Failure to plan on multi-storey refurbishment put over 100 lives at risk A Company carrying out construction work to convert an eight storey former Ford office block into 384 flats has been prosecuted for safety failings that put many at risk. On the 26 May 2015, HSE was contacted by the Essex County …
Construction Infonet is a free eBulletin from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to provide a regular update on health and safety issues for all in the construction industry. To view the October 2015 HSE construction infonet which has the latest news on publications events and prosecutions …
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Greg Pearson, from Enfield, trading as ‘Pearsons Scaffolding’, was prosecuted by the HSE after the concerns were raised about scaffolding work being carried out on Tavistock Street in central London. HSE visited the site twice and found the incomplete scaffold to be poorly erected and unsafe work practices were …
A Cheshire building contractor, Phillip Affleck, has been fined for serious health breaches and lack of welfare facilities on a Culcheth building site. Trafford Magistrates’ Court heard that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) received a complaint from a member of the public in May 2014 about the …
HSE is undertaking its annual refurbishment initiative between 14 September and 9 October 2015. During this period, inspectors will be targeting visits to sites where refurbishment work is being carried out, focussing on the main causes of accidents and ill-health in this high risk sector. These include work at height …
Mary Clarke, CEO, Cognisco, explains how the tick-box approach to managing health and safety at work can be costly for businesses in financial terms as well as reputational damage. The latest (provisional) statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that 142 workers were killed at work in …
Capital Safety, designer and manufacturer of height safety and fall protection equipment, has launched a new range of its Delta™ Comfort harnesses. The company say that this latest design incorporates many of the features of the original range as well as shoulder, back and leg padding and vent windows …
Over the next 12 months HSE is focusing heavily on health in the food industry, specifically with regard to musculoskeletal issues. David Shorrock examines current regulations and tools employers can utilise to assess the risks to their workforce and avoid heavy fines. An astonishing 8.3 million working days were …
A farm company was sentenced today after admitting safety failures relating to a worker falling five and a half meters through an abattoir skylight. In June 2014, Mr Attila Bus was asked by his supervisor to clean the gutter on the abattoir owned by Tottingworth Farms Ltd. Eastbourne magistrates heard …
