Theme park’s £1M fine following water ride fatality
DRAYTON MANOR Park Ltd (in administration) has been sentenced following the death of a schoolgirl on its Splash Canyon water ride in 2017.
DRAYTON MANOR Park Ltd (in administration) has been sentenced following the death of a schoolgirl on its Splash Canyon water ride in 2017.
THE TUC’S 2020/21 survey of more than 2,100 workplace safety representatives, reveals that many employers are failing to follow Covid-secure rules and keep workers safe.
SELECTED TO underpin the 3Ts redevelopment programme at the Royal Sussex County Hospital is a fault-tolerant network of fire alarm control panels supplied by Advanced.
RETAILERS USE radios to deliver a better service to customers by ensuring reliable and instant communications between supervisors, salesfloor staff, stock rooms, warehouses, security and facilities management teams. Radios enable staff to deal with queries more quickly and to reduce customer waiting times. The faster and more efficient the service, the more likely the customer is to return and to recommend the store to others.
A STUDY into a major cause of hospital acquired infections (HAI) has begun. The work is exploring how contagion bacteria survive even deep cleans with chemical products and is evaluating a novel approach to reduce HAI through the use of probiotic hard surface cleaners.
Kelly Rose, editor of Health and Safety Matters, talks to Tim Turney, Global Marketing Manager at occupational health and workplace hazard monitoring expert Casella, about the use of boundary monitoring to identify potential hazards, ensure compliance and protect workers from health risks.
A VEHICLE components manufacturer has been fined after an employee suffered burns to his foot.
DB CARGO has been fined £200,000 after pleading guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act for failing to protect the safety of its workers following an incident at its Dollands Moor freight yard in 2018.
WALDEN BUILDERS Ltd has been sentenced after a worker was struck by a heated sheet of tin.
MORE THAN half (53 per cent) of Britons believe UK businesses could be doing more to improve the hygiene of their premises and keep people safe from Covid-19, according to a new survey*.
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