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16th August 2023

Hotel Owner Is Prosecuted After Multiple Fire Safety Breaches

What’s Happened? The owner of a Grade II listed hotel based in Northumberland has recently received a two-year suspended custodial sentence after pleading guilty to multiple charges brought under current fire safety legislation. Multiple Offences The offences related to significant fire safety deficiencies identified during a routine fire safety audit conducted by inspecting officers from […]

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9th August 2023

Restaurant Company Fined £20,000 For Fire Safety Breaches

What’s Happened A restaurant business has recently been found guilty of various fire safety breaches and failing to comply with a fire safety enforcement notice served by the Hereford and Worcester Fire & Rescue Service (HWFRS) requiring them to make fire safety improvements. As a result, the company was fined £20,000 and ordered to pay […]

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3rd August 2023

Student Residential Building Closed Over Fire Safety Concerns

What’s Happened? A seven-storey residential building in Colchester has recently been evacuated after concerns over fire safety defects posed a serious risk to life. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) confirmed that they visited on 26th June 2023 and “recorded numerous fire safety issues”. This subsequently led to inspectors issuing a prohibition notice the […]

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19th July 2023

Fire Risks Of Charging Electric Bikes/Scooters

Introduction Lithium batteries which power e-bikes and e-scooters are the fastest growing fire risk within premises. In London alone, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) revealed their statistics that indicate the emergency services have been called out to a battery fire once every two days. The risk is such that all e-vehicles have been banned from […]

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12th July 2023

HSE Launches Targeted Manufacturing Inspection Initiative

What’s Happening Following on from the HSE’s recent Construction site campaign targeting dust control, inspectors have now begun another targeted inspection initiative – this time with the spotlight focused on manufacturing businesses. The inspections are starting this month (July), and this will involve HSE Inspectors visiting manufacturing sites in order to check that employers and […]

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5th July 2023

Transport Company Fined After Driver Injured During Unloading

What’s Happened? A transport company has recently been fined over a quarter of a million pounds after a worker fell from a lorry and fractured his skull. The delivery driver had been delivering glass to a customer’s site in Hinckley, Leicestershire when the incident occurred. It transpires that as no forklift truck was available to […]

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14th June 2023

Health Surveillance

Introduction In this blog, we lift the lid on the important topic of health surveillance – which is an essential part of ensuring employees’ health is not impacted by their work. Health surveillance is a scheme of repeated health checks which are used to identify ill health caused by work. Typical health risks which require […]

man working on roof

7th June 2023

Bradford Man Sentenced After Employee Falls Through Roof

What’s Happened? A Bradford man has recently been given a suspended prison sentence after an employee sustained life-threatening injuries when he fell 30-feet through a fragile roof and landed on pallets below. Leeds Crown Court heard how the injured employee was working on the roof of a unit in Shipley. However, he fell through the […]

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17th May 2023

New Nationwide HSE Inspection Campaign

What’s Happening Starting this week, HSE inspections will be undertaking a targeted Inspection campaign to Construction Sites across the country – with a specific focus on dust control. The Inspections are understood to be continuing throughout May, June and July 2023. As part of this focussed ‘respiratory health’ campaign, HSE will be checking that both […]