Firm Told Seat Belt Policy Could Have Prevented Death
A company has been fined £300,000 at Lincoln Crown Court for breach of health and safety regulations following the death of a fork-lift truck driver who wasn't wearing a seat belt. Vacu-Lug Traction Tyres Ltd, based at Gonerby Hill Foot, had previously admitted a charge of failing to ensure the...
Read MoreMental Health: Police Dealing With Record Level of Calls
Figures revealed by the Metropolitan Police have shown mental health calls received by the force are up a third in five years. According to the latest set of statistics, there were 115,000 calls which included a mental health element to the Met between July 2016 and 2017. This would mean...
Read MoreDefibrillators Roll Out Across London
Defibrillators will be provided to officers on three more London boroughs as the Met's initiative with the London Ambulance Service continues. The latest boroughs to be provided with Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) are Brent, Haringey and Kingston-Upon-Thames. From Monday, 21 August, the three boroughs will join 13 other boroughs as...
Read MoreHSE Respond to Calls for Review of Big Ben Silence
The HSE has responded to the prime minister’s and MPs calls for the House of Commons commission to review whether Big Ben should be silenced for four years during renovation work. The Health and Safety Executive said in a statement that ‘people’s health should not be made worse by the...
Read MoreAsbestos Found in Shropshire’s Hospitals Poses ‘No Danger’
Asbestos is present in both of Shropshire’s main hospitals, it was revealed today. But hospital bosses insist it poses no danger and that buildings have been given a clean bill of health. It comes amid claims by a group of specialist solicitors that the substance presents a ‘serious risk’. In...
Read MoreFatal Injuries From Accidents at Work 2017
This report provides total numbers of fatal injuries arising from accidents at work in Great Britain that were reported to the authorities in 2016/17. It includes fatal injuries to both workers and also to members of the general public. Fatal injuries are thankfully rare events. With a degree of chance...
Read MoreSurvey: One In Five ‘Don’t Follow’ H&S Protocol Following Incident
One in five managers admitted to not following health and safety protocol after every employee injury or incident, new research has shown. The study, commissioned by law firm Hugh James and conducted by Atomik Research, polled 2,000 full time and part-time employees across the UK, and revealed gaps in fire...
Read MoreInquest Begins Into Death of Health & Safety Expert Who Fell Down Lift Shaft
An inquest began yesterday into the death of a health and safety expert who fell 30ft down a lift shaft during an inspection. James Merritt, 39, was checking three lifts at a technology firm’s three-storey building. Merritt, of Hampton Magna, Warwicks, worked for Zurich Engineering. He had more than 20...
Read MoreMore Than Half a Million Homes in England Do Not Meet Basic Health and Safety Standards
More than half a million social homes in England fail to meet basic health and safety standards, an analysis of official government data by The Independent has revealed. Just weeks after the Grenfell Tower fire raised serious questions about the state of housing in the UK, new statistics show that 525,000 social homes currently...
Read MoreUK-Based Dancer Dies After 100ft Fall
A UK-based dancer has fallen more than 100ft to his death at a Spanish music festival, following an aerial routine in a cage. Brighton-based aerial dancer Pedro Aunion Monroy, who runs his own company, suspended in an illuminated cube above the stage at the Mad Cool festival in Madrid when...
Read MoreTwo Men Jailed After Man is Buried Alive on Site
Two men have been jailed three years after a father-of-five from Peterborough was buried alive at a building site. Single parent Shane Wilkinson, who was 33, was working at a Conquest Homes development at Collyweston near Stamford back in 2014 to earn enough money to buy school shoes for his...
Read MoreCITB Grant Information
The CITB grants scheme provides Site Safety Plus grants for employers in the construction industry to train their workers. The scheme helps to maintain health and safety standards on construction sites and to ensure the right skills are available for the industry to grow. Who can claim a grant? You can...
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