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13th April 2022
What’s Happened? A roofer and scaffolder have recently been prosecuted over a fatal fall from the roof of a two-storey terraced house. The incident occurred due to neither contractor putting in place simple preventative measures in place to avoid the incident. Two roofers were working on the property’s roof – a 2 story terraced house […]
6th April 2022
This blog concerns the recently released new standard (BS 8629:2019) which covers ‘the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of evacuation alert systems for use by the Fire and Rescue Service in buildings containing flats.’ which came about after the Grenfell Fire tragedy. What is an evacuation alert system (EAS)? An evacuation alert system is an alarm […]
30th March 2022
What’s Happening From April 2022 the HSE has announced that it will be embarking on a targeted inspection of woodworking businesses across the UK – specifically looking at wood dust control. What is the Aim? The HSE has estimated that there are around 12,00 death per annum attributed to lung diseases which are linked to […]
23rd March 2022
Managing COVID-19 in the Workplace Following the publication of the government’s plan for ‘Living with COVID’ in February 2022, we were provided with a roadmap to the (potentially final) removal of all COVID-19 restrictions. We saw the first change implemented from 24 February 2022 which brought an end to the legal requirement to Self-Isolate upon […]
16th March 2022
What’s Happened? A Yorkshire based Roofing and Construction company has recently been prosecuted for breaches of health and safety regulations after an employee sustained multiple injuries when he fell through a gap in scaffolding whilst working on a building in Scarborough. The 20-year-old labourer was working on the roof of the property when he fell […]
3rd March 2022
What’s Happened? A company that specialises in the manufacture of ventilation ducting has recently been fined £13,000 plus costs after an employee’s hand was drawn into the rotating parts of a machine, resulting in serious injury. It is understood that one of the companies’ apprentice employees was instructed by another apprentice and a trainee on […]
22nd February 2022
There have been a number of employment law and HR updates making the news in February. In our latest blog, we take a look at these events. Wales: Suggestion of 4-Day Working Week Trial The Future Generations Commissioner for Wales has called on the Welsh Government to trial a shorter working week. A new report, […]
17th February 2022
What’s happened? A landlord of 15 flat block has recently been fined for failing to ensure that gas fittings, appliances and associated flues were checked for safety after a tenant tipped of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) about his concerns. David Mackman was the landlord for at least 15 flats in an old tenement block. […]
9th February 2022
What’s Happened? A holiday apartments owner and his company have recently been ordered to pay a £12,800 fine for failing to put in place suitable life safety fire safety measures in one of its properties. Fire Safety Breaches The company owns holiday premises in Torquay which consist of separate flats leased out to tenants. Following […]