Health And Safety For Small Businesses – In 500 Words
Whether you’re starting up a new business, or reassessing your business following an expansion, understanding health and safety law needn’t be difficult. In fact understanding health and safety for small businesses is so simple we can cover the main points in just five hundred words. Step 1 – The Competent Person The first step is …Read the Full Post
The Health And Safety Myth Busters
Let’s be honest, Health and Safety doesn’t always get a good press. It’s a rare week that we don’t come across an article in the news about an apparently ludicrous and unnecessary application of health and safety rules and regulations. The problem is though that invariably these claims are utter nonsense, and have nothing at …Read the Full Post
A Common Health And Safety Oversight Costs A Life
There’s a serious issue in the world of Health and Safety, and one we see far too frequently. It’s also an issue which has just cost BAE Systems £350,000 in fines, and one innocent man his life. Very often we see businesses applying good Health and Safety advice complying with the HSE recommendations and requirements, …Read the Full Post
Surrey Decorating Firm Fined £45,000 For Asbestos Exposure
Whilst the use of asbestos materials was banned in the UK completely in 1985, it is still commonly found in many pre-existing buildings, and therefore needs to be kept firmly in mind when carrying out buildings safety checks prior to any development work. This is a fact which one Surrey based firm overlooked, resulting in …Read the Full Post
Firm Fined After Worker Severed Fingertips in a Machine
A grain frim in Northamptonshire have been fined after they were prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive. Roman Banach lost three fingers and his thumb while he was working with a mixer in August 2011. While he reached into the chute his hand touched the blades inside which resulted in the injuries. Nearly two …Read the Full Post
Is Your Organisation Lacking a Competent Person?
In order to meet the requirements of the health and safety law it is necessary to have a competent person helping you. In order to be considered competent the person has to have qualities that make them suitable to work on your health and safety management. The qualities could include experience, training or knowledge of …Read the Full Post
Death of Herdsman Could Have Been Avoided
An employer from Whitstone has been prosecuted by the health and Safety Executive after a herdsman fell to his death at a dairy in October 2010. Sixty five year old William Luscombe was working on the dairy roof when he fell through a skylight made from plastic. After an investigation there were found to be …Read the Full Post
£10,000 Fine After Worker is Injured by Forklift Truck
A concrete firm have been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive after one of their workers was hit by a forklift truck in Shropshire. 38 year old Tomasz Kosmacz was given the responsibility of removing the build-up of excess concrete from around the moulds at the Elite Precast Concrete factory. The concrete he removed …Read the Full Post
Lives Put at Risk on Scaffolding
Warnings from the Health and Safety Executive need to be acted upon. If you have been inspected and are handed a Prohibition Notice it is up to you to sort out the health and safety risks before work continues. By doing so it is possible to avoid prosecution. If you choose to ignore it the …Read the Full Post
Are You Ignoring the Safety Warnings? You Could Be Fined if You Do!
Construction firms have to pay attention to the safety warnings and notices that are provided by the Health and Safety Executive on inspections. If you don’t you will end up being fined for failing to abide by the law. This is what happened to a Bristol construction firm who were fined £10,000 on November 4 …Read the Full Post