Care home admits fire safety breaches
A COMPANY that runs a residential care home in Cheshire has been fined £40,000 and ordered to pay £13,626 in costs after admitting serious breaches of fire safety regulations.
A COMPANY that runs a residential care home in Cheshire has been fined £40,000 and ordered to pay £13,626 in costs after admitting serious breaches of fire safety regulations.
THE GOVERNMENT is banning combustible materials on new high-rise homes and giving support to local authorities to carry out emergency work to remove and replace unsafe aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding.
A NOTTINGHAM man has been sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to pay nearly £20,000 in prosecution costs after pleading guilty to five fire safety offences.
WHEN YOU’RE looking for a partner in printing, you might think we’re all the same.
A COMPANY specialising in underwater civil engineering and commercial diving has been fined following an incident where a working diver was injured.
A CONSTRUCTION company has been fined after a chauffeur fell to his death at a concealed basement void in a domestic property undergoing construction work.
Chris Stanley stresses the importance of underfoot safety in premises, which is not just about slip and trip prevention, but is also about employee comfort and wellbeing.
HSM managing editor Mark Sennett puts some questions to Dame Judith Hackitt to find out how her independent review of the Building Regulations and fire safety has been received and what’s next for her.
A MAJOR UK gas distribution company and a Kent based construction company have been fined after a gas main ignited whilst it was being repaired, injuring two workers.
LEARNING LESSONS from past incidents is a key component in the search for a safer and healthier rail industry, a major sector conference will hear.
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