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News September 2008
| Bus bosses face prison. |
| Vincenzo Casale, MD of GM Buses Enterprises and UK North, and his transport manager, David Ellis, have both been jailed for 15 months. Both lied about hours worked by their employees. Martin Pilling was killed when a bus hit his cherry-picker, throwing him out of the cabin and under the wheels of the bus. Investigations found that the bus driver had been working for 19 days without a rest when the incident occurred. 27 of the 130 drivers employed were also found to have been in breach of the fortnightly rest rule of 24 hours minimum rest in any two-week period. The company was also ordered to take its fleet off the road over safety fears. The company has subsequently gone bust. |
RoSPA Safety Express September/October:6 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Ladder exchange 2008 starts September. |
| A new Ladder exchange campaign starts at the beginning of September, aiming to take more dodgy ladders out of the workplace. |
Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/falls/ladders.htm RoSPA Safety Express September/October:3 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| HSE dismay at low standards. |
| A surprise H&S blitz at Merseyside construction sites resulted in enforcement action being taken at nearly all of them. Of the 15 sites visited, work was stopped immediately on 7 of them, Improvement Notices were issued on 6 more. Infringement of work at height safety rules accounted for the majority of the action, with dangerous and untidy sites being another major problem. |
RoSPA Safety Express September/October:4 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Working with migraine. |
| Understanding what migraine is and how it affects people is just one of the steps employers can take to help sufferers minimise the impact on their working life. |
Internet: www.migrainetrust.org RoSPA Safety Express September/October:5 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Sound advice. |
| Eagerly awaited guidelines on the control of noise at work in music and entertainment are now available. The book has been drafted by reps from a wide range of music and entertainment sectors in GB, as well as EHOs and the HSE. |
"Sound advice - control of noise at work in music and entertainment" Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/noise/musicsound.htm RoSPA Safety Express September/October:8 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| We aren't killjoys. |
| HSE has hit back at those who accuse them of spending their time banning barbecues, conkers and Christmas parties. Their new video "Real people" features a series of true stories from folk who have been seriously affected by unsafe working practices. |
Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/realpeople/index.htm RoSPA Safety Express September/October:8 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Safe use of bedrails. |
| An on-line training information programme on the safe use of bedrails has been put together by the HSE. The importance of raising awareness of the hazards associated with the use of bedrails has been highlighted by more than 20 reported fatalities in the UK since 1997. |
Internet. www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices/bedrails/index.htm RoSPA Safety Express September/October:8 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Using sat navs leaflet. |
| A well-used satellite navigation tool can help drivers plan routes and prevent drivers from hesitating or making last minute lane changes. However, if badly used, a sat nav can cause distraction and increase the risk of an accident. |
"Using sat navs safely", packs of 100 £11.50 from RoSPA. www.rospa.com/shop/index.htm RoSPA Safety Express September/October:9 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Taylor-made. |
| The root causes of workplace stress stretch back to the pioneers of "time and motion" and the first assembly lines. (Nick Cook) |
RoSPA Safety Express September/October:10-11 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Volunteers are protected by health and safety legislation. |
| HSE and the STUC have teamed up to remind voluntary organisations that they all have a role to play in ensuring the safety and health of their army of volunteers and to reassure volunteers that they too are protected by health and safety legislation. The voluntary sector has a vital role to play in Scotland, with 45,000 voluntary organisations, 13,000 paid staff and up to 1.2 million volunteers. |
HSE (National) Press Release SCO/136/08 2/9/08 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Steps taken on ladder safety in Essex. |
| Essex Local Authorities have joined forces with the HSE to launch their ladder safety campaign at the Sealife Adventure in Southend on Sea. The Curator of Sealife Adventure Centre demonstrated the correct way to use a ladder while feeding the piranhas. Falls from height continue to be the main causes of death in the workplace and one of the main causes of serious injury. |
HSE (East) Press Release HSE-E96 1/9/08 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Warning on handling hazardous materials after HSE prosecution. |
| BAE Systems Land Systems (Munitions and Ordnance) Ltd fined £50,000 and costs of £15,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2 and s33. They were also ordered to pay £5,000 compensation to a 21 year old agency worker who was engaged in the process of destroying pyrotechnic composition when it ignited, resulting in severe burns to his face, neck and both arms. HSE has told companies, particularly those in the major hazards sector, that they must ensure their workforce follows approved company safety procedures. |
