The annual Mental Health Awareness Week this year has a focus on the theme of anxiety. The charity Mental Health Foundation is using the national week from May 15 to 21 to start conversations about anxiety. The organisation carried out research which showed a quarter of adults feel so anxious, …
A joinery firm in South East London has been fined £20,000 for failing to control its employees’ exposure to wood dust. F&E Joinery Limited, in Herne Hill, was inspected in May 2022 as part of a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) campaign targeting woodworking businesses due to the significant health …
A Liverpool conveyor maintenance company has been fined after a mobile service engineer suffered serious injuries when his arm was dragged into a machine. Daniel Hartshorn, an employee of Joloda Conveyor Services Ltd, was pulled into the machine while carrying out repairs at one of the firm’s customers. He suffered …
Morrisons supermarket has been fined £3.5 million following prosecution by Tewkesbury Borough Council for failing to ensure the health and safety of an epileptic employee who died after falling from a shop stairway. Matthew Gunn, 27, was using the stairs in the supermarket’s Tewkesbury store when he is believed to …
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 …
