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5th July 2023
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 […]
14th June 2023
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 […]
7th June 2023
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 […]
17th May 2023
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 […]
10th May 2023
What’s Happened? A hotel director has been recently fined for failing to safeguard customers, employees and contractors after blocked fire escapes were found. Officers from Swindon Borough Council’s Food, Health and Safety Team visited the Swandown Hotel in Swindon following complaints from customers regarding health and safety concerns which included blocked fire escapes, damaged electric […]
5th May 2023
While PAT testing isn’t required by law, it is the responsibility of employers to ensure that any electrical equipment used by employees is maintained and is in a safe working condition. PAT testing may be included as a part of measures put in place by employers to make sure that employees and the wider public […]
3rd May 2023
What Happened? A West Yorkshire-based supply company has recently been fined £30k after an explosion of flammable liquid led to a fire at its premises in Halifax. An employee at the site had been decanting a flammable chemical named heptane from a metal drum into a plastic bulk container without suitable precautions. The so-called ‘splash […]
20th April 2023
What’s Happened? A company has recently been fined after an employee fractured his back and ribs following a fall from the roof of a house where he was working in Cheshire. Why did the accident happen, and what can you do to protect your workers from falls from a height? Chain of Events Employees of […]
18th April 2023
What’s Happened? A manufacturing company has recently been fined £600,000 after a worker’s leg was crushed by a forklift truck. The employee was working at the companies Birmingham site at the time of the incident. He had been walking across a pedestrian crossing at the site when a forklift truck (that was being driven by […]