Businesses warned of hidden risks
AS MORE workplaces start to fully reopen and welcome back employees, phs Compliance has warned of the hidden safety risks that may be waiting for the return.
AS MORE workplaces start to fully reopen and welcome back employees, phs Compliance has warned of the hidden safety risks that may be waiting for the return.
THE BRITISH Occupational Hygiene Society, a Scientific Charity and the Chartered Society for Worker Health Protection is urging employers to remain vigilant and update their Covid-19 risk assessments, especially for those who work in public facing settings.
A WASTE and recycling company has been fined after HSE inspectors discovered widespread poor management of health and safety risks at their site in West Drayton, London.
A CONSTRUCTION contractor has been fined after multiple health and safety issues were identified during a proactive Covid spot check at a site in Manchester.
CHEMICAL COMPANY Briar Chemicals Ltd has been fined £1 million after a man died in an explosion at its site in Sweet Briar Road, Norwich.
A TECHNICAL diving instructor has been sentenced after he failed to properly assess the competency of two pupils prior to a deep-water dive in Scotland, which ended in a fatality.
AS MORE people return to the workplace, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is stressing the importance of good ventilation to support businesses minimise the risk of coronavirus.
MINING COMPANY, Three D’s Mining Ltd has been fined £100k for safety breaches following a fall of ground on the NW9 coal face at Dan-y-Graig No 4 colliery located near the village of Crynant, South Wales.
THE OFFICE of the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland has admitted health and safety failings which led to the death of a 25-year-old woman.
AS MILLIONS of employees begin returning to work without mandatory social distancing and mask wearing, maintaining a safe ‘new normal’ is at the front of everyone’s minds.
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