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It also reiterated that electrical contracting companies and other building and refurbishment trades must provide suitable asbestos awareness training to employees or face prosecution. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hse-warns-that-firms-exposing-untrained-workers-to-asbestos-will-be-penalised http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hse-warns-that-firms-exposing-untrained-workers-to-asbestos-will-be-penalised Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:54:00 GMT New health and safety legislation which increases the power of the courts to hand down larger fines and prison sentences comes into effect today. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/health-and-safety-offences-act-now-in-force.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/health-and-safety-offences-act-now-in-force.html Health and Safety carl@emprocom.co.uk (Carl Gryniewicz) Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:35:13 GMT Two workmen were thrown from the basket of a mobile elevating platform when it was struck by a lorry at the side of the A19 near Bootham, York, in August last year. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/vehicle-struck-elevated-platform http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/vehicle-struck-elevated-platform Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:52:00 GMT G.B. Logan Fabrications Ltd of Lincoln has been found to be in breach of the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 for failing to reduce the noise exposure of employees from a computer numeric control punch press. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/risk-assessment-failures-by-lincolnshire-company.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/risk-assessment-failures-by-lincolnshire-company.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:29:00 GMT The Health and Safety (Offences) Bill has now had its third reading in the House of Commons, taking it a step closer to becoming law. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/health-and-safety-offences-bill.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/health-and-safety-offences-bill.html Health and Safety carl@emprocom.co.uk (Carl Gryniewicz) Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:10:45 GMT Dacorum Borough Council, Hemel Hempstead, has been fined £37,500 with £17,500 costs over failures to ensure the safety of its employees. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/council-fined-over-workmans-death.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/council-fined-over-workmans-death.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:54:00 GMT A warehouseman’s head was crushed between a lorry and a concrete wall at the Essex premises of international haulage firm, Schenker. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/lorry-loading-malfunction-led-to-terrible-crush-incident.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/lorry-loading-malfunction-led-to-terrible-crush-incident.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:57:00 GMT HP Bulmer Ltd of Staines, Middlesex, has been fined over a failure to institute and maintain an effective cleansing treatment and disinfectant regime for two seasonally used cooling towers, at its Cider Mills, Plough Lane site in Hereford. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/legionnaires-disease-claimed-2-lives.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/legionnaires-disease-claimed-2-lives.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:20:11 GMT Work was halted on construction sites in Newcastle last week as part of a HSE crackdown on unsafe practices. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/work-halted-on-newcastle-refurbishment-sites-after-safety-fears.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/work-halted-on-newcastle-refurbishment-sites-after-safety-fears.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:05:00 GMT The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned companies that they must control the risks from falls in the workplace. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hse-warn-of-the-dangers-of-working-at-height-after-fall-from-height-in-wellingborough.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hse-warn-of-the-dangers-of-working-at-height-after-fall-from-height-in-wellingborough.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:43:00 GMT Legislation which will sanction tougher penalties for those who breach health and safety laws is expected to clear the Commons today. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/safety-bill-set-to-clear-commons.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/safety-bill-set-to-clear-commons.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:40:00 GMT Employers have been warned to assess workplace machinery risks properly following the prosecution of a poultry firm after a worker's finger was amputated by unguarded machine parts. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/firm-fined-over-severed-finger.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/firm-fined-over-severed-finger.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:04:00 GMT The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) warns employers to ensure they control the risks from workplace transport at their sites following the successful prosecution of a waste transfer company after one of their drivers died whilst emptying his vehicle on the site. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/white-reclamation-ltd-fined-l50000-after-death-of-an-employee http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/white-reclamation-ltd-fined-l50000-after-death-of-an-employee Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Fri, 30 May 2008 22:44:00 GMT A boulder weighing 30kg fell from a screener, striking a worker who was not wearing head protection, and causing him severe head injuries. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/boulder-hit-unprotected-worker- http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/boulder-hit-unprotected-worker- Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Tue, 27 May 2008 21:33:00 GMT In June 2007, an employee of West Sussex Company RH Phillips & Sons Ltd fell from the top platform of an unguarded mobile tower scaffold, fracturing his ribs. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/mobile-tower-platform-plunge.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/mobile-tower-platform-plunge.