December 28, 2009
Did you know that it is a legal requirement (under Section 2(3) of the Health & Safety at Work Etc Act 1974) to produce a health & safety policy!
So what!
So, if you don’t have one in place and this comes to the attention on the enforcing authorities (HSE / Local Authority), you may be subject [...]
December 27, 2009
Construction Infonet is a free e-Bulletin from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to provide a regular update on health and safety issues for all in the construction industry.
Please find attached some articles from December’s Issue
1. FOAMED CONCRETE EXPLOSION – HSE INTERIM POSITION
HSE is investigating an incident where there was an explosion which injured [...]
December 19, 2009
“While shepherds watched
Their flocks by night
All seated on the ground
The angel of the Lord came down
And glory shone around”
However, the union of shepherds has complained that it breaches health & safety regulations to insist that shepherds watch their flocks without appropriate seating arrangements being provided, therefore benches, stools & orthopaedic chairs are now available.
Shepherds have [...]
December 14, 2009
A company has been prosecuted by the HSE after an employee was killed by a reversing telehandler at a construction site in Aylesbury.
P J Carey (Contractors) Ltd of Wembley, Middlesex, pleaded guilty at Aylesbury Crown Court; the company was fined £54,000 with costs of £100,000
The employee was killed when a telehandler at a construction site [...]
December 7, 2009
Businesses are being warned to take proper precautions with scaffolding contractors following the successful prosecution today of a South Yorkshire firm that ignored important advice and enforcement action by the HSE.
Pullan Development (Selby) Ltd, of Broomhall Street in Sheffield, pleaded guilty to breaches of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 in relation to poorly erected scaffolding [...]
December 7, 2009
DoncasterCouncil will be amongst the first local authority to demand their contractors be accredited by a new body established to standardise safety pre-qualification questionnaire
Safety Schemes in Procurement was launched this year as an umbrella organisation to facilitate mutual recognition between health & safety PQQ’s
By using an SSIP approved accreditation scheme, contractors will only have to [...]
December 1, 2009
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December 1, 2009
To better comply with the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 the board of directors should consider the presence on the board of a health and safety director which can be a strong signal that the issue is being taken seriously and that its strategic importance is understood.
Setting up a separate risk management committee [...]
December 1, 2009
In light of the forthcoming prosecution under the new Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 against Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings Ltd (Concerning the death of a junior geologist who was crushed when the sides of a pit in which he was taking soil samples collapsed; the company has been charged with corporate manslaughter & an individual director has been charged with [...]
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