newsWHILE 10 Downing Street suffered the ignominy and political fallout of ‘partygate’, at least no-one died due to Covid controls not being followed. Sadly, the same may not have been true for Burnley College, the first education sector employer to be found to have broken health and safety legislation in relation to Covid failings.
newsA CARE home company has been fined for health and safety failings which led to the death of a vulnerable woman in their care.
newsA SEA food processing company has been fined after a worker died following injuries sustained when she was run over by a forklift.
newsA KENT company, RPS Scaffolding Ltd, has been fined following an incident where a scaffold the company erected collapsed, injuring two workers.
newsDRAEGER SAFETY UK has issued a call for greater adoption of digital and connected safety technologies in light of changes to working styles post-Covid. This follows a warning issued by the company last year that British industry is ‘missing an opportunity’ in this area to improve employee safety.
productRITE-HITE HAS published a new free guide to loading bay safety, giving facilities managers a comprehensive overview of industrial regulations, technological advances and trends, and best practice advice for ensuring safety across every angle of any loading bay environment.
newsRAIL INFRASTRUCTURE company, VolkerRail Ltd has been fined £550,000 after pleading guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 after an investigation and prosecution by industry regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).
newsA CASE investigated by Thanet District Council’s Public Protection Team has been heard at the Folkestone Magistrates’ Court, relating to an incident where members of staff at Jewson Builders Merchants Yard in Margate were seriously injured. One employee received life-changing injuries while another received deep cuts and lacerations.
newsTHE TUC and a group of MPs have warned that thousands of local authority buildings in England still contain asbestos.
newsNETWORK RAIL has been fined £1.4 million for a health and safety breach after an investigation by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).
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