A major cinema chain has been fined £750,000 for health and safety failures after a reclining seat came down on a man’s neck and killed him. Ateeq Rafiq had gone to the cinema with his wife on 9 March 2018, Birmingham Crown Court was told. Once the film was over, …
A utilities company has been fined after a member of the public suffered fatal injuries after falling into an excavation on a footpath. M and S Water Services (Utilities) Ltd was digging on a footpath on Devon Road, Luton to access a stop tap that needed replacing, on 28 May …
Southend High School for Boys Academy Trust has been sentenced after a worker fell from a ladder. The injured person was using an unsecured ladder at the school to dismantle a canopy roof. The ladder slipped, causing the worker to fall and sustain fractures to his face, a fractured femur …
Thursday 3rd June 2021 ELAINE KNUTT The former firefighter who carried out fire risk assessments (FRAs) on Grenfell Tower between 2010 and 2017 has admitted that he misrepresented his qualifications and experience. At the public inquiry into the June 2017 disaster, Carl Stokes also admitted he had cut and pasted …
Food manufacturer, Young’s Seafood Limited, has been fined after a worker was trapped by a mixing machine. A 59-year-old worker was creating the mix for fish cakes at the company’s Humberstone Road factory in Grimsby, Grimsby Crown Court was told. At the end of a mix run he went to …
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Auberne Homes Limited and groundworks contractor W & E Lammie have been fined after an employee of W & E Lammie was crushed and severely injured during an excavation collapse. Ayr Sherriff Court heard that, employees of W & E Lammie were carrying out drainage works within an excavation at …
Today marks the annual World Day for Health and Safety at Work, which is an international campaign to promote health and safety within the workplace. Main topic this year is how we as a business; “anticipate, prepare and respond to crises”, highlighting the importance in how we invest in resilient …
No jab, no job – easy to say but a minefield to navigate. As the NHS programme rolls impressively on, thoughts turn to how useful vaccine protection might be. The UK does not generally mandate medical treatment. It works on the basis of consent which is largely effective, for example with …
The UK Health and Safety Executive’s decision to use two private sector firms to carry out workplace ‘COVID security’ assessments is being scrutinised by employers and their legal advisers, amid concern that staff at the two debt collection firms involved might not be best qualified for the role. The two …
