UKATA have released some statistics based around asbestos and the effects it has on us. The statistics are truly shocking, and should change the way you approach risks in the workplace. Asbestos can be found in any industrial or residential building built or refurbished before the year 2000. It is in many of the common materials used...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is recommending the restriction of hazardous substances in ink used for tattooing and permanent make-up (PMU) in Great Britain. The proposed new restriction would target substances classified for carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, reproductive toxicity, skin sensitisation, skin corrosion, and serious eye damage. It aims to protect people from any potential harmful...
A leading manufacturer of aircraft seats has been fined £660,000 after one of its employees suffered horrific injuries when he fell through a roof at a site in South Wales. The company was carrying out work to vacate its premises when the incident happened on 19 May 2020. The worker suffered multiple broken bones, including...
Employers need to act to make sure their workers are protected during periods of extreme hot weather this summer. Employers must assess risks to the health and safety of their workers by law, including risks from extreme weather such as heat waves. While there is no legal maximum temperature for workplaces, heat is classed as a...
A plastics manufacturing company has been fined after it put workers and the public at risk of being infected with potentially deadly bacteria. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated the company after members of the public became infected with Legionnaire’s disease in September 2020. Five people were infected with the potentially deadly lung infection....
HSE have been made aware of a number of fires on, and around, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) powered forklift trucks and other similar vehicles that have occurred during starting. What is the issue? Build-up of deposits in fuel systems, in particular, the vaporiser units of LPG powered vehicles has led to a number of fires. Deposits...
It is strongly recommended that first-aiders undertake annual refresher training, over half a day, during any three-year certification period. Although not mandatory, this will help qualified first-aiders maintain their basic skills and keep up to date with any changes to first-aid procedures. However, these refreshers and e-learning courses do not replace the full course. To...
Two major transport companies have been fined a combined total of £2.2m after ‘a loving dad and husband’ was killed when he was hit by a HGV in Birmingham. A worker was struck by a reversing HGV on 30 August 2019. The incident happened at the premises of the company when the vehicle reversed out...
A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution is being brought against Cambridgeshire County Council following the deaths of three people in separate incidents, and the life-changing injuries sustained by a fourth person in a collision, on Cambridgeshire Guided Busway. One woman died when she was hit by a bus as she crossed the busway on foot at Fen...
