I was reading a news item last month about the health and safety in schools when it comes to asbestos, and how after an audit by the Health and Safety Executive 20% of the 164 schools surveyed had unacceptable procedures in place for dealing with asbestos, Read more »
Landlord directed to pay for £42,000 for basic fire safety breaches
Fire safA landlord is directed to pay for an overall total of £42,250 for severe safety failings at his properties. Authorities discovered that there is a failure to execute a fire risk assessment. Additionally they discovered that there was a failure to supply a appropriate alarm system in addition to fire door routine maintenance in [...] Read more »
Council boss refused to wear hard hat on site
The leader of a London council who refused to wear a hard hat while visiting a redevelopment site in his borough defended his decision, saying “people should have a choice whether to wear them or not”. Read more »
Health and Safety in a recession
Health and safety is really a complicated problem, it is an extremely essential element of any company and numerous Acts position various duties on business employers. Health and safety is usually overlooked by firms that operate from office premises, but for legal reasons when you employ 5 or even more staff, you have to have [...] Read more »
Have You Got An Up-to-date Risk Assessment
Only 1 / 4 of social housing suppliers are assured that their blocks have an appropriate and satisfactory fire safety risk assessment in effect. The figures were exposed last month by Andy Cloke of the Chief Fire Officials organisation ( CFOA ) at a Chartered Institute of Housing ( CIH ) meeting. He told representatives that [...] Read more »
Ensure your staffs safety at work
A recycling firm has recently been prosecuted for not protecting its employees properly at work after a driver’s jaw was shattered during a dangerous unloading process. The incident came after four other employees were also injured in similar accidents. Read more »
Don’t fake health & safety documents
Flooks Scaffolding in Bristol has just been fined a total of £3,000 for faking it’s Health and Safety method statement following the death of an employee who fell whilst dismantling a temporary storage structure at it’s yard. Read more »
When The Health and Safety Inspector Calls
What are the potential implications of a visit from a Public Health and Safety Inspector and how should I react? Health and safety inspectors have wide ranging powers that can seriously disrupt your business. So although it may seem an obvious thing to say, first and foremost offer them your full cooperation and ensure that, [...] Read more »
Risk Assessment
How and why should I carry out an effective risk assessment? The Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require employers to carry out ‘Suitable and sufficient’ risk assessments of the risks to the health and safety of their employees whilst at work and of persons not in their employment, arising from or [...] Read more »
Health and Safety Policy
Why and how should I compile a safety policy for my organisation? The Health and Safety at Work Act requires all employers of five or more employees to prepare a written health and safety policy statement and bring it to the attention of employees. ‘…..it shall be the duty of every employer to prepare and, [...] Read more »
