A GLASS and glazing company which installs and repairs glass windscreens and side windows to buses, coaches, motor homes and trains, has been fined for failing to adequately control the risk to its employees from using vibrating tools.

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A CARE home company has been fined £640,000 after one of their residents choked on a piece of doughnut and died.

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ARCO IS pleased to see that the High Court has ruled that the VIP fast-track lane for awarding PPE contracts to those with political connections was unlawful.

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CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR and developer Skanska is launching a new initiative to make its Mental Health First Aiders more visible.

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A CONSTRUCTION company and its groundworks contractor have been fined after unsafe excavation work left a worker with serious burns to his hand and arm.

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NEW DATA published by NHS England last week shows the number of hospital staff off work due to COVID-19 rose by almost 60% in the most recent week and has more than trebled in a month to nearly 40,000 staff in a single day.

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Health & Safety Matters (HSM) will be holding its first ever industry golf and networking day at the prestigious Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales on 15 June 2022.

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MICHAEL GOVE, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, has warned developers that they must pay to fix the cladding crisis they caused as he continues to overhaul the government’s approach to building safety.

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STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY Council has been prosecuted for failing to inspect and maintain trees on a public footpath, following the death of a member of the public.

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A SELF-employed gas engineer, trading as Shabba Gas Services Plumbing and Heating Engineer, has been fined for carrying out unsafe gas work after installing a boiler which had multiple installation faults.

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THE HEALTH and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI) has successfully led a prosecution against Coleraine based property management company, Oriental Developments Limited.

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A HOUSING company has been sentenced after an agency worker suffered serious injuries in a ladder fall.

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ENTRIES ARE now open for the 2022 Safety and Health Excellence awards. Winners will be announced on the 6 April 2022 at The Vox, Birmingham.

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DUE TO the increased awareness of plastic pollution in recent years, there is a growing demand and a genuine drive in the market to find innovative ways to deal with plastic waste.

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SOLID GEAR says its fastest safety shoe is designed for performance and safety to keep you going for longer at work.

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A COMMERCIAL printing company has been sentenced for safety breaches after two employees were injured in separate incidents involving a printing press and a palletising machine.

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THE HEALTH and Safety Executive (HSE) has published statistics that cover work-related ill health, non-fatal workplace injuries and enforcement action taken by HSE, in the 2020/21 period.

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Safety, Health and Wellbeing Live’s Manchester event has been rescheduled due to the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant and will now take place on 23rd-24th May 2022 at Manchester Central.

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IF YOU are looking to progress your career in health and safety this year, take the first step now and become a member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health – or IOSH for short.

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GREAT BRITAIN'S workplace regulator is asking demolition and construction firms to double-down on thorough planning, management and control of demolition and refurbishment work.

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