HSE (Wales) Press Release HSE/2008/485 1/9/08 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Cornwall company fined £75,000 after quarry fatality. |
| Aram Resources Limited of Penryn, fined total of £75,000 under PUWER 1998 and QR 1999, and costs of £30,000. HSE is highlighting the potential risks and dangers of working in the quarry industry following the prosecution of a Cornwall company over the death of an employee. The 42 year old became caught in the fixed guard of a primary crusher machine as it came into contact with the moving flywheel. The company lacked the competence to identify that the guards provided for the machinery did not comply with health and safety standards and also failed to ensure that adequate training and supervision had been provided. |
HSE (South West) Press Release 494/SWW/08 4/9/08 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Council fined after school caretaker exposed to asbestos. |
| North Tyneside Council fined £17,005 and costs of £3,911 under CAR 2002. The caretaker at a school swept the boiler house on two separate occasions, unaware that it had been quarantined during the time of his predecessor. The previous head teacher was also aware of the contamination, but neither replacements had been informed of the problem. No signs indicated the area had been quarantined, the caretaker only becoming aware of the risk of exposure when an asbestos removal company arrived to commence work. |
HSE (North East) Press Release NE/451/08 5/9/08 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| North Tyneside Council is bound over for sentencing after man is killed by refuse truck. |
| North Tyneside Council has been bound over for sentencing after pleading guilty to a breach of HASAWA 1974 s3. Brian Kindred, a member of the public, was killed when a refuse truck hit him as it was reversing. It was found that the Council's safety management procedures were inadequate, no supervision was in place, training was cursory and did not cover guiding vehicles in any way. Had the Council followed simple control measures such as training their operators to warn the driver of pedestrians walking close to the vehicle, Mr Kindred would not have died. |
HSE (North East) Press Release NE/452/08 5/9/08 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Cross & Wells Ltd |
| Fined £3,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Employee injured when unsecured and non-integrated working platform slipped off FLT forks. Inadequate control of FLT keys, no safe system of work for platform use, non-integrated platform used daily by untrained employees, lack of awareness of risk assessment, which was also inadequate. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4092642 23/6/08 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Rollalong Limited |
| Fined total of £18,000 under MHSWR 1999, PUWER 1998 and HASAWA 1974 s2. IP was trapped between a trestle and a mobile gantry crane which tipped over while he was attempting to turn over a metal chassis. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4093629 23/6/08 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Philip Wolstenholme |
| Prison under HASAWA 1974 s33. Deferred/Prison under HASAWA 1974 s2. IP fell from scaffold during dismantling. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4097641 23/6/08 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Metal Mark Engineering Ltd |
| Fined £6,000 under WHR 2005. Serious injury to Michael Kidd. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4108030 23/6/08 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Grampian Country Pork Halls Limited |
| Fined £2,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Following investigation into electric shock incident, equipment was found in a dangerous condition, with the potential to cause a second electric shock incident. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4109864 24/6/08 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Harrison Castings Limited |
| Fined total of £5,300 under PPEWR 1992. PR mould unplugging accident. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4117382 25/6/08 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| A Imms Architects Design and Build |
| Fined total of £3,500 under CAR 2006 and HASAWA 1974 s3. Inadvertent exp to AIB. Routine inspection at demolition site. AIB soffits demolished without any controls in place. Four operatives working on the site, type three asbestos survey was not carried out on site prior to demolition works commencing. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4066378 26/6/08 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| David Rainford |
| Conditional Discharge under WHR 2005. Prosecution following an accident to an employee who fell 8 - 10 feet from a ladder which was not stabilised or secured. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4089459 26/6/08 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Rimac Fabrication Ltd |
| Fined £5,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. IP had all four fingers of his left hand amputated when they were trapped between moving and fixed parts on a horizontal hydraulic swaging machine. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4100419 26/6/08 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Edbro Machine Tools Ltd |
| Fined total of £1,000 under SMSR 1992. Employee of Rimac Fabrications lost his fingers in a swaging machine that had been manufactured and supplied by Edbro Machine Tools Ltd in 2005. The machine was supplied without suitable guarding. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4104178 26/6/08 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| M U Properties |
