productThe preference from the ‘Health and Safety Executive’ is that access to high level areas are either restricted or prevented with plant placed at ground level. However, when access is required for complying with roof warrantees and also the clearing of debris with other maintenance issues, this is often impossible to achieve. Safetyworks & Solutions MD Marco Norman provides an insight.
newsA CONSTRUCTION company has been fined after a painter and decorator fell from an unprotected landing on the second floor of a house.
newsA CONSTRUCTION company has been fined after a worker fell from a platform causing him to be knocked unconscious and suffer a broken wrist.
productFatigue Lock interlocking rubber floor tiles are one of the newest additions to COBA Europe’s anti-fatigue range of safety matting.
productRubber Matting is one of the most essential pieces of equipment a Kitchen can use to increase safety. Find out how Rubber Matting can boost safety and hygiene for you and your staff.
newsCENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE Council has been sentenced after a worker fell from a roof.
newsAN ENGINEERING company has been fined after a 31-year-old employee fell through a hole in a mezzanine floor during construction work being carried out in Bristol.
newsA ROOFING contractor has been fined after an employee fell six metres.
productALTHOUGH A common perception of health and safety legislation is that it can be excessive and onerous, it is important to remember that it exists for a very important reason – to prevent injury and loss of life. Kate Breslin, product manager at SGS, looks at the processes and procedures that should be implemented to create a safer working environment and why, when it comes to slips, trips and falls, creating an active culture of reporting and prevention should be adopted.
newsSUPERMARKET GIANT Tesco Stores Limited was fined £733,333.33 at Luton Magistrates’ Court on 24 January 2020 for breaching health and safety law after a rigorous investigation by our Environmental Health Officers.
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