Icy conditions and winter weather With the cold weather arriving from the East this week, we thought it would be useful to remind you of the current guidance detailed on the HSE website. Slip and trip accidents increase during the Autumn and Winter season for...
BS 8300-2:2018 Design of an accessible and inclusive built environment. Buildings. Code of practice What is this new standard about? A wide range of inclusive design solution guidance already exists. This standard brings that diverse advice together to provide a definitive source...
ISO 45001 due for publication in March ISO 45001, Occupational health and safety management systems is a new standard which will help organisations in providing a framework to improve employee safety, reduce workplace risks and create better, safer working conditions. ISO 45001 will replace OHSAS 18001, which...
High Rise Cladding Update Just three tower blocks out of almost 300 with the same cladding as Grenfell Tower have had panels taken down and replaced. Seven months after the fire a report published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government revealed...
Smoking related fire deaths rise in London Most fatal fires are started by discarded cigarettes, matches and lighters according to Fire Facts, the London Fire Brigade’s comprehensive annual review of fire data. The report covers up to the end of 2016 and does not include the tragic...
Fall from height – two construction companies fined over £1m Two construction companies have been handed fines exceeding £1m after their failure to place physical barriers around building work led to a tenant falling 5.5 m. The accident happened during remedial refurbishment work at the Du Cane Estate in the...
Housing Association receives £100k fines for exposing workers to HAVS Cwmbran Magistrates’ Court heard how Charter Housing Association Ltd. reported six cases of HAVS following a health surveillance programme launched in June 2015. The affected employees were all part of the maintenance team for this programme. Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome...
Sales Director’s Community order after fall of an apprentice The sales director of a West Midlands roofing firm has been fined and handed a community order. This comes after an untrained 18 year old apprentice sustained severe head, facial and back injuries after a fall of more than 6...
Legionnaires’ disease outbreak Five companies have denied Health and safety breaches relating to an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Edinburgh, Scotland where four people died and a further 92 were infected during the outbreak in 2012. The source of exposure is most likely...
Contractor and Retail Company fined over safety failings Martin McColl Limited and JMS Retail Concepts Limited have both been sentenced on 22nd December 2017 9OLafter two members of the public tripped and fell over construction work outside a convenience store in Dinas Powys, Vale of Glamorgan. It was...