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Contractor in Court After Workers Exposed to Silica Dust

London based contractor MY Construction & Carpentry Limited has been fined £40,000 after workers were exposed to Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS). Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard MY Construction was undertaking a project that included the refurbishment of a building at Netherall Gardens, London. A proactive site inspection on 5 July 2016...

Quirky Christmas Facts!

Here at Courtley Health & Safety Ltd, we have taken some time out to put together an info graphic of quirky Christmas Facts. This shows some of the most unusual ways members of the public have managed to injured themselves over the holiday period. Read on to find out about...

Fire Safety: Latest Statistics Show Increase in UK Fires

The latest statistics from the Home Office show a 14 per cent increase in the number of fires attended by fire and rescue services across England. The figures also reveal a 7 per cent increase in the number of incidents attended. Responding to the Home Office fire safety statistics, the...

Construction Workers Warned To Take Care During Winter!

With parts of the UK experiencing especially harsh and cold weather this winter, construction workers have been warned that they may need to take extra care during these harsh months. For construction workers, the cold weather is not something that can be escaped by wrapping up warm inside. Instead, they...

Study Links Bullying and Violence at Work to Type 2 Diabetes

Exposure to bullying and violence in the workplace may increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a Nordic study has found. The researchers analysed data from four previous cohort studies involving 19,280 men and 26,625 women from Denmark, Finland and Sweden. Participants were aged between 40 and 65, none...

Top Tips For On Site Back Pain!

Here in the UK, back pain is something pretty much everyone goes through. However, for those working in manual labour and construction, back pain can become a constant, annoying pain that just won’t go away. In the construction industry alone, 25% of injuries are back based. According to reports, every year 1...

Bomb Thrown Onto Train Tracks By Builder

One builder recently got the shock of a lifetime as he unearthed what he thought was bomb whilst working on a housing development in Kent. The contractor reacted as many of us probably would do when discovering something like this. He tried to get as far away from it as...

Merseyside Woman Dies After Contracting Legionnaires’ Disease at Hotel

The family of a woman who died after contracting Legionnaires' disease say more could have been done to save her. Elaine Brown, 69, from Liverpool, died in August after a stay at The Feathers Hotel in Ludlow, Shropshire. Her death came months after another guest caught the disease but Public...

Gemma Collins’s Claims Of BBC Negligence Over Teen Awards Fall

The BBC has refuted Gemma Collins’s claims of negligence over her dramatic fall at the Radio 1 Teen Awards. The ‘TOWIE’ star revealed she was taking legal advice after her fall down a hole on stage at Sunday’s (22 October) event at Wembley Arena, insisting she was not properly briefed. “It’s very important this...

Using your Head – A Guide to Head Protection

With a huge variety of different head protection available, how do employers make the right choice? In the second of a three-part series, Keith Hole, vice-chair of IOSH’s Construction Group and Head of SHEQ at MTS Cleansing, looks at the options. There is a huge amount of choice when it...

HSE’s Construction Blitz Targets Dust Exposure

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched its latest round of focused inspections, targeting exposure to hazardous substances such as dust in the construction industry. Over the next two weeks HSE inspectors will visit building projects across Britain and focus on respirable silica, wood and asbestos dust. Other issues...

Renters ‘Left in Dark’ on Basic Fire Safety Measures

New research has shown three months after the Grenfell Tower disaster that the majority of tenants still feel left in the dark when it comes to fire safety. The study of more than 1,000 tenants in August 2017, commissioned by the British Woodworking Federation and released to mark Fire Safety...

Global Work Deaths Total 2.78 Million Per Year

There are 2.78 million annual work-related deaths, according to new estimates from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and other bodies. The estimated global total for occupational deaths and work-related illness is 19% higher than the 2.33 million estimated in 2014, reflecting the inclusion of respiratory cases caused by chronic obstructive...

Is Fear of Falling Creating a Roofer Shortage?

A survey of over 200 trainee roofer's by Redland has revealed that fear of injury or death is the biggest concern for 43% of them. Of the 212 surveyed, 63 said that they were most worried about falling from height, 12 cited health and safety issues, 11 said injuries and...