Category: Construction
COMPANY FINED AFTER BOY FALLS FROM SCAFFOLDING
Westdale Services Limited has today been sentenced after a 12-year-old boy slipped off a scaffold ladder, falling approximately 10 metres. Cardiff Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 6 May...
Salford company fined after worker falls through collapsed stairs
A construction company has been sentenced after an employee sustained serious injuries to his back after falling through stairs that had been partly installed. Greater Manchester...PROSECUTION AFTER OVERHEAD POWER LINE STRIKE INCIDENT
Options Energy Resource LLP has been fined after an employee was killed by an overhead power line strike. Luton Crown Court heard how, on 16 September 2016, Darren Waterman, a driver employed by...
Mock Trial helps construction team master H&S
Woodhead Group has hosted a ‘mock trial’ of a serious on-site accident, to highlight the importance of robust health and safety policies. The trial took place in the...
TRIO OF APPOINTMENTS AT ACCESS NORTH
Huddersfield-based work at height specialist Access North has almost doubled its headcount in recent months, making three new business appointments following several new business wins. Working...
New courses to combat construction sector risks
With construction site accidents claiming 60,000 lives around the world every year – a figure dwarfed by the number who die from work-related illness – two courses have been launched to...
Annual injury and ill health statistics release
Too many workers in Britain’s workplaces are still being injured or made ill by their work a new report shows. Annual statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show 1.4 million...
Workplace Injuries Cost the UK £15bn a Year
Personal injury specialist YouClaim is urging employers and employees to ensure they are doing everything they can to reduce the risk of accidents in the workplace, as businesses are spending...
ONE IN FOUR LEAVE JOB DUE TO MENTAL HEALTH
One in four people working in human resources and administration has left a job due to mental health problems, research by first aid charity St John Ambulance has found. The...
Mates in Mind Comment on Developments to Britain’s Mental health
Today Britain’s first Minister for Mental health, Inequalities and Suicide Prevention Mrs Doyle-Price was appointed ready for World Mental Health Day 2018. Mates in Mind says it welcomes this...
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