What happened A construction company has been found liable for the serious eye injuries sustained by a self-employed worker who was struck in the face when stepping onto a scaffolding platform. Injury On 2nd November 2017, the worker was installing cladding to a new build home on Southwell
How Many Steps Are There in a Risk Assessment?
There are five steps in a compliant risk assessment: Identify the hazards;Decide who may be harmed and how;Assess the risks and control them;Record the findings; andComplete reviews of the risk assessment. Identifying hazards is the first step of any risk assessment Regular competent
Engineer worker leans into machine, plate crushes head and upper body
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
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
HSE Figures show 147 workers and 92 members of the public killed in 2018/17
The HSE has released its figures for 2018/19 RIDDOR fatalities, and it’s not good news for the UK workforce. Are we doing enough? If we were forced to pick some good news from the figures, it would simply be that matters have not got any worse. The below graph shows a long-term downward trend
Focus On… Temperature
It’s that time of the year, when, as we leave work or get home, we can smell someone nearby enjoying the BBQ we wish we had the energy to organise. Finally, summer is here! The beers are in the fridge, the icebox is full, and the dregs of last year’s sun cream are finally getting used