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TRUMAX FINED AFTER EMPLOYEE FALLS FROM HEIGHT

TRUMAX FINED AFTER EMPLOYEE FALLS FROM HEIGHT

Construction company Trumax Building Ltd has been sentenced for safety breaches. On 18th May 2018 an employee under the age of 18 was working on the first floor of a house being built at a...
Alistair McCourt

Alistair McCourt named as Atalian Servest QHSE Director

Atalian Servest has promoted Alistair McCourt to the role of Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) Director UK & Ireland.  McCourt joins the team at Atalian Servest after almost...
Society of Occupational Medicine

SUPPORT FOR GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION ON WORKPLACE HEALTH

The launch of the Government’s consultation on improving health at work, alongside proposed changes to improve statutory sick pay has been welcomed by some of the country’s leading...
Company prosecuted after employee injured during loading operations

Company prosecuted after employee injured during loading operations

A shipping company has been fined after a Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) driver was struck by a paper reel that was being loaded on to his trailer. Liverpool Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 7...
Fine for restaurant owner after disturbance of asbestos

Fine for restaurant owner after disturbance of asbestos

A restaurant owner has been fined after asbestos was disturbed during the conversion of rooms above the restaurant into flats in Essex. Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard that during...
HSE Chair to explore future challenges at IOSH conference

HSE Chair to explore future challenges at IOSH conference

  Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Chair Martin Temple CBE will deliver the opening address at IOSH’s annual international conference. At the ICC Birmingham this September, he will...
UK employers risking safety of those who drive for work

UK employers risking safety of those who drive for work

A study commissioned by Driving for Better Business (DfBB), the government-backed Highways England programme to raise awareness of the business benefits that come from improved management of...
Everton FC invests in evacuation equipment

Everton FC invests in evacuation equipment

Everton FC has made significant investment to ensure equality for all visitors, even though the club is set to relocate to a new stadium at Bramley Moore Dock on the Liverpool waterfront in the...
Fine for Construction company after worker suffered carbon monoxide poisoning

Fine for Construction company after worker suffered CO poisoning

Construction company Construction 360 Ltd was sentenced for safety breaches after a worker collapsed and lost consciousness while working at the site of King Asia Foods Ltd, Middle Bank, Sheffield. ...
HSE releases annual workplace fatality figures

HSE releases annual workplace fatality figures

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released its annual statistics for work-related fatal injuries for 2018/19 as well as the number of people known to have died from the asbestos-related...

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