A garage door installation company has been fined after failing to manage asbestos during work on a house. They were carrying out work to remove an existing integrated garage door […]
Working safely with display screen equipment
As an employer, you must protect your workers from the health risks of working with display screen equipment (DSE), such as PC’s, laptops, tablets and smartphones. The Health and Safety […]
Failing to prevent exposure to asbestos – more companies fined
Disturbed asbestos during dismantling of large industrial oven An investigation by the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) found that prior to demolition works starting, no risk assessment, plan of work […]
Unsafe removal of asbestos sees construction firms fined
Failure to manage asbestos A latest press release from the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) reveals safety failings during a refurbishment of a former office block. An investigation by the […]
Companies fined after workers exposed to asbestos
A contractor carrying out refurbishment work at a hotel in South Shields, and the client company who arranged this work, were sentenced after workers disturbed asbestos. Workers from RJW Building […]
Local restaurant owner fined after disturbance of asbestos
A local 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 September […]
Asbestos failings lead to Landlord of lock up garages being fined
The proprietor of a set of lock up garages in Wigston, Leicestershire has been sentenced for asbestos related offences. In March and April 2016, Paul Whitaker used a powered jet-wash […]
Annual workplace fatality figures released by the HSE
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released its annual figures for work-related fatal injuries for 2018/19, as well as the number of people known to have died from the […]
Cases of illegal asbestos dumping on the rise
The country has seen numerous cases of illegally dumped asbestos waste rise in the last few months so we asked ourselves, ‘why is it happening so often?’. The first case […]
NHS Trust sentenced after employees and contractors exposed to Asbestos during refurbishment works
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has been fined after refurbishment work undertaken in an accommodation block at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital exposed Trust employees and contractors to asbestos. Telford Magistrates’ […]