| Fined total of £4,000 under CDMR 2007, WHR 2005 and HASAWA 1974 s3. Collapse of block and beam floor which injured a person and unsafe conditions of the site. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4104310 26/6/08 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Rehau Limited |
| Fined £5,000 under PUWER 1998. Employee injured whilst operating insufficiently guarded machinery. Failure by company to identify and implement suitable and sufficient control measures in risk assessment. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4116861 26/6/08 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Rehau Limited |
| Fined £2,500 under PUWER 1998. Employee injured whilst operating insufficiently guarded machinery. Failure to identify and implement suitable and sufficient control measures within risk assessment. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4116870 26/6/08 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Lewisham London Borough Council |
| Fined £20,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. Exposure of workers to asbestos during window replacement work. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4036289 27/6/08 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| ARDS Limited |
| Fined £3,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. IP fell 5.5m through fragile roof material and suffered multiple fractures to femur. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4080430 27/6/08 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Stephen McHugh |
| Prison under HASAWA 1974 s33. No sep PENALTY under HASAWA 1974 s3 and GSIUR 1998. Breach of Prohibition Notices, unregistered gas work and falsely claming to be CORGI registered. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4089485 27/6/08 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| Lee McHugh |
| Prison under HASAWA 1974 s33. No sep penalty under HASAWA 1974 s3 and GSIUR 1998. Contracting gas work to unregistered installer, falsely claiming to be CORGI registered and breach of Prohibition Notices. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4089488 27/6/08 Week ending: 05/09/08 |
| HSE Chair's reminder, those who create risks are best placed to manage them. |
| Addressing delegates at the National Safety Symposium, the Chair of the HSE said "We in the HSE are not responsible for managing health and safety in the workplace - you are". The symposium, hosted by IOSH, is now in its 33rd year and provides a forum for health and safety professionals in the public sector for updates on progress and best practice. |
HSE (National) Press Release E043:08 8/9/08 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| Liverpool crane collapse findings prompt HSE warning. |
| A serious potential failure mode in luffing crane towers, identified by the HSE during its investigation into the fatal crane collapse in Liverpool last year, has prompted HSE to write to all suppliers of such equipment in the UK, asking them to take forward such actions to prevent it happening again. The advice to suppliers is that better protective devices to prevent luffing ropes from coming off their pulleys "would significantly reduce the potential for further events, particularly where wind and operating conditions provide potential for slack rope conditions to arise". |
SHP September 2008:7 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| Threat of jail could see drivers blame employers. |
| New tougher offences allowing courts to imprison drivers who cause death by careless driving could lead motorists caught up in such incidents to blame their employer. It is suggested that blaming their employer by causing them to hurry, make business-related phone calls, or drive when tired, may all figure in future cases. |
SHP September 2008:8 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| HSE concedes deaths disclosure decision. |
| The HSE has decided not to appeal against the Information Commissioner's ruling that it must publish the names of those who died in work-related deaths once the relevant coroner's inquest has been opened. |
SHP September 2008:8 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| Studies show minor rehab measures can yield results. |
| New research suggests that more than 90 per cent of people with health problems could return to work if a few principles of good healthcare and management were followed. |
SHP September 2008:10 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| Widow of former nuclear worker wins damages. |
| The widow of a former British Nuclear Fuels Ltd worker has received an undisclosed six-figure sum in compensation after her husband died from mesothelioma, an asbestos-related disease. |
SHP September 2008:10 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| The law of unintended consequences. |
| Many are in favour of making prison sentences an option for a wider range of health and safety offences, but such a move may well cause more harm than good. (Michael Appleby) |
SHP September 2008:19 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| Holding fire. |
| Alan Sugar may have turned "You're fired!" into one of the nation's best-known catchphrases, but employers should think twice before dismissing staff who raise health and safety concerns. (Mark Higgins) |
SHP September 2008:38-40 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| An inflated price. |
