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11th September 2018
The Scenario Someone at work has suffered an accident at work and you have had to complete a RIDDOR report for the HSE. The problem is that after doing that, further information could come to light. Are you able to change the contents after it’s been submitted? And if so, how do you go on […]
3rd September 2018
The HSE release fatal accident statistics annually a few months after April. The provisional figures for 2017/18 have recently been released showing that 144 workers were fatally injured during the period. This figure has risen by 7 comparative to the 2016/17 period, however the report suggests that this is not due to any significant reason […]
28th August 2018
Wood Treatment Ltd of Macclesfield has been fined £2,000 and ordered to pay over £3,000 for legal costs and a victim surcharge. The charge relates to unsafe work on their own property, which contained asbestos. Back in 2016, after a large explosion at the site, the HSE ordered the company to fit new explosion relief […]
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
Numerous issues can arise during the course of disciplinary proceedings which are not necessarily catered for in policy documents. This article considers how to tackle these and maintain fairness in the process. When to suspend: If an allegation of misconduct arises, suspending the accused employee should not be the default response. Instead, you should consider: […]
31st July 2018
Recent unannounced inspections at a company’s construction sites undertaken by the HSE revealed widespread safety failings that put workers at risk. The company (Sherwood Homes) had appointed several Principal Contractors to construct housing developments at two separate sites located in Preston and at Tarporley. The HSE carried out proactive inspections at both sites and found […]
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 […]
3rd July 2018
In the Pimlico Plumbers case, the Supreme Court was asked to consider whether the label attached to their ‘self-employed’ contractors reflected the reality of their working arrangements, with a view to deciding if those contractors were ‘workers’ entitled to a range of benefits, including paid annual leave and the right not to be discriminated against. […]
