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FLOOR LAYER KILLED BY TOXIC ADHESIVE
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 …
FINE AFTER 12-YEAR-OLD FELL FROM LADDER AT UNSECURED SITE
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 …
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
CONSTRUCTION PRE-QUALIFICATION ASSESSMENT STANDARD DESIGNED TO CUT BUILD COSTS
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 …
COMPANY SENTENCED AFTER DEATH OF EMPLOYEE
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 …
DIRECTOR JAILED FOR COMPANY’S REACH VIOLATION
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) …
HEIGHTENED CANCER RISK FROM WELDING FUME EXPOSURE PROMPTS HSE TO TIGHTEN CONTROLS
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 …