A Floor layer killed by toxic adhesive was wearing ‘completely ineffectual’ face mask A property maintenance firm and a flooring manufacturer have been fined a combined £750,000 over the death of a floor layer in London. Paul Tilcock had been using an adhesive that contained toxic solvents to fix a …
Contractor Westdale Services Limited has been fined £160,000 after a 12-year-old boy slipped off a scaffold ladder on an inadequately guarded site. On 6 May 2017, two boys were able to climb the rungs of a ladder within scaffolding erected by Westdale Services at Southville Flats in Cwmbran by placing …
Cunningham Safety Consultants complete Bridgwater Bolt 10k in support of Breast Cancer Awareness.Together we will find a cure #fightingthistogether!!
The launch of the first phase of a new common pre-qualification assessment standard (CAS) could reduce inefficiencies in the construction sector by up to a £1bn a year. The new system also promises to provide greater assurance to clients and main contractors that assessments meet their risk management requirements. Created …
A Co. Armagh company has been fined £50,000 for failings which resulted in the death of one of its employees at its premises in Lurgan. Alan Little Ltd of Queens Place, Lurgan pleaded guilty after employee Jonathan Peden suffered fatal injuries during an unloading operation. Mr Peden died after he …
A founder and sole director of a Midlands company has been handed a 10-month custodial sentence for the sale of a plant protection product and a paint stripper which contained banned substances. Image credit: HSE. The paint stripper that Abel (UK) was selling online The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) …
New scientific evidence from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which has found that exposure to even mild steel welding fume can cause lung cancer and possibly kidney cancer, has prompted the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to raise its control standards. The Workplace Health Expert Committee …
Cunningham Safety Consultants visits JSP Manufacturing Headquarters in Oxfordshire: for an event dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of Personal Protective Equipment
A construction firm has been fined £600,000 following the death of a workman who was crushed by a dumper truck in Edinburgh. Vincent Ramsay, 55, was killed on a building site in 2016 when a dumper truck ran over him at the bottom of a dirt ramp. The father-of four …
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.
