What are employers’ fire safety duties? Employers, building owners and other people responsible for commercial buildings have a duty to put necessary fire safety precautions in place to all reasonable and practicable extents. This…
The most dramatic change in health and safety enforcement since 1974 The new sentencing guidelines for health and safety offences are set to revolutionise punishment for health and safety offences that are committed. The…
What is ISO 9001? ISO 9001 is the international standard that specifies requirements for a quality management system (QMS). Organizations use the standard to demonstrate the ability to consistency provide products and services that…
Don’t Slip Up When The Big Freeze Hits In 2009/2010, we saw heavy snowfall, which brought transport chaos to much of the country. Airports were closed and train services suspended. In December that year,…
Driving in Bad Weather When you drive, you’re in charge of a fast-moving chunk of metal that can do a lot of damage to you and other people. That’s why you have a particular…
Latest figures released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that Fee For Intervention (FFI) charges have reached record levels. FFI is a ‘cost recovery scheme’ operated by the (HSE). Workplaces in ‘material…
The recent decision by the Court of Appeal in Hague v Rotary Yorkshire Limited (2015) has clarified the power of the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) inspectors to issue enforcement notices and the right…
A Borough Council has been fined £13,000 plus costs of £1,317 after a two year old child had two fingertips severed when playing in a park for children under 11 years old. The child…
Excessive or loud noise at work can damage your hearing. This usually happens gradually and sometimes is only noticed by the individual as they age, and noise-induced hearing loss combines with hearing loss due…
We all do it at some time. We take a short cut, we take a risk or we do something that we know we shouldn’t be doing. People very often behave in an unsafe…