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
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
The Detrimental Effect of Natural Disasters on Public Health and What Technology Can Do About It
The drought that recently hit the Midwestern United States is one of the worst since the 1980s, but as writer and researcher, Charlotte Kellogg explains here, there are myriad technological advancements that can help deal with and prevent the threats to public health such natural disasters cause. Those with public health certifications and qualifications can …Read the Full Post
Public Injured by Construction Firm
The construction industry is often mentioned in health and safety blogs due to the high level of risk and the number of incidents that occur. However, many of those accidents are relating to the workers and sub-contractors who have been hurt while they work on sites up and down the country. Employers have a duty …Read the Full Post
Failure to Comply With Improvement Notices Results in Huge Fine
When you are handed an Improvement Notice from the Health and Safety Executive you must take immediate action. One company was recently prosecuted after they failed to make the necessary changes they were given after a series of inspections between 2008 and 2010. Euticals Ltd, who were previously trading as Archimica Ltd, specialise in manufacturing …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
Fall from Height Results in Serious Injuries
Another case involving fall from heights has brought attention once more to the importance of onsite safety. Two workers were seriously injured when they fell from a platform they were working on while employed by a vehicle engineering firm. The two men who have asked to remain anonymous were working with six other employees who …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
Introduction to the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations
The PUWER are in place to reduce the risks to anyone working with or near to equipment such as machinery. Work equipment needs to be controlled and monitored to help reduce the risk of injuries or death and therefore these regulations must be followed otherwise you can face prosecution. The Regulations help to control the …Read the Full Post