In the Courts - BAE pays £198,000 for lack of supervision with “explosive consequences†- Date: 20/01/2010
15 January 2010 Sasha Wood Global arms manufacturer BAE Systems has been handed a £198,000 penalty following a fatal explosion at its Lancashire munitions plant...
In the Courts -22kg box fell on toddler - Date: 20/01/2010
Discount retailer TJ Morris, trading as Home Bargains, has been fined after a two-year-old was hit by a 22kg box at one of its stores.Knowsley Council's environmental health and consumer protection de...
Acorn Environmental Health and Safety launch website - Date: 20/01/2010
hard hats, safety footwear, Hi Visiblity clothing, ear protection, eye protection, first aid kits and safety harnesess.
IOSH - Managing Safely
CIEH - Courses
CIEH Stress awareness
Level 2 Aw...
Pet food company fined after three injured in explosion - Date: 12/11/2009
three workers were seriously injured by an offal cooker explosion in Cumbria
HSE has prosecuted Alba Proteins (Penrith) Ltd
The company was fined the maximum £20,000 ...
G Baskeville Ltd Pays for Accident due to Negligence - Date: 11/11/2009
accident
working at height
cautionary notice by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to employers
adequate safety measures
to all those working at heights.
occurred due to the lack of barrier...
Fine after driver’s arm amputated during Kent delivery - Date: 09/11/2009
stone company
fined
delivery driver
left arm amputated
HSE
prosecuted
Colin Parker (Masonry) Ltd
Bedlam Court Lane
Minster
guilty
breaching Sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Saf...
Laing O'Rourke fined over Heathrow death - Date: 09/11/2009
Contractor pays £150k in fines and legal costs after concrete slab fell and killed one worker and left another with serious injuries
Laing O'Rourke Infrastructure Ltd
death
Heathrow Airport
pro...
Health and safety call for firms in Yorkshire & Humber regions - Date: 04/11/2009
Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
work-related illness
Workplace fatal injuries
number of workplace injuries classified as serious or incurring more than three days absence from work.
Dr David S...
Chemical incident at pool - Date: 04/11/2009
Emergency services
chemical incident
chlorine-based substance ...
Traders warned of hidden killer at start of Health and Safety Executive asbestos campaign - Date: 03/11/2009
50 people died
asbestos
cancer
Health and Safety Executive
mesothelioma
asbestos fibres
Asbestos: The hidden killer
exposure
plumbers, joiners and electricians
Asbestos is Britain's bigge...
Consultation on update to the Detergents Regulations 2005 - Date: 02/11/2009
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG)
Detergents Regulations 2005
domestic laundry cleaning products (DLCPs).
consultation
Water Frame...
Handling, transfer and transport of waste: second consultation - Date: 02/11/2009
Handling, transfer and transport of waste: second consultation...
In the Courts - Morrisons pays £183,282 over unsecured safety barrier - Date: 02/11/2009
unsecured safety barrier
supermarket giant Morrisons
Crewe store
Section 2(1) Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act for failing to protect workers and the public....
New figures show overall improvement in UK health and safety record - Date: 02/11/2009
New figures show overall improvement in UK health and safety record ...
In Court - Teenagers suffer power-line shocks - Date: 02/11/2009
Teenagers suffer power-line shocks
Two teenage workers suffered electric shocks while operating a telehandler underneath power lines at a pig farm in Norfolk.
Damian Retallick, 17, and Craig Payn...
In Court - Two firms given combined fines of £1million after rail deaths - Date: 02/11/2009
In Court - Two firms given combined fines of £1million after rail deaths...
In Court - Inadequately planned electrical work “could have caused fatality†- Date: 02/11/2009
Inadequately planned electrical work “could have caused fatality†...
Leaking Oil Rig Bursts Into Flames - Date: 02/11/2009
Leaking Oil Rig Bursts Into Flames
environmental damage
West Atlas platform
Australian government
oil leak
environmental experts say it's having a devastating impact on marine and wildlife.
P...
September 2009 Myth of the Month - Health & Safety bans school ties - Date: 02/11/2009
Myth: Health and safety bans traditional school ties
safety issue
wearing ties
Taking simple precautions
kids
discipline
school
HSE...
AcornEHS on the move - Date: 21/10/2009
Acorn Environmental Health and Safety
continued professional support
seviced premises
Bizspace Northampton - KG
training facilities
meeting, interview, training and conference rooms.
free par...
BSC urges businesses to continue training - Date: 21/10/2009
Health and Safety Offences Act.
British Safety Council
risk controls
safety management systems to avoid costly payouts, fines and even imprisonment.
training and information
manage the risk eff...
Commons to debate offshore safety - Date: 14/10/2009
A Westminster debate on health and safety in the North Sea oil and gas industry is to be held.
North Sea helicopter crashes
The HSE recently warned against complacency.
...
Firm fined over worker's fingers - Date: 14/10/2009
An engineering firm was fined £10,000 for safety breaches after a contractor lost four fingers and part of his thumb carrying out asphalt flooring work.strong> Stephen Beare got his hand entangl...
New schools lack sprinkler systems - Date: 12/10/2009
New schools lack sprinkler systemsstrong>12 October, 2009By Olivia Boydstrong> BBC research shows 43% of BSF projects in England are not fitted with fire safety sprinklersAlmost half of England's new ...
Free Business Continuity Toolkit - Date: 11/10/2009
Free Business Continuity Toolkit
ROBUST
UK industry...
Reading Festival promoters fined - Date: 09/10/2009
The company that organises the Reading Festival has been fined £4,000 after admitting health and safety breaches.strong> Reading Festival Ltd admitted two breaches after failing to carry out a p...
Trust fined for legionella levels - Date: 09/10/2009
legionella levels...
Explosion and large fire destroys plastics factory - Date: 09/10/2009
Around 160 firefighters have tackled a large fire following an explosion on Friday evening at a plastics factory in Derbyshire.The fire broke out after an explosion at the Stirling Lloyd factory in Ne...
Online sales - Date: 03/10/2009
Safety Footwear
Hi Vis Clothing
Safety Eyewear
Hard Hats
Harnesses & Lanyards
Safety Signs...
Chartered Institute of Environmnental Health (CIEH) Courses - Date: 03/10/2009
IOSH Managing Safety,
Certificate in Health and Safety at Work
Food Safety in Catering,
Supervising Food Safety in Catering
Health and safety in the Workplace
Supervising Health and Safety in t...
HSE Myth of the month October - Date: 03/10/2009
Health and Safety Myths, Graduates are banned...
WEEE Regulations - Date: 03/10/2009
WEEE Regulations, electrical waste...
Inside EX 2009 Business to Business Show Milton Keynes - Date: 22/09/2009
Insdie Ex 2009, Milton Keynes...
New Legislation Building (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2009 - Date: 13/09/2009
The Building (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2009 have been issued.Coming into force 1 October 2009.These regulations amend the Building Regulations 2000 as follows.
- Amend regulation 17K, "Wa...
Health And Safety Law Poster - Date: 13/09/2009
Do not buy the new law posterstrong> now, The HSE have updated the Health and Safety Law Posterstrong> but it is acceptable to use the OLD-STYLE untill April 5th 2014.Some suppliers are staing the con...
