A contractor and scaffolding firm must pay almost £63,000 after a subcontracted worker plunged 5 m through poorly erected scaffolding after the roof’s edge protection gave way. Jhanade Ryan was installing solar panels on the roof of roofing and cladding sheeting manufacturer Firth Steels, when he slipped on the fragile surface …
A manufacturer and supplier of body trim parts for the automotive industry has been fined £1.6m after a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak and an explosion at its factory in the north east of England left five people seriously ill and a teenager with first degree burns. Both incidents took place at …
Cunningham Safety Consultants proudly sponsors the trophies for Weston S Mare Hockey Club end of season awards evening, held in the Winter Gardens Pavilion , Weston S Mare. A fantastic evening marked the end of a successful season.
As Stress Awareness Month begins, the chief executive of leading EAP provider Health Assured talks about how employers can manage workplace stress. David Price said the first step in managing stress in the workplace is to become more aware of its causes and effects. Stress statistics New figures released by …
Legend has it that Margaret Thatcher used to run the country on just four hours sleep a night. The oft-quoted rumour helped define an era of the 1980s when sleep, along with lunch, apparently was for wimps. But now we live in more enlightened times and organisations are waking up …
Holiday park operator Center Parcs UK has been handed a £250,000 fine after an eight-year-old child fell around 3m from a tree and broke her wrist. The company pleaded guilty to breaching s 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act at Luton Crown Court on 13 March. A …
Cunningham Safety Consultants started their “Safety in Business Campaign” today, in Yeovil. With positive feedback from local businesses within the surrounding area. Over the next few months we will be visiting Plymouth, Taunton, Bridgwater, Bristol, Swindon and Gloucester. We are currently offering businesses a free no obligation HSE compliance health …
Another successful Manual Handling Training Course conducted by Cunningham Safety Consultants in London. Course included information on MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS (MSDs). MSDs include injury and pain to backs, joints and limbs which can affect your quality of life. Do the right thing and protect your workers from work-related MSDs. Please get in touch if …
Breaches to health and safety legislation at three Poundstretcher stores in Newbury, Newhaven and Swindon have resulted in the retail chain being hit with a £1m fine. The chain pleaded guilty to a total of 24 counts of breaching the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 following inspections …
From million-pound plus fines to prison sentences, there have been some major prosecutions in occupational health and safety in 2017 – affecting household names such as Wilko, Warburtons, JD Sports, Travis Perkins, and Iceland. The latest enforcement figures published by the Health and Safety Executive have shown a major rise in health …
