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5th October 2022
What’s Happening? HSE has recently announced that its Inspectors will be carrying out over 1,000 inspections to construction sites during October and November, with specific focus on checking how workers are moving heavy or bulky materials. Recent accident/incident statistics show around 40,000 people in the construction industry suffer a Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD) each year. The […]
22nd September 2022
What’s Happening? The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently announced that its Inspectors are to commence a targeted inspection regime over autumn/winter – specifically focussing on manufacturing businesses where materials that contain silica are used. This Inspection initiative is on the back of recently updated guidance produced to support businesses who are involved in […]
7th September 2022
What’s Happened? A carpentry and joinery company has recently been fined after one of their employees who was working unsecured on the forks of a forklift truck fell 3.5 metres to the ground. The employee was working for Staircraft Group Limited at their head office site in Coventry undertaking window cleaning duties, he was working […]
17th August 2022
Leeds company Howard Civil Engineering have been fined £600,000 and ordered to pay £43,000 costs after admitting to breaches of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 and the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974. On 26 July 2015, a young boy went missing from home and was tragically found dead the next day […]
10th August 2022
What’s Happened? The owner of a Bed and Breakfast premises located in Cornwall has recently been prosecuted under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 after Inspectors discovered that it failed to meet essential life safety requirements. Fire Safety Inspection An inspection by officers of the Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) identified that the […]
3rd August 2022
What’s Happened? Discount high street retailer B&M has recently been fined £1 Million after a contractor suffered serious injuries following an electric shock at their Liverpool Warehouse. The electrical contractor was understood to have set on fire during an explosion while using a metal spanner to repair an electrical fault. This case highlights the importance […]
18th July 2022
Introduction Our health and safety advisory service has been receiving a large number of calls from clients in relation to working in the hot weather the country is currently experiencing. Working in excessive heat is not only uncomfortable but can be dangerous – and in extreme cases fatal. Hot work, either outdoors or indoors, can […]
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 […]