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:56:00 GMT Gerald David Wyatt, a forklift truck driver working at Eardisley Sawmills, Herefordshire has been prosecuted by HSE (Health & Safety Executive) following serious injuries caused to a colleague on 17th January 2007. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/forklift-driver-prosecuted.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/forklift-driver-prosecuted.html Health and Safety carl@emprocom.co.uk (Carl Gryniewicz) Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:06:58 GMT The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today warned businesses to make sure that workers and contractors are properly trained to carry out risk assessments and operate safe systems of work, as two companies were fined after a worker lost the tips of two fingers at a paper recycling plant in Greenwich. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/two-companies-fined-l30000-plus-costs-after-a-worker-loses-fingertips-at-recycling-plant.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/two-companies-fined-l30000-plus-costs-after-a-worker-loses-fingertips-at-recycling-plant.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:31:00 GMT The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning employers to ensure that they undertake suitable and sufficient assessments of the risks involved in their undertakings. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hse-warns-employers-to-undertake-suitable-risk-assessments-after-deaths-of-two-workers.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hse-warns-employers-to-undertake-suitable-risk-assessments-after-deaths-of-two-workers.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:15:00 GMT HSE warns that companies who fail to implement safe systems for work at height will be prosecuted. Team Q Maintenance Limited of Chestnut, Hertfordshire, and Schawk UK Limited of Hackney, were each fined £20,000 with costs of £3,098 at City of London Magistrates' Court, both found guilty of breaching the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/companies-fall-foul-of-work-at-height-laws.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/companies-fall-foul-of-work-at-height-laws.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:23:00 GMT Examples of bad and even dangerous working practices have been found by HSE inspectors during random spot checks on refurbishments sites in Newcastle. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/dangerous-working-practices-found-during-spot-checks-of-refurbishment-sites-in-newcastle.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/dangerous-working-practices-found-during-spot-checks-of-refurbishment-sites-in-newcastle.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:29:00 GMT The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned of the danger of maintenance work being carried out on live machinery. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/health-and-safety-executive-warn-of-the-danger-of-carrying-out-maintenance-work-on-live-machinery-cumbria-company-fined.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/health-and-safety-executive-warn-of-the-danger-of-carrying-out-maintenance-work-on-live-machinery-cumbria-company-fined.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:24:00 GMT The warning comes after a Penrith company was fined after an employee's hand was dragged into a machine, breaking two of his fingers. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/the-health-and-safety-executive-hse-has-warned-of-the-danger-of-maintenance-work-being-carried-out-on-live-machinery.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/the-health-and-safety-executive-hse-has-warned-of-the-danger-of-maintenance-work-being-carried-out-on-live-machinery.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:20:00 GMT The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning employers to ensure they have effective measures in place to prevent access to dangerous parts of machinery. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hse-warns-of-the-dangers-of-unguarded-machinery-as-a-manchester-tile-company-is-fined.html- http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hse-warns-of-the-dangers-of-unguarded-machinery-as-a-manchester-tile-company-is-fined.html- Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:25:00 GMT The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning employers that they must regularly inspect and maintain their equipment to protect their workforce. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hse-urges-employers-to-inspect-equipment-regularly-after-derbyshire-worker-loses-four-fingers.html- http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hse-urges-employers-to-inspect-equipment-regularly-after-derbyshire-worker-loses-four-fingers.html- Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:38:00 GMT Asda has admitted breaching health and safety laws in the circumstances of the death of a shopper who was killed by a blow from an unsecured barrier which was caught by the wind and entered his car through its windscreen in an incident in May 2002 at its Cardiff Bay site. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/retailer-fined-over-car-park-death.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/retailer-fined-over-car-park-death.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:22:00 GMT HSE will be running a new campaign in February and March 2008 on slips, trips and falls in the workplace. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/slips-trips-and-falls-from-height-campaign-2008.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/slips-trips-and-falls-from-height-campaign-2008.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:31:00 GMT Indesit has been fined £39,500 including costs for breaches of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act and the Management of Health and Safety Regulations following an accident in w http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/cookers-fell-on-worker.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/cookers-fell-on-worker.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:30:00 GMT The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned of the need to ensure that the operators of equipment are suitably trained and risks fully assessed before they start work. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/health-and-safety-executive-warning-after-employee-injured-by-overturned-dumper-truck.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/health-and-safety-executive-warning-after-employee-injured-by-overturned-dumper-truck.