The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is targeting Yorkshire for COVID compliance spot-checks after a spate of outbreaks. The regulator said it is checking that businesses are aware of the Safer Workplace guidance and advising where necessary on improvements needed to ensure the workplace is COVID secure. ‘Inspectors are out and about …
The owner of a hotel has been handed a nine-month sentence after putting ‘anyone staying on the premises at risk of death or serious injury,’ following a lengthy investigation. Alan Diamond, owner of the Cornhill Hotel in Blackpool, has been given a nine-month sentence suspended for 18 months after a …
Safety managers urged to act now to prevent injuries Workers returning to work after being furloughed are putting their bodies at risk due to no longer being at full working strength, says Toni-Louise Gianatti, Content Manager at safety tech company Soter Analytics. The world is about to see the biggest …
HSE issues safety alert against using KN95 facemask as PPE The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning against the use of KN95 facemasks as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). A safety alert has been issued urging all employers and suppliers not to purchase or use KN95 facemasks as PPE. The …
Vehicles are commonly fitted with air suspension, including buses and coaches, refuse vehicles, goods vehicles and tankers. On a vehicle with an air suspension system, inflated rubber bellows (also known as airbags) are supplied with air from the vehicle’s air compressor via a storage system. These take the place of …
Birmingham Halal Abattoir Limited has admitted responsibility for hygiene offences and been ordered to pay more than £11,000. The business pleaded guilty to multiple instances of failing to prevent potential cross-contamination between carcases before their post-mortem inspection between March and April 2019. The carcases were held on a rail system …
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has assembled a team of specialists to assist the government’s national effort to get personal protective equipment (PPE) to frontline health care workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Supporting the government’s PPE Plan, the UK regulator’s PPE Unit is made up of regulatory inspectors, policy makers and …
We are now conducting COVID-19 site and workplace Health & Safety compliance audits. Which will be beneficial for your business, when lockdown is gradually lifted in various stages by the Government. You will need to take preventative measures to ensure risks can be managed and your workforce are educated, engaged …
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has prosecuted a contractor after two men suffering with fatigue died in a road traffic accident. Zac Payne, 20, and Michael Morris, 48, died on 19 June 2013 when Zac fell asleep at the wheel of his work van while driving back to …
