What is the Building Safety Act 2022? This new act has been brought about to enhance the regulatory system governing buildings to ensure better safety and a stronger voice for building occupants. Why has this act been introduced? Following the Grenfell tower fire and the Edinburgh school closures in 2017, an independent review of building …
The build-up of deposits in fuel systems, in particular, the vaporiser units of LPG powered vehicles has led to a number of fires. Operators should: review your safe system of work in relation to the use of all LPG powered lift trucks and similar vehicles provide information, instruction and training for all operators about the …
New guide: introduction to managing health and safety HSE has developed a new online guide to help you quickly find and understand what your business must do to comply with health and safety law. The step-by-step guide will help you: understand what managing health and safety means find the right guidance for your workplace use the Plan, …
A warning has been issued to anyone who owns a tumble dryer about the serious risk of a fire if you don’t keep it clean. People are being urged to make sure they regularly empty their lint filters to avoid putting lives in danger and costing themselves thousands of pounds in damage. Tumble dryers catching …
Company fined £200,000 after worker fractures arm 19 May 2023 The manufacturing company was fined for failing to ensure employee safety after a worker’s arm was broken by a lathe. Transport firm fined £1.9 million after worker killed by HGV 18 May 2023 The firm was fined after a worker was struck and killed by an …
Following on from our 2022 Report, our ‘Step Up to Safe Ladders’ telescopic ladder safety campaign continues with the release of our second report! Our latest report, ‘It’s Time to Step In’, is a direct call to the Government to step in urgently to make regulatory changes to hold suppliers and online platforms accountable for …
The high concentrations (up to 16,000ppm) are above the upper measuring limits of the standard portable gas monitoring equipment generally used onboard tankers and floating production storage and offloading (FPSOs), and may be undetected. Hydrogen sulphide concentrations over 1,000ppm can cause immediate collapse with loss of breathing, even after inhalation of a single breath. This …
There are no changes to legal requirements, but the new design and structure will help you quickly find and understand what your business must do to comply with health and safety law. The improvements are based on research which showed businesses felt some guidance was: hard to understand, making it time-consuming to find the area …
Construction company fined £800,000 after child death 14 April 2023 The civil engineering contractor was fined for safety breaches after a 10-year-old boy fell down a manhole on a building site and died from his injuries. £30,000 fine for trucking company after mechanic died while repairing forklift 13 April 2023 The company was fined following …
Racing car group McLaren has been fined £650,000 after a man fell to his death during an inspection at one of the company’s facilities. David Oldham, 55, worked for Zurich Management Services Limited when he was carrying out a structural inspection of McLaren’s Paddock Brand Centre, a hospitality unit used by its Formula One racing …
