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28th August 2018
Hinckley Golf Club has received a significant fine after one of its management staff was killed when using a chainsaw. Although the employee was working in an unsafe manner, which contributed to the outcome, the club was found guilty of three charges under the Health & Safety at Work Act. He carried out the work […]
28th August 2018
The Fee For Intervention (FFI) scheme has been in operation for a number of years now. The premise behind it allows Health & Safety Executive (HSE) Inspectors to effectively charge organisations for the time they spend investigating their health and safety management systems when breaches in regulatory compliance are identified. The current rate of charge […]
31st July 2018
What’s happened? A 30-year-old Romanian construction worker sustained serious injuries after he fell through a fragile plastic skylight into a basement three metres below. This accident resulted in two companies (the principal contractor and a sub-contractor) being fined over half a million pounds after a site worker suffered a severed spine and is unlikely ever to […]
22nd May 2018
What’s happening? The HSE has recently released its 2018/19 business plan that sets out its agenda for enforcement and strategic actions throughout the UK. What can you expect and how might you be affected? The Plan In 2017 the HSE conducted targeted inspection on approximately 20,000 workplaces; principally those which were known to be higher risk […]
15th May 2018
What’s the Deal with Racking Inspections?… This issue is applicable to many clients and is one routinely identified by our consultants during recent site visits. An industry body which advises on the safety of storage systems has recently produced guidance on the best practice for carrying out a pallet racking inspection. What advice does it […]
15th May 2018
What’s happened? A Somerset pre-cast concrete products manufacturing company has recently been fined after a 43-year-old man was fatally injured when trapped by machinery he was undertaking maintenance on. A maintenance fitter was carrying out maintenance work on site while a machine was not isolated. As a result, a conveyor started moving and the employee […]
24th April 2018
What’s Happened? A contractor carrying out some refurbishment extension works at a site has recently been fined more than £50,000 after a routine HSE inspection found a series of serious safety breaches. The court heard that PVAD Limited was the contractor controlling works at a construction site in London when it received a routine inspection […]
24th April 2018
What’s Happened? Bradford based double glazing company Safestyle UK has recently been fined a whopping £850,000 after a worker fell from a ladder during an installation at a customer’s home resulting in a fracture to his lower leg. Sheffield Magistrates’ Court heard how a window installer working for Safestyle UK, was attempting to install a […]
10th April 2018
Do I Need a Principal Contractor? This is one of the more commonly asked questions received on our H&S advice line and so this blog post has been written to provide clear definitive advice to clients on the subject of CDM and the role of Principal Contractor. The Scenario You have a relatively minor construction […]