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:52:00 GMT The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning company directors and owners of the importance of implementing safe systems for working at height. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hse-warns-of-the-dangers-of-working-at-height-after-herefordshire-employee-is-injured.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hse-warns-of-the-dangers-of-working-at-height-after-herefordshire-employee-is-injured.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:28:00 GMT The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today warned of the dangers of not segregating the public from construction sites. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hse-warns-of-the-danger-of-not-segregating-the-public-from-construction-sites-following-death-of-member-of-the-public.html- http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hse-warns-of-the-danger-of-not-segregating-the-public-from-construction-sites-following-death-of-member-of-the-public.html- Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:06:00 GMT The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a landlord following repeated warnings that he was ignoring his gas safety duties towards his tenants. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/warning-to-landlords-after-hse-prosecutes-for-failing-to-carry-out-a-gas-safety-check.html- http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/warning-to-landlords-after-hse-prosecutes-for-failing-to-carry-out-a-gas-safety-check.html- Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:21:00 GMT A building worker who fell 40ft (12m) down a lift shaft in a Manchester skyscraper escaped with just cuts and bruises. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/lift-plunge-man-has-lucky-escape.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/lift-plunge-man-has-lucky-escape.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:23:00 GMT The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned construction companies to take the safety of their employees working at height seriously. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hse-warns-construction-companies-to-take-the-danger-of-working-at-height-seriously.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hse-warns-construction-companies-to-take-the-danger-of-working-at-height-seriously.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:00:00 GMT An accident resulting in severe injury to an employee brought to light a company's failure to implement safe systems of work and properly assess risks. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/company-operated-without-risk-assessment.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/company-operated-without-risk-assessment.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:02:00 GMT Health and safety professionals have today hit back at the latest "ban" being blamed on them - this time the dropping of a fire-breathing dragon from a book. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/burning-safety-issue.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/burning-safety-issue.html Health and Safety carl@emprocom.co.uk (Carl Gryniewicz) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:06:40 GMT The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today warned employers to ensure they have safe systems of work in place when working at height. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hse-warns-employers-to-use-safe-systems-at-work-when-working-at-height-after-worker-breaks-arm.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hse-warns-employers-to-use-safe-systems-at-work-when-working-at-height-after-worker-breaks-arm.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:38:00 GMT The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today warned construction companies to ensure that they complete thorough risk assessments and have proper on-site supervision. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/risk-assessment-and-supervision-essential-warns-hse.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/risk-assessment-and-supervision-essential-warns-hse.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:28:00 GMT A senior citizen died after falling down into a 1.5m deep excavation. Two employees of Balfour Beatty Power Networks who were working on Victoria Avenue, East End Park, Leeds on 29th November 2005 neglected to protect its edges as they finished work. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/90-year-old-died-in-unguarded-excavation.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/90-year-old-died-in-unguarded-excavation.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:00:00 GMT George Wimpey (North East) Ltd and A W Cowan (Groundworks) Ltd were fined at Teesside Crown Court for health and safety failures that permitted the death of one man and the injury of another, on a housing site at Springfields, Church Hill, Skelton, on 8th March 2004. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/unsupported-excavations-can-kill.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/unsupported-excavations-can-kill.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:20:00 GMT The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today warned employers that they must comply with enforcement notices or risk prosecution. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hse-warns-employers-to-ensure-they-comply-with-hse-enforcement-notices-following-prosecution-of-company-director.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hse-warns-employers-to-ensure-they-comply-with-hse-enforcement-notices-following-prosecution-of-company-director.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:25:00 GMT The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning consumers to check gas fitters are CORGI registered before allowing them to work on domestic gas appliances. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/consumers-urged-to-check-gas-fitters-registration-after-north-wales-prosecution.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/consumers-urged-to-check-gas-fitters-registration-after-north-wales-prosecution.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:20:00 GMT Statistics released last week by the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) show a dramatic increase in the number of workers suffering from work related stress in Great Britain. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/workplace-stress-costs-britain-in-excess-of-l530m.