How can OSH professionals manage conflict in the workplace to ensure a harmonious and safe environment for all? Unaddressed tensions at work can incur big costs, whether you’re concerned for your people, your reputation or your bottom line. Analysis by Acas, the UK’s Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (2021), estimated …
A food manufacturer has been ordered to pay fines of more than £800,000 for safety failings after two separate incidents led to two workers having their fingers amputated. On 16 November 2022, a 22-year-old worker at Pork Farms’ bakery in Nottingham had one of his fingers amputated after his hand …
A building firm has been fined £133,000 and ordered to pay £8,500 in prosecution costs after a 22-year-old worker was crushed to death by an excavator. James Rourke had only been working for Materials Movement for a few months when the vehicle struck him, causing catastrophic injuries. The firm had …
A company has been fined £380,000 after a delivery driver fell and suffered a traumatic brain injury while working at its site in Walsall. Timothy Bates was delivering fuel for a temporary diesel generator at Haldane Fisher Limited’s timber processing site on Long Street when he fell from a trailer …
An investigation into the death of a 26-year-old who died while working on Everton Football Club’s new stadium has been launched by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Construction worker Michael was killed on 14 August 2023 at Bramley-Moore Dock in Liverpool, where the Premier League club’s new ground is …
The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) has fined Amazon France Logistique €32m over its ‘excessively intrusive’ system for monitoring employee activity and performance. According to Euronews, the fine is the equivalent of about 3% of the company’s annual revenue, which reached €1.1bn in 2021. The watchdog also fined the business, which …
A garden landscaper has been handed a suspended prison sentence after a worker was killed when a moving circular saw kicked back into his groin. The labourer, who had been working for Watford-based gardener Mr Fernando Araujo for just two days, was killed in the incident at a house on …
Health and Safety Executive – Safety notice Department name: Engagement and Policy Division (EPD)Bulletin number: EPD04-2023Issue date: 12/23 Target audience: Lorry loader operators, owners and hirers, service and repairers, installers, manufacturers, Appointed Persons and sites receiving lorry loaders. Issue On some lorry loaders with powered ‘tilting’ (also known as ‘swing-up’ …
85% of organisations have no fire risk assessment for Lithium-ion battery devices on site Just 15% of organisations say they have conducted a workplace fire risk assessment to cover the risks posed by devices containing lithium-ion batteries (LiB), new research finds. Firechief Global urges organisations to get risk assessed for …
A garage has been fined £12,000 after a customer was crushed by his own vehicle at a garage in North London. Tottenham resident Mahmut Emanet is “lucky to be alive”, according to an inspector from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Mr Emanet spent six days in a critical care …
