Guidelines on How and Why Health and Safety Training for Fire-fighters
Becoming a fire-fighter is an extremely admirable thing. Putting your life at risk day after day in order to save others, is something we should all appreciate and look up to. There are certain strict rules fire-fighters need to adhere in order to protect themselves as well as those who are in danger. This article …Read the Full Post
Check for Legionella Risks
The Health and Safety Executive have given a warning to companies to check their water systems. The warning was issued on Wednesday September 19 as businesses are being urged to do more to protect employees and the public from the risks of legionella. The safety notices has asked the organisations and companies to check their …Read the Full Post
Nine People Lose Their Lives in Just Twelve Weeks
During twelve weeks between June and September 2012 nine people have died while working in the waste and recycling industry. This dramatic rise in deaths has resulted in a warning from the Health and Safety Executive to improve safety for all workers that work in these areas. Half of the nine people who have died …Read the Full Post
Manage the Vehicles in Your Organisation
An incident involving a forklift truck has highlighted the need to manage vehicles within organisation. One worker was hit by a forklift truck as it was moving a large bale of cans in a recycling plant based in Warrington in 2010. The 43 year old man suffered with injuries to his feet and his ankles …Read the Full Post
Concerned Neighbour Reports Dangerous Working Conditions
A landscape gardener was reported by a concerned neighbour who witnessed some very dangerous working conditions. The gardener, John Holland, was felling a tree for a customer along with one of his employees. Each of the men were using chainsaws on the tree and they were wearing everyday work clothes rather than the expected safety …Read the Full Post
Worker Killed by Slabs in Tragic Accident
A father of four was killed while working for an Essex based granite manufacturer in April 2008. Martin Rice was unloading a vehicle which had delivered stone slabs to the warehouse. Mr Rice was moving the slabs over to A-frames to be stored when the accident happened. He was lowering a load which weight around …Read the Full Post
No Excuses for Falls from Height
A manufacturing company have been fined for breaching Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act and Regulation 5(1) of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations. The Health and Safety Executive prosecuted the Derbyshire firm Storetec Limited, and one of their directors after an incident at Sawpit Lane Industrial Estate in 2009. Two …Read the Full Post
Cardiff Employee Seriously Severs Finger at Work
An unguarded drill was being worked on by a young worker when he severed his fingertips. Vaughn Thomas was working for MIB Manufacturing Ltd in Cardiff in April 2011. The firm creates steel frames and panels which are used within the building industry. 21 year old Mr Thomas was given the responsibility of tightening the …Read the Full Post
Fall from Height Results in Fine for Boat Builder
A famous boat maker from the Isle of Wight has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive after an incident. One of the employees working for Clare Lallow Ltd fell while working at the Cowes site. Falls from height and slips and trips are the biggest cause of accidents and deaths in the workplace. …Read the Full Post