HSE issues safety alert against using KN95 facemask as PPE The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning against the use of KN95 facemasks as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). A safety alert has been issued urging all employers and suppliers not to purchase or use KN95 facemasks as PPE. The …
Vehicles are commonly fitted with air suspension, including buses and coaches, refuse vehicles, goods vehicles and tankers. On a vehicle with an air suspension system, inflated rubber bellows (also known as airbags) are supplied with air from the vehicle’s air compressor via a storage system. These take the place of …
Birmingham Halal Abattoir Limited has admitted responsibility for hygiene offences and been ordered to pay more than £11,000. The business pleaded guilty to multiple instances of failing to prevent potential cross-contamination between carcases before their post-mortem inspection between March and April 2019. The carcases were held on a rail system …
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has assembled a team of specialists to assist the government’s national effort to get personal protective equipment (PPE) to frontline health care workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Supporting the government’s PPE Plan, the UK regulator’s PPE Unit is made up of regulatory inspectors, policy makers and …
We are now conducting COVID-19 site and workplace Health & Safety compliance audits. Which will be beneficial for your business, when lockdown is gradually lifted in various stages by the Government. You will need to take preventative measures to ensure risks can be managed and your workforce are educated, engaged …
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has prosecuted a contractor after two men suffering with fatigue died in a road traffic accident. Zac Payne, 20, and Michael Morris, 48, died on 19 June 2013 when Zac fell asleep at the wheel of his work van while driving back to …
A construction company has been fined after a worker was injured when a water pump set weighing over 700kg fell on him at a construction site. On 15 January 2016, a pipe fitter for Fascel Group Limited was working on the transfer of a pump set from its pallet to …
Supermarket giant Tesco has been fined £733,333.33 at Luton Magistrates’ following an incident in which a 91-year-old pensioner slipped at its Hemel Hempstead store and broke his hip. The case was brought following an investigation by Environmental Health Officers at Dacroum Borough Council. Tesco had pleaded guilty at a previous …
St Andrew’s Tutorial Services Ltd has been fined after a teacher sustained serious injuries when she was struck by a delivery van. Cambridge Crown Court heard that on 26 February 2016, the 48-year-old teacher was on a trip to the UK, bringing students to the college from Italy. Whilst at …
