July 2016 Newsletter – BUPA Care Home Failures Posted on 7th December 2016 at 3:55 pm. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter You are viewing this email as you have registered to receive our newsletters.View this email in your browser July 2016 NEWSLETTER Home | Services | Sectors | Client Comments | About Us | Resources | Client LoginBedrail Faliures lead to £400,000 fines for BUPA Care HomesAn earlier guilty plea in Carlisle Magistrates’ Court lead the District Judge to refer the case to Carlisle Crown Court for sentencing. BUPA Care Homes (CFC Homes) Ltd has been fined over the inappropriate management of bedrails at one of its care homes.British Telecommunications PLC fined £600,000Two employees within British Telecommunications PLC were seriously injured in falls from height. Teesside Crown Court heard how two British Telecommunications (BT) Open Reach engineers had been given a job at BT’s Darlington Automatic Telephone Exchange. One of the engineers was installing a cable through a hole on the first floor along a ceiling level cable tray to the Main Distribution Frame (MDF) on the ground floor.In order to carry out this work he was working on a stepladder in amongst the lighting system. He felt a pain in his right arm and fell from the step ladder. He was taken to hospital with head and back injuries. Myth-busting by the HSETumble turns banned from Council run swimming pool for health and safety reasonsFreestyle lane tumble turns banned from Council run swimming pool for health and safety reasonsRead the Panel’s decision HERE.Family told by undertaker that shoes are not allowed on deceased’s body for funeralFamily arranging a funeral told by undertaker that the deceased would not be allowed to wear shoes as it was against health and safety regulations.Read the Panel’s decision HERE.The HSE Myth Busters Challenge Panel provides a mechanism to independently challenge potentially disproportionate or inaccurate advice or decisions, made in the name of health and safety.“We think that communicating these decisions will help all our clients with a better insight into the ongoing ‘perception v’s reality’ arguments which appear in the media from time to time”.Phil JonesFrom the TeamUsing mobile phones when drivingIs merely complying with the law sufficient? Phil Jones discusses in the next ARMA newsletter. Will you be receiving your copy?Read more Managing ActionsHave you visited our YouTube Channel?Easy access videos available to help ensure compliance. Watch our video explaining how you could simply and effectively manage your compliance actions. What will happen to OSH regulation now we’re out of the EU?Louis Wustemann, editor of IOSH Magazine discusses.Read MoreOur compliance advice helps clients manage their risk exposures both nationally and internationally. About Us Our Services Testimonials Contact Us“Providing innovative compliance support services to portfolio managers & owners”Quantum ComplianceThe ‘go-to’ consultancy for exceptional compliance adviceJoin Us SociallyTo receive urgent industry news & information as it happens. Copyright © Quantum Compliance 2015, All rights reserved.Our mailing address is: 23 Hanover Square, London, W1S 1JB0800 644 4142unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences Share on Facebook Share on Twitter