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/workplace-stress-costs-britain-in-excess-of-l530m.html Health and Safety carl@emprocom.co.uk (Carl Gryniewicz) Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:05:17 GMT A 6-year-old boy died when he was thrown from a forklift truck after it collided with another and was then struck by a giant paper reel which fell from it. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/tragic-outcome-of-childs-visit-to-his-fathers-workplace.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/tragic-outcome-of-childs-visit-to-his-fathers-workplace.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:49:00 GMT A construction company from Bromley has been fined a total of £20,000 with costs of £16,140 as a consequence of exposing a number of persons to asbestos fibres. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/asbestos-misdemeanour-by-kent-company.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/asbestos-misdemeanour-by-kent-company.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:05:00 GMT On 15 May 2004, a driver sustained fatal injuries when he fell off a lorry parked at a Logistics premises in Irlam, Lancs, while attempting to free a worktop on the back of the lorry. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/2metre-fall-sufficient-to-kill.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/2metre-fall-sufficient-to-kill.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:45:00 GMT A workman in his 30's died when an unshored excavation collapsed in on him. Investigation revealed that a dumper had been positioned too close to the excavation edge, precipitating its failure; it also revealed that the dumper driver was untrained. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/dumper-caused-trench-to-collapse.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/dumper-caused-trench-to-collapse.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:26:00 GMT A 42-year-old workman died when the sling bearing a pipe being suspended over a trench failed, crushing him against a trench box on a residential development in Highfield. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/sling-option-led-to-site-death.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/sling-option-led-to-site-death.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:19:00 GMT Are your premises at risk from fire works? Just remember what goes up must come down and usually when that is a fire work it is still hot. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/remember-the-5th-november.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/remember-the-5th-november.html Health and Safety () Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:12:53 GMT To mark the start of this year’s European Week for Safety and Health campaign ‘Lighten the Load’, Health and Safety minister Lord McKenzie of Luton joined trade union safety representatives and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on a unionlearn course. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/minister-for-health-and-safety-puts-his-back-into-it.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/minister-for-health-and-safety-puts-his-back-into-it.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:14:00 GMT The two proprietors of a care home in Sussex, have been fined £16,000 each plus a total of £22,560 in costs having admitted breaching the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/care-home-owners-convicted-over-scalding-death http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/care-home-owners-convicted-over-scalding-death Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:26:00 GMT The transport industry continues to have one of the worst records for major injuries due to falls from vehicles during the loading and unloading of goods. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/dont-set-yourself-up-for-a-fall-says-hse http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/dont-set-yourself-up-for-a-fall-says-hse Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:27:00 GMT The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has reminded employees of their duty towards fellow colleagues. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/man-fined-for-endangering-fellow-employee.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/man-fined-for-endangering-fellow-employee.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:00:00 GMT The Health and safety Executive (HSE) has today warned individuals and companies that failure to ensure the safety of those who work at height and the public will not go unpunished. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/father-and-son-roofers-prosecuted.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/father-and-son-roofers-prosecuted.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:42:00 GMT Following the death of a worker, on August 31st 2005, the Crown Prosecution Service pursued a manslaughter charge against an employee of A&A Building Services Ltd while HSE (Health and Safety Executive) and Staffordshire Police also served summonses for alleged breaches of health and safety at work legislation. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/building-company-director-and-foreman-prosecuted-following-the-death-of-a-worker.html- http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/building-company-director-and-foreman-prosecuted-following-the-death-of-a-worker.html- Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:26:11 GMT A recent accident I investigated came as a sharp reminder to us all with the new initiative from the HSE which commenced 1st October and concerns falls from vehicles. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/unexpected-dismount.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/unexpected-dismount.html Health and Safety () Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:40:36 GMT The brother of a man who died after falling 30ft from a farm building has said his employers would have to live with his death on their consciences. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/firms-fined-following-mans-death.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/firms-fined-following-mans-death.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:04:00 GMT A tree surgeon suffered multiple injuries and later died after falling 30ft out of a tree in a Birmingham back garden, an inquest heard. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/tree-surgeon-killed-by-30ft-fall-in-garden.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/tree-surgeon-killed-by-30ft-fall-in-garden.