Ladder safety: How to work safely with ladders and stepladders With falls from height still the single biggest cause of workplace deaths and one of the main causes of major injuries, it is essential that anyone who undertakes work at height is both trained and competent. That is the principal...
Man killed by falling window pane from Residential apartment building in London Police are investigating the death of a man believed to have been killed by a window pane that fell from the Corniche building, a new apartment block on the Albert Embankment at 10.42am, Tuesday 2nd October. The man, believed to be...
Fire Safety failures and Legionnaires Risk A West Sussex local authority has been issued with a regulatory notice for failing to assess fire and legionella risks in properties it is responsible for maintaining. In the notice, the UK’s Regulator of Social Housing said that up until...
Primary school Asbestos exposure – Council fined £200k Kent Council County (KCC) has been fined £200,000 after asbestos was disturbed in a primary school in Sittingbourne during a routine food inspection at Lansdowne Primary School. Canterbury Crown Court heard how environmental health officers from the council were carrying...
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 is also referred to as HSWA, the HSW Act, the 1974 Act or HASAWA. This Act is the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety in Great Britain. The...
Hotel fails to control Legionella risks Bremwell, the management company of a hotel in Colchester, Essex, that failed to control risks from exposure to legionella and asbestos has been sentenced. It operates the Rose and Crown Hotel had previously admitted five safety and health offences. Environmental health...
Global fire safety standards in buildings More than 30 organisations from around the world have united in a single group – The International Fire Safety Standards (IFSS) Coalition – to develop landmark industry standards to globally address fire safety in buildings. Launched at the UN in...
Legionella prosecution at Nursing Home Introduction Following the death of Kenneth Ibbetson, 86, who died after contracting Legionnaire’s disease at Hutton Village Care Home, Brentwood in June 2015, Bupa Care Homes (BNH) Ltd, pleaded to breaching Section 3 (1) of the Health and Safety at...
Two companies fined for serious breaches involving the removal of asbestos Wildheart Residential Management Limited, a residential property management company and Squaredeal UPVC & Renewables Limited, a specialist installation contractor have been fined after a resident raised concerns about soffit replacement work carried out on the guttering on three blocks of...
Multiple Health and Safety Failings during Care Home Build Exeter Magistrates’ Court has heard that Coast & Country Construction and Paul Humphries Architects “total disregard for health and safety and site management” during an extension job put 80 care home residents at risk of death. This has resulted in them...