November 2020 | 2 min read
HSE Fees for Intervention Increase
As most employers and employees have been dealing with the H&S implications of the Covid virus, it is possible that the recent increase in fees has passed you by. The HSE Fees for Intervention scheme have been increased again, showing that the Material Breach is here to stay. The Fee for Intervention (FFI) scheme is […]
September 2020 | 4 min read
Health And Safety Auditing
A health and safety audit is a process that systematically measures the organization’s management of its health and safety programme against a series of specific and attainable standards, to determine if there is compliance. The audit will examine the effectiveness of the health and safety management system, examining documentation from the Health and Safety Policy […]
April 2020 | 2 min read
Learning The Lessons From Real Incidents
Vibratory roller driver crushed by reversing tipper lorry Reversing is dangerous and should be eliminated as far as reasonably practicable or controlled to prevent danger. The driver of a vibratory roller was crushed to death under the rear wheels of a reversing tipper lorry on a road construction project. The work involved tipping the fine […]
April 2020 | 2 min read
HSE Following Up With Spot Checks After Safety Alert in 2019 on Welding
The HSE is reminding employers that they must protect their workers’ health by controlling the risks from welding fume. The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) current programme of inspections will review health and safety standards across the country and businesses are encouraged to check the new guidance (see link at the end of this article) […]
February 2020 | 2 min read
Worker Injured After Fall From Conveyor
A company providing a range of airline ground support services has been fined after an employee fell from a height of more than two metres. Luton Magistrates’ Court heard that on 24 December 2016 Rebecca Smith of Menzies Aviation (UK) Limited was injured during the loading of luggage onto an aircraft during an aircraft turnaround […]
December 2019 | 3 min read
Latest Legionella Prosecutions
Two people have been sentenced after failing to control the risk of exposure to Legionella bacteria in the cooling tower at their business premises in Spring Hill, Birmingham. Birmingham Magistrates’ Court heard that, between June 2017 and February 2018, Kulwant Singh Chatha and partner Satpaul Kaur Chatha of Isher Hangers failed to put suitable measures […]
December 2019 | 2 min read
Blinded By Hazardous Substances
Beechdean Farm Limited has been fined following an incident in which an employee was permanently blinded by corrosive chemicals used in cleaning. High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court heard that in August 2017, an employee was cleaning the walls of the dairy farm at Old House Farm in North Dean, Buckinghamshire, using a corrosive disinfectant DM CiD, […]
October 2019 | 2 min read
New Enforcement Action For Those Welding Mild Steel
There is new scientific evidence from the International Agency for Research on Cancer that exposure to mild steel welding fume can cause lung cancer and possibly kidney cancer in humans. The Workplace Health Expert Committee has endorsed the reclassification of mild steel welding fume as a human carcinogen. With immediate effect, there is a strengthening […]
August 2019 | 2 min read
Local Companies Prosecuted
A grain store company has been fined following the death of a worker at its site in Linton, Cambridgeshire. Peterborough Crown Court heard how on 27 July 2016 an employee of Camgrain Stores Ltd suffered fatal injuries after being struck by a lorry at the site. Mr. Edward Orlopp had left the control room to […]