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:54:00 GMT An accident in which a handyman fractured his skull when he fell at work has resulted in a £21,000 fine for his employers. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hotel-fined-after-man-broke-skull-in-tumble.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hotel-fined-after-man-broke-skull-in-tumble.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:21:58 GMT A Shropshire council has been fined £12,000 after an accident in which an employee fell off a ladder and shattered his heels. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/council-fined-following-ladder-fall.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/council-fined-following-ladder-fall.html Health and Safety carl@emprocom.co.uk (Carl Gryniewicz) Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:05:46 GMT Your local authority has teamed up with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in the Better Backs campaign: a national campaign to tackle back pain and upper limb disorders at work. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/better-backs-campaign.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/better-backs-campaign.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:58:25 GMT The Houses of Commons and Lords have finally agreed on the details of the new law of corporate manslaughter. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/queen-backs-corporate-manslaughter-bill.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/queen-backs-corporate-manslaughter-bill.html Health and Safety carl@emprocom.co.uk (Carl Gryniewicz) Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:31:58 GMT The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has published the results of new research which claims that excessive workloads are forcing over half of full-time civil servants to work over and above their contracted hours. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/excessive-hours-in-civil-service.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/excessive-hours-in-civil-service.html Health and Safety carl@emprocom.co.uk (Carl Gryniewicz) Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:14:40 GMT The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has brought the safe operation of heavy goods vehicles into sharp focus following a successful prosecution brought against Tow Law-based W. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/transport-safety-need-highlighted.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/transport-safety-need-highlighted.html Health and Safety carl@emprocom.co.uk (Carl Gryniewicz) Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:56:31 GMT The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning dutyholders to ensure they take proper precautions when working in buildings where asbestos may be present. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/asbestos-prosecution.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/asbestos-prosecution.html Health and Safety carl@emprocom.co.uk (Carl Gryniewicz) Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:50:10 GMT New research reveals that two thirds (66%) of managers believe that lack of management skills is the major factor contributing to bullying. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/bullying-at-work.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/bullying-at-work.html Health and Safety carl@emprocom.co.uk (Carl Gryniewicz) Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:33:40 GMT After the two recent major fires at Skegness and Newquay now is a good time to think about our own fire arrangements. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/fire-safety.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/fire-safety.html Health and Safety carl@emprocom.co.uk (Carl Gryniewicz) Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:29:24 GMT In a recent statement to the press Network Rail announced they had suspended some of their contractors for working in an unsafe manner and were investigating the incident. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/what-are-your-contrators-doing.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/what-are-your-contrators-doing.html Health and Safety carl@emprocom.co.uk (Carl Gryniewicz) Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:21:36 GMT It has been reported that on Wednesday 15th of August the body of a workman was found in a lift shaft at Saint Catherine's House, London, WC2. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/industrial-accident-results-in-fatality.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/industrial-accident-results-in-fatality.html Health and Safety dan.gibbs@emprocom.co.uk (Dan Gibbs) Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:36:34 GMT Just days after the HSE released this year's shocking death rate on construction sites, (at its highest in 5 years) two workers have died after falling from scaffolding in southern England. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/two-people-killed-after-fall-from-scaffolding.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/two-people-killed-after-fall-from-scaffolding.html Health and Safety dan.gibbs@emprocom.co.uk (Dan Gibbs) Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:54:41 GMT A construction worker in Darton-in-Furness, Lancashire narrowly eluded death when the scaffolding structure he was standing upon broke free from the residential building to which it was secured. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/worker-narrowly-eludes-death-in-scaffolding-accident.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/worker-narrowly-eludes-death-in-scaffolding-accident.html Health and Safety carl@emprocom.co.uk (Carl Gryniewicz) Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:47:53 GMT Construction inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) stopped work on a number of construction sites in Yorkshire during July and August because significant health and safety risks on sites were not being controlled. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/refurbishment-sites-the-latest-target-for-safety-inspectors.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/refurbishment-sites-the-latest-target-for-safety-inspectors.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:32:33 GMT Making the right respiratory protective equipment (RPE) selection can mean the difference between safety and health or occupational illness, and, in some instances, even death. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/rpe-the-choice-is-yours.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/rpe-the-choice-is-yours.