| Deaths from occup lung disease are rising rapidly but they can easily be prevented. A basic overview of the hazards and risks, and a reminder of the steps employers can take to ensure their workers are not exposed to respiratory damage. (Joanne Partridge) |
SHP September 2008:42-44 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| How do you solve a problem like ?? |
| A visit to the team at Westminster Council, and one of its most famous licensed premises, the London Palladium, to find out how health and safety is managed in the city's West End theatres without detracting from the enjoyment of the paying public. (Andrew Sansom) |
SHP September 2008:46-48 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| Get where you want to go. |
| Recruiting quality staff in a candidate-led market is tough but it can be equally difficult for jobseekers to secure a role that offers the opportunity to reach their full potential. An insight into the current recruitment market for H&S practitioners, from the perspective of both the employer and employee. (Steven Bryan) |
SHP September 2008:53-55 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| Look before you leap. |
| IOSH estimates that more than 12 per cent of its members have traded corporate lives for the consultancy world. An explanation of why it can be a challenging but highly rewarding career choice. (Malcolm Clarke) |
SHP September 2008:57-58 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| Student revolution. |
| In light of the growing numbers of students choosing health and safety as a course of study and subsequent profession, a discussion of some of the common misconceptions surrounding careers in the HS&E field, and a look at experiences of some recent graduates who are really shaking up the sector. (Frances Davies) |
SHP September 2008:61-62 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| Lanarkshire companies fined £63,750 over double fatality. |
| Galloway and MacLeod Ltd fined £25,000 under PUWER 1998. Barr Electrical Contractors Ltd fined £60,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. Both fines were reduced by 25 per cent to £18,750 and £45,000 respectively following guilty pleas being tendered. Two employees of Galloway and MacLeod Ltd, were killed when they were cleaning inside an animal feed mixer which started up unexpectedly and without warning. They were found fatally injured inside the mixer. This could have been easily prevented if the power supply to the machine had been properly isolated. |
HSE (National) Press Release SCO/13908 9/9/08 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| Health and Safety Executive warning to construction industry after crane overturns. |
| The main Contractor AMEC Group Ltd, fined £10,000 and costs of £9,143 under HASAWA 1974 s3 and crane operators Leach Structural Steelwork Ltd, fined £10,000 and costs of £9,143 under HASAWA 1974 s2. A 35 tonne truck mounted telescopic crane overturned after one of the outriggers which support the crane sank into the ground. The crane driver was forced to leap to safety and the 5.7 tonne beam that was being lifted into place narrowly missed two employees as it fell. The crane was being used with the knowledge of both companies on part of a site not prepared or wide enough to accommodate the outrigger spread of the crane. RAs produced were inadequate as they only considered use at a completely different part of the site. |
HSE (National) Press Release HSE/NW/prosecutions/010amec/08 10/9/08 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| Health and Safety Executive names new Deputy Chief Executive. |
| The HSE has announced that Kevin Myers has been appointed as HSE's Deputy Chief Executive. He will take up the post on 13 October 2008. |
HSE (National) Press Release E042:08 11/9/08 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| Health and Safety spot checks in West Sussex and Hampshire. |
| Employers in the West Sussex and Hampshire agriculture and horticulture sectors have been warned about a series of visits by the HSE during the month of September, in an effort to protect the health and safety of seasonal workers. This will focus particularly on the working conditions of migrant workers. |
HSE (South East) Press Release 8/9/08 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| HSE warns of the dangers of working at height after maintenance engineer is injured. |
| Invotec Circuits Tamworth Ltd fined £1,000 and costs of £1,259 under WHR 2005. Three maintenance engineers were replacing the motor of an LEV system which was 3 metres up in an external wall. They used a ladder to access a pallet, balanced on the forks of a FLT, as a work platform. As the motor was being lowered onto the pallet, one of the engineers put his hand out to stabilise himself when he became unstable. His hand went into the moving parts of the mast of the FLT and became temporarily trapped. As a result, a finger became partially de-gloved. The situation arose because of an absence of effective planning to avoid unsafe working at height. |
HSE (West Midlands)and (North West) Press Release WM/256/08 8/9/08 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| Hampshire company fined £234 after employee fell through roof. |
| HSE is urging companies to provide full safety equipment to employees working at height after Profile Construction & Interiors Ltd were fined £234, costs of £200 and victim surcharge of £15 under WHR 2005. An employee fell 3? metres through a fragile roof he was working on and suffered a broken collarbone, fractured ribs and a fractured skull in 3 places. No covering or guard-rails had been provided to prevent him falling through the roof. |
