LONDON ZOO SAFETY BREACH: KEEPER SUFFERED NECK INJURY IN FAULTY STEPLADDER FALL

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A London Zoo safety breach saw a keeper, who was cleaning out a hawk aviary, fall off a faulty step ladder that was wrongly retrieved from a skip. Angelina Lawson suffered neck injuries in the accident while removing droppings from a shelf under the birds’ perches. According to reports, the step ladder …

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A SOLE DIRECTOR HAS BEEN THREATENED WITH PRISON AFTER A JOINT OPERATION UNCOVERED A SERIES OF SAFETY AND HEALTH FRAUD OFFENCES

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Barrie John Henry Birch was sentenced to 18 months’ jail, suspended for two years, and disqualified from being a company director for five years after his firm, BBS Improvements, carried out unsafe and unnecessary building work. Workers were put at risk because there was no scaffolding. The fraudulent activity was …

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BOAT MAKER FINED AFTER WORKER BURNED BY ‘INCREDIBLY HAZARDOUS’ SOLVENT

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A company that manufactures and repairs rigid-inflatable boats (RIBs) in Hull, Yorkshire, has been sentenced after one of its workers was overcome by solvent fumes and sustained burns when he collapsed in a pool of the substance. The employee of Humber Fabrications (Hull) was using a cloth soaked in dichloromethane …

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HOW TO MANAGE STRESS IN THE WORKPLACE

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As Stress Awareness Month begins, the chief executive of leading EAP provider Health Assured talks about how employers can manage workplace stress. David Price said the first step in managing stress in the workplace is to become more aware of its causes and effects. Stress statistics New figures released by …

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FATIGUE IN THE WORKPLACE: WHY A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP MAKES FOR A SAFER WORK ENVIRONMENT

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Legend has it that Margaret Thatcher used to run the country on just four hours sleep a night. The oft-quoted rumour helped define an era of the 1980s when sleep, along with lunch, apparently was for wimps. But now we live in more enlightened times and organisations are waking up …

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ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL MANUAL HANDLING TRAINING COURSE

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Another successful Manual Handling Training Course conducted by Cunningham Safety Consultants in London. Course included information on MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS (MSDs). MSDs include injury and pain to backs, joints and limbs which can affect your quality of life. Do the right thing and protect your workers from work-related MSDs. Please get in touch if …

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CITB CALLS TIME ON 20 YEARS OF CSCS DELIVERY

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The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced its decision to withdraw from the construction skills certification scheme (CSCS) card administration service.  The construction skills and training provider contacted the CSCS board in early January to terminate the card administration and contact centre contract, ending more than 20 years of …

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