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:27:27 GMT A recent accident we investigated in a woodworking factory resulted in an employee needing hospital treatment for lacerations to his thumb and being away from work for over a week. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/emprocoms-experiences.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/emprocoms-experiences.html Health and Safety () Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:29:36 GMT Last month Gordon Brown revealed the Government's forthcoming draft legislative programme that it intends to propose to Parliament in the next session. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/new-legislation-pending.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/new-legislation-pending.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:42:28 GMT Statutory holiday entitlement will increase from four weeks to 4.8 weeks from 1 October 2007, and to 5.6 weeks from 1 April 2009. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/statutory-holiday-increase.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/statutory-holiday-increase.html Health and Safety dan.gibbs@emprocom.co.uk (Dan Gibbs) Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:40:45 GMT The Government has announced a proposal to fine employers who do not pay their employees the National Minimum Wage (NMW). http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/minimum-wage-fines.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/minimum-wage-fines.html Health and Safety carl@emprocom.co.uk (Carl Gryniewicz) Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:40:04 GMT Two companies have been ordered to pay more than £53,000 in fines and costs following the death of a worker who fell eight metres on a farm in west Wales. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/farm-fatality.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/farm-fatality.html Health and Safety () Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:38:42 GMT Two men received serious burns when a liquid petroleum gas (LPG) heater being used in a shipping container in Colne, Lancashire, exploded. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/lpg-blast.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/lpg-blast.html Health and Safety carl@emprocom.co.uk (Carl Gryniewicz) Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:37:52 GMT A heavy bin toppled from the forks of a forklift truck, crushing its untrained driver and paralysing him from the waist down. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/paralysed-forklift-accident.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/paralysed-forklift-accident.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:35:43 GMT With the recent changes to the corporate manslaughter law and the release of the high death rate figures it is inevitable that the HSE will begin to put a strain on employers to ensure that health and safety legislation is fully adhered to. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/directors-responsibilities.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/directors-responsibilities.html Health and Safety dan.gibbs@emprocom.co.uk (Dan Gibbs) Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:34:15 GMT Two businessmen have been sentenced to prison terms following the death of a worker at their premises. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/prison-sentance-for-two-bosses.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/prison-sentance-for-two-bosses.html Health and Safety chris.owen@emprocom.co.uk (Chris Owen) Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:31:40 GMT Under the new law companies, organisations and, for the first time, Government bodies face an unlimited fine if they are found to have caused death due to their gross corporate health and safety failures. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/new-corporate-manslaughter-law.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/new-corporate-manslaughter-law.html Health and Safety () Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:29:42 GMT At work last year in Great Britain more people died than in any other year since 2001/02. In total 241 workers lost their lives in 2006/07. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/worrying-rise-in-work-related-deaths.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/worrying-rise-in-work-related-deaths.html Health and Safety carl@emprocom.co.uk (Carl Gryniewicz) Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:21:47 GMT The Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) has published a new research report focusing on the noise emission of sanders and polishers, which has highlighted certain problems with regard to data supplied by manufacturers with regard to the noise levels of tools. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/noise-emission-of-sanders-and-polishers.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/noise-emission-of-sanders-and-polishers.html Health and Safety dan.gibbs@emprocom.co.uk (Dan Gibbs) Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:05:49 GMT The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned companies of the need to manage the risks created by vehicles in the workplace, following the prosecution of a Leyland company after two people were injured within 18 days. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/dangers-of-workplace-transport.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/dangers-of-workplace-transport.html Health and Safety dan.gibbs@emprocom.co.uk (Dan Gibbs) Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:42:15 GMT The importance of ensuring safe systems are in place to control workplace transport is highlighted by the recent prosecution of two Northamptonshire companies in a case where an employee suffered serious injuries from being struck by a car. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hgv-accident.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/hgv-accident.html Health and Safety dan.gibbs@emprocom.co.uk (Dan Gibbs) Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:04:37 GMT More than 240 people died because of accidents at work in 2006/07 and the construction industry was responsible for one third of these fatalities, the highest percentage of any sector. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/death-toll-unacceptable.