in Felixstowe. They accessed the […]
19th March 2019
What’s Happening? The housing minister has recently announced new measures to improve electrical safety within the private rental sector. If you are a landlord/have properties you rent out, or provide for staff use, how will you be affected? Long Time Coming… It has long been argued that landlords should be obliged to carry out electrical […]