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25th June 2020
Two directors of The Blackpool Pier Company have been handed 300 hours of unpaid work after the decision was taken to demolish part of an asbestos lined arcade while visitors to the attraction were free to access the adjacent areas. The company has also been fined £134,000 and ordered to pay costs totalling £38,000. It […]
22nd June 2020
KN95 is a performance rating under the Chinese standard GB2626:2006 which carries similar requirements to the European standard for FFP2 facemasks. KN95 does not, however, carry any independent certification or quality assurances and is simply deemed as compliant by the product manufacturer. All Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) sold within the UK must be CE marked, […]
10th June 2020
Modus Workspace has been fined £1.1million and ordered to pay costs of £68,000 after they were found guilty of breaching section 3(1) of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974. The firm had been appointed as Principal Contractor on a job at a site in Hemel Hempstead, testing a sprinkler system for leaks. The […]
29th May 2020
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has confirmed to IOSH Magazine that they will re-engage ‘proactive’ inspections as the UK begins to return to work following the lockdown easing announced in mid-May. This means that employers should now be wary of the prospect of a visit from their local HSE office to monitor and review […]
26th May 2020
Introduction In these unprecedented times, we are all navigating uncharted waters and as Health & Safety consultants, our skills and ability to develop risk assessments, help businesses make informed risk-based choices, and protect their staff and customers from infection, people have never been more important. It is, of course, right that we are all focused […]
15th May 2020
Lighthouse is pleased to welcome back Health & Safety consultancy team leaders – Mary-ann Phillips and Ian McKechnie from furlough leave to support with a significant upturn in client activity following the COVID-19 Health and Safety sector-specific guidance issued on gov.uk – Monday 11th May 2020. The difficult decision to place 9 of the employed […]
12th May 2020
New guidelines issued on 11th May 2020 are now available to assist employers in getting their businesses back up and running and phasing employee returns. The guidelines have been prepared to make workplaces as safe as possible, allowing employers to instil confidence in their employees that they will be returning to a safe and secure […]
6th May 2020
A manufacturing firm from Shoeburyness, Essex, has been fined £80,000 for a lack of guarding on a press roller machine. The machine looks to have benefitted from fixed guarding to the upper section above the rollers, along with a safety tripwire in front of the exposed feed. Despite this, an incident involving an agency worker […]
8th April 2020
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) confirmed on Friday 3rd April that certain instances of Coronavirus outbreaks in the workplace will be reportable under The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013. Such incidents include: 1. An unintended incident at work which has led to someone’s possible or actual exposure to coronavirus. This […]