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/death-toll-unacceptable.html Health and Safety dan.gibbs@emprocom.co.uk (Dan Gibbs) Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:01:34 GMT The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) has released details of a number of safety breaches encountered during an investigation blitz on 3 to 4 July 2007 which targeted trucks and their drivers on international journeys off the M20 in Kent. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/blitz-on-lorries-highlights-safety-issues.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/blitz-on-lorries-highlights-safety-issues.html Health and Safety dan.gibbs@emprocom.co.uk (Dan Gibbs) Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:00:37 GMT The day before the announcement this week that construction deaths were at a five-year high, the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions said that he would target fatalities in the industry through a new Safety Forum. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/co-operation-sought-over-construction-fatalities.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/co-operation-sought-over-construction-fatalities.html Health and Safety dan.gibbs@emprocom.co.uk (Dan Gibbs) Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:59:42 GMT The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) has published its latest detailed statistics on workplace fatal injuries in 2006/07 in the form of Statistics of Fatal Injuries 2006/2007. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/fatal-injuries-for-2006-07.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/fatal-injuries-for-2006-07.html Health and Safety dan.gibbs@emprocom.co.uk (Dan Gibbs) Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:58:18 GMT The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning about the dangers of working at height after the prosecution of Wyre Borough Council in connection with an employee who was injured by falling through a fragile roof. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/fragile-roof-accident.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/fragile-roof-accident.html Health and Safety dan.gibbs@emprocom.co.uk (Dan Gibbs) Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:57:22 GMT A Preston company has been prosecuted following a case where two employees were seriously injured when a floor collapsed. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/preston-demolition-firm-fined-after-floor-collapse.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/preston-demolition-firm-fined-after-floor-collapse.html Health and Safety dan.gibbs@emprocom.co.uk (Dan Gibbs) Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:55:31 GMT A last-minute compromise between the two Houses of Parliament has saved the contentious Corporate Manslaughter Bill and means that it will definitely become law. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/corporate-killing-bill-gets-lords-approval.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/corporate-killing-bill-gets-lords-approval.html Health and Safety dan.gibbs@emprocom.co.uk (Dan Gibbs) Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:52:40 GMT As several areas around the UK were deluged with rain, the Environment Agency and health agencies have been offering advice on what to expect and how to minimise risks to health and safety. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/safety-precautions-for-working-with-floodwaters.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/safety-precautions-for-working-with-floodwaters.html Health and Safety dan.gibbs@emprocom.co.uk (Dan Gibbs) Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:51:00 GMT Following the new role of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) with respect to adventure activities, the HSE has recently published new guidance to the licensing authority on the Adventure Activities Licensing Regulations 2004 and the Activity Centres (Young Persons' Safety) Act 1995. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/guidance-on-adventure-activities.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/guidance-on-adventure-activities.html Health and Safety dan.gibbs@emprocom.co.uk (Dan Gibbs) Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:48:21 GMT The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a safety alert aimed at the plumbing industry, landlords, tenants and homeowners following two strikingly similar fatal incidents in the last four years, where a large volume of near boiling water poured through bedroom ceilings onto occupants sleeping below. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/safety-alert-on-hot-water-systems.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/safety-alert-on-hot-water-systems.html Health and Safety dan.gibbs@emprocom.co.uk (Dan Gibbs) Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:38:42 GMT The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its July 2007 edition of Euronews, which outlines European developments on issues related to health and safety in the UK. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/european-health-and-safety-developments.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/european-health-and-safety-developments.html Health and Safety dan.gibbs@emprocom.co.uk (Dan Gibbs) Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:36:20 GMT A young woman who developed arthritis after doing physically demanding, repetitive work in a shipyard has won an unfair dismissal case at a tribunal. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/female-shipyard-worker-wins-tribunal-case.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/female-shipyard-worker-wins-tribunal-case.html Health and Safety dan.gibbs@emprocom.co.uk (Dan Gibbs) Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:32:33 GMT Following the ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces, a local authority has handed out 18 fines in one day to individuals who were flouting the ban in a bus station. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/local-authority-cracks-down-on-smoking.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/local-authority-cracks-down-on-smoking.html Health and Safety dan.gibbs@emprocom.co.uk (Dan Gibbs) Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:29:17 GMT The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta) has published a note on health and safety issues surrounding projectors, and in particular interactive whiteboards. http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/projector-health-and-safety-issues.html http://www.emprocom.co.uk/absolut/projector-health-and-safety-issues.html Health and Safety dan.gibbs@emprocom.co.uk (Dan Gibbs) Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:25:06 GMT