Hard Hat training services Do you claim all your CITB grants for training? (Only 20% of CITB registered companies actually claim their grants!) Do you know what grants you are entitled to? Do you know how to claim your CITB training grants? Do you have someone within your business that is responsible Read more about Hard Hat training services[…]
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today informed Merlin Attractions Operations Ltd that it will be prosecuted over an incident in which five people were seriously injured on a rollercoaster ride at Alton Towers in Staffordshire. Two female passengers on the ‘Smiler’ ride suffered leg amputations and three others were also seriously injured when Read more about HSE to prosecute Alton towers’ owners after incident[…]
The owner of a stone masonry company has been find as a result of failing to protect the health of his workers which exposed them to preventable risk of suffering life-changing conditions. In this industry where health risks from silica and vibration are well-known but are easily managed, the required actions were not taken despite Read more about Stone masonry failed to protect his worker’s health[…]
A north east port has been fined £400,000 following the death of an agency worker who fell eight metres onto the steel deck onto the steel deck of the ship’s hold at Hartlepool dock. One of the 6 men who were working on loading 12m long steel pipes into the hold of a vessel on Read more about North East firm fined after worker’s fatal fall[…]
Well-designed, organised and managed work is good for us but when insufficient attention to job design, work organisation and management has taken place, it can result in Work related stress. Work related stress develops when a person is unable to cope with the demands being placed on them. Stress can be a significant cause of illness Read more about Work Related Stress[…]
Issue A customer made a complaint about other gym users filling up personal water bottles from a water cooler instead of using the disposable cone cups provided. The customer stated that this was against health and safety regulations as germs could be spread this way. Panel opinion Well done to the gym manager for raising Read more about Health & Safety Myth – Filling up your bottle in a gym[…]
A Surrey man was fined for exposing the residents of a house in Putney, himself and his assistant to asbestos. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard how the owner of a three-storey town house in Putney was upgrading the central heating system of his home when his plumbers identified that the boiler cupboard is his loft was Read more about Man fined for unlicensed removal of asbestos[…]
The Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) confirmed today they have revoked 4,615 cards. The move follows a probe into fraudulent activity at centres where candidates were taking tests accredited by both CITB and the British Safety Council which was highlighted on BBC’s Newsnight. More than 6,000 candidates who Read more about 4,615 CSCS cards revoked after dodgy safety tests[…]
For a long time there has been worries that the penalties imposed on large organisations for health & safety and corporate manslaughter, particularly on large organisations, were too low and the approach to sentencing in the courts inconsistent. In a response to this concern, on 3rd November 2015 the sentencing council issued new guidelines which Read more about New Sentencing guidelines from 1st February 2016[…]
Since Novemeber 2015 we are now running Highfield accredited First Aid courses here at Seaham Safety Services! With a little help from the Health and Safety Executive we have some frequently asked questions regarding First Aid at Work First of all many people ask the question: What is first aid at work? People at work Read more about First Aid at Seaham Safety Services[…]