The Board of HSE met in December to discuss the draft HSE Construction Sector Plan for construction for the coming 3-5 year period, the summary of the points for consideration are listed below with the emphasis being placed on Health, Smaller Business and CDM 2015; HSE Priorities (HSE Construction Sector Plan) Health Hazards – reducing…
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When you start out in health and safety you usually end up on a 10 day NEBOSH Certificate and this is often taught in a college. You all file down to an old engineering workshop and are told about holding emery cloth on lathes (polishing on lathes and the terrible injuries it can cause. However,…
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Firstly, a Happy New Year to all our clients, friends and contacts. Sitting over the Christmas period gives you time to think on a few things and with Brexit still being a point of discussion I was thinking of the foreign workers who continue to provide a huge amount of resource in our country and…
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Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from experts on exactly how to keep you staff safe when working with electricity. To secure a place(s) please complete the registration page at: Shockingly Good Advice; Free Event from WWT Southwest; Book your free place now! Topics covered will include: Electrical safety; Management and planning of Asbestos &…
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A local authority (acting as a CDM Client) and its two contractors have been fined in excess of £1.5 million following two incidents involving roadworks on a busy Liverpool city centre road. A man died and another was seriously injured while attempting to cross Queens Drive in Liverpool during major resurfacing works which happened in…
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Between February 2016 and August 2016, we have seen a significant HSE Fines increase. These totalled totalled £20.6 million, compared to £14.4 million in February 2015 to August 2015 (please note that these costs may in fact be significantly higher as the data does not include sentences imposed in cases prosecuted by local authorities). HSE…
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Back in 2013 we wrote a post informing you of the changes which were made on strict liability which links directly to no win no fee liability; read our original post here A number of changes were put together which aimed to cap the costs charged by solicitors and to remove the incentive to make…
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In a move which we suspected might come to pass some years ago it has been announced that health and safety enforcement may change for smaller businesses. During July 2016 the HSE ran a consultation on health and safety enforcement allocation. Chiefly, it looked at the role of the local authorities. A range of options…
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Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from experts on exactly how to keep you staff safe when working at height. To secure a place(s) please complete the registration page at: Book your free place now! The construction industry has taken huge strides forward in tackling risk and reducing injury rates over recent years but still…
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So, here you are. Steadily driving your way home along a motorway, mile after mile and junction after junction, perhaps in kind of semi aware state casually glancing at the sat nav, speedo or rear view mirror. Every now and then you find yourself simply gazing at the view ahead and seconds turn into minutes…
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