What happened In recent court proceedings, an engineering company has been found liable for an accident that caused severe crush injuries to an employee. On the 11th of April 2018, the employee in question was injured after attempting to light the burners on a moulding machine at their
Worker lost multiple fingers to unguarded machine
What happened In recent court proceedings, a recycling company has been found liable for an accident which resulted in the loss of multiple fingers for an employee. On the 2nd of October the worker, who had spent just eight weeks at the company attempted to clear a blockage in the hopper of the
Man injures himself and son in gas work explosion
What happened? In recent court proceedings, a self-employed gas contractor and his son have been found liable following a gas explosion in Glasgow from which they both received serious burn injuries. On the 3rd of August 2016, Kenneth Ewen was contracted to install a heater at Arnold Clark
Apprentice punctures lung after falling from a forklift
What happened In recent court proceedings, a serious fall from height has been prosecuted. On the 30th of July 2018, Mr Francis Yardy and his apprentice were undertaking routine electrical repairs at a potato storage warehouse near Ely. The job required working at height, and instead of using
Man dies on night shift, after being struck by an excavator
What happened? In recent court proceedings, a company has been found liable for the death of a worker struck by an excavator. During the night shift on a construction site in Stratford, Kevin Campbell, a site operative, was fatally struck by an excavator mounted vibrator (EMV) attached to a
FAST – How to identify the symptoms of a stroke
A ruthless killer One of the biggest causes of death and disability in the UK is strokes. Strokes cause around 32,000 deaths in England every year and whilst the number is still high, it has been cut in half over the past 15 years. Many link this reduction to better awareness of the
Events management company fined for unsafe work conditions
What happened In recent court proceedings, an events management company has been fined for failure to provide safe working conditions during the lifting and moving of a 14-foot-wide park home chassis. On the 5th of July 2018 employees at Woodcorner Farm were tasked with transferring the park home
Inducting Staff the CRAMS Way
Human resource management One of the biggest challenges we hear our human resources contacts talk about is inductions. It seems that no matter who we speak to, nobody likes doing them. Introducing a new team member should be exciting, but it's hard to get excited about something that
13 Ways to Increase Business Productivity in 2019
Workplace productivity is vital to your business. Improving it can grow your business and increase its profitability. When we talk about workplace productivity we’re really talking about employee productivity. Your employees are your company’s backbone and therefore it’s your staff that your