A manufacturing company has been fined after an employee lost parts of two fingers when his hand got caught in a machine producing face masks. The 55-year-old machine operator was working a night shift for Alpha Solway Limited at the company’s Yew Tree Way site in Warrington, on 22 April …
New guidance has been created to reduce the risk of trapping and crushing hazards when using mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs). The free, updated safety guidance created by the Construction Industry Plant Safety Group (CIPSG) is directed towards operators, supervisors and rescuers of MEWPs. The 22 page document is an …
A company has been fined £120,000 after a dad died following a fall from the roof of a building site. Father-of-one Dennis Vincent, 36, and another worker were using ropes to install a lightning protection system to the front of a Warrington office block being converted into flats. Mr Vincent, …
The Building Safety Act is expected to take shape over the next twelve months. David Barnes, policy and public affairs manager at the Chartered Institute of Building, says preparation among all stakeholders is key to its smooth implementation. The Building Safety Act received Royal Assent on 27 April 2022, introducing …
Last year saw huge fines for the likes of Sainsbury’s, Carlsberg, Dairy Crest and Network Rail. From environmental offences to gas leaks, take a look at the major health and safety prosecutions of 2022. 10. B&M fined £1m after electrician sustains serious burns in warehouse explosion In August, Retail company, …
The Scaffolding Association discusses the statistics published by the Health and Safety Executive which show improvement in some areas but concerning trends in others… Latest statistics published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) which include work-related ill health and non-fatal workplace injuries, show that 1.8 million workers suffered from a work-related …
SHP hears from Laura Nelson, Managing Director at RTITB, on load training and safety for drivers on the road… Loads that are not properly secured cause tens of thousands of road incidents each year in the UK. For the most part, these are completely preventable, so why do they continue …
Well after much deliberation, I am so excited and nervous to be running the London Marathon TCS 2023 to raise funds for Alzheimer’s Research UK: supporting ground breaking research and working towards a world free from the heartbreak it can cause. I have sadly seen at first hand the devastating effect dementia can have on …
In its pre-tournament briefing on migrant workers’ conditions, Amnesty International says “that abuses remain rife across the country” and is calling for FIFA and Qatar to go further in protecting workers from exploitation. Amnesty International is urging FIFA and Qatar to do more to protect and compensate migrant workers ahead …
On 10 February 2021, 59-year-old engineer Christopher Wright was working for Playford Packaging at its factory on Wrexham Industrial Estate in Wrexham when he was asked to look at a large case-making machine that had run into a problem. The operator of this fast-flowing machine, which can make 200 cardboard …
