ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL FIRST AID TRAINING COURSE
Another successful First Aid training course conducted for one of our local clients. Thank you to J24 Bridgwater for the use of your impressive conference facilities.
SCAFFOLDING COMPANY FINED FOR UNTRAINED FORKLIFT OPERATOR’S INJURIES
A scaffolding company must pay more than £50,000 after a workman sustained life-changing crush injuries when the forklift truck he was operating overturned, trapping him. The Whiterose Scaffolding employee’s internal injuries were so severe that he now lives with chronic pain and has significant mobility problems. The Leeds-based company, which …
CUNNINGHAM SAFETY CONSULTANTS WIN WORLEBURY GOLF CLUB SPONSORS DAY TOURNAMENT 2018
Cunningham Safety Consultants win Worlebury Golf Club sponsors day tournament 2018
CUNNINGHAM SAFETY CONSULTANTS PARTICIPATE IN 10K BEACH RUN IN AID OF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
Cunningham Safety Consultants participate in the Weston Christmas Cracker 10k Beach Run this morning in aid of Breast Cancer Awareness
WESTON AREA HELATH NHS TRUST, CELEBRATION OF SUCCESS, AWARDS EVENING
We were both delighted to attend Weston Area Health NHS Trust , Celebration of Success, Awards Evening.
LONDON ZOO SAFETY BREACH: KEEPER SUFFERED NECK INJURY IN FAULTY STEPLADDER FALL
A London Zoo safety breach saw a keeper, who was cleaning out a hawk aviary, fall off a faulty step ladder that was wrongly retrieved from a skip. Angelina Lawson suffered neck injuries in the accident while removing droppings from a shelf under the birds’ perches. According to reports, the step ladder …
A SOLE DIRECTOR HAS BEEN THREATENED WITH PRISON AFTER A JOINT OPERATION UNCOVERED A SERIES OF SAFETY AND HEALTH FRAUD OFFENCES
Barrie John Henry Birch was sentenced to 18 months’ jail, suspended for two years, and disqualified from being a company director for five years after his firm, BBS Improvements, carried out unsafe and unnecessary building work. Workers were put at risk because there was no scaffolding. The fraudulent activity was …
SALES DIRECTOR TRIED TO PASS AS SELF-EMPLOYED TO AVOID LIABILITY FOR APPRENTICE’S FALL
The sales director of a West Midlands roofing firm tried to disclaim his managerial status to stop the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) charging him with neglect after an untrained apprentice sustained severe head, facial and back injuries when he fell more than 6 m through a fragile skylight on …
COMPANY ACCUSED OF TREATING WORKERS LIKE ‘ROBOTS’
The GMB has highlighted recent Amazon safety incidents and accused the company of treating its UK warehouse workers like ‘robots’ after it published a series of figures relating to health and safety. The trade union said figures show more than 440 serious incidents have been reported to the Health and Safety Executive since 2015. …
BREAST CANCER NOW WEAR IT PINK DAY
Today, 19 October, we wore pink, raised money and are helping to make life-saving research happen.