HSE (South East) Press Release COISE/0109 8/9/08 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| Tackling unsafe working practices in North East London. |
| HSE and the Environment Agency will be carrying out inspections at waste and recycling sites in North and East London when a two week safety blitz got under way on 9 September. Inspectors will be ensuring that safety standards are up to scratch at sites in Enfield, Waltham Forest, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney Redbridge and Barking & Dagenham to help reduce the risk. |
HSE (London) Press Release 9/9/08 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| HSE puts Somerset care homes under spotlight in inspection blitz this month. |
| A team of six inspectors from the HSE will be putting care homes in Somerset under the spotlight, in a series of unannounced targeted inspections. |
HSE (South West) Press Release 493SWW/08 9/9/08 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| HSE construction day bring safety message. |
| The HSE has held two half day safety events for the North West construction industry. They had presentations on and demonstrations of equipment for safe work at height, avoiding exposure to asbestos and precautions to reduce and avoid noise and vibration. |
HSE (North West) Press Release HSENW01008 9/9/08 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| Two companies fined £38,000 after 600kg glass panel falls on construction worker in Kensington. |
| Scheldebouw UK Ltd fined £20,000 with costs of £10,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. Brookfield Construction UK Ltd fined £18,000 and costs of £9,962 under HASAWA 1974 s3. A lorry driver suffered a broken pelvis when a panel of glass fell on him while he was standing on the back of another company's lorry. |
HSE (London) Press Release 9/9/08 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| Building company fined after employee suffered cement burns to legs. |
| O'Brien & McIntyre LLP were fined a total of £500 and costs of £150 under COSHH 2002. Building contractors are being warned by the HSE to ensure they adequately control the use of cement and exposure of employees to such hazardous substances. An employee was standing in a trench of wet concrete to level it for the foundations of a new house. Wet concrete poured over the top of his wellington boots and contaminated his clothing. As a result of the concrete being held against the skin, he received chemical burns from the concrete. The situation was aggravated by a lack of suitable washing facilities on the site. |
HSE (West Midlands ) and (South East) Press Release WM/258/08 11/9/08 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| Health and Safety Executive announces new post for London and 2012. |
| HSE has announced that Stephen Williams is to take up the newly created post of Director of Field Operations (London) and the Olympics. |
HSE (London) Press Release E045-08 11/9/08 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| Schenker Ltd |
| Guilty under PUWER 1998, HASAWA 1974 s2 and s3. An employee suffered significant injuries when his head was trapped between a loading dock and a reversing vehicle. Insufficient maintenance undertaken on dock levellers resulting in the employees using an alternative method. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4075099 30/6/08 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| S Cartwright & Sons (Coach Builders) Ltd |
| Fined £7,000 under MHSWR 1999. A 16 year old apprentice who sustained fatal injuries falling through a fragile roof whilst retrieving a football during a lunchtime kickabout with other apprentices and employees in the factory yard. After the incident, the company was served with an IN requiring them to fix prominent warning notices that the roof was fragile. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4076456 30/6/08 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| Clays Limited |
| Fined total of £32,000 under MHSWR 1999, HASAWA 1974 s2 and s3. Multiple issues. Employee fell 7m through skylight, no SSOW, no RA, no controls, regular activity. Employee climbing on racking without means to prevent fall. Use of actuators to override interlocks on machinery. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4103762 30/6/08 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| HP Bulmer Limited |
| Fined £300,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. Legionellosis risk associated with evaporative cooling towers not adequately managed so far as was reasonably practicable. Seasonally used towers had not been cleaned and disinfected when taken out of use 8 months before and were inadequately cleaned and disinfected before being put back into use. Training, instruction and supervision of staff designated as responsible persons for the purpose of legionella control were not good enough to enable them to recognise and identify inadequacies. |
HSE Prosecution Case 2012428 1/7/08 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| Nalco Limited |
| Fined £300,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. Water treatment company whose cleaning division, Aquazor, carried out work on an evaporative cooling tower and issued a certificate of cleaning and disinfection, when the processes were considered to be carried out inadequately. Tower subsequently implicated in legionella outbreak. |
HSE Prosecution Case 2012439 1/7/08 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| Lafarge Cement UK PLC |
| Fined £200,000 under HASAWA 1974. Employee sustained serious injury and shall suffer permanent disfigurement as a result of coming into contact with the exposed rapidly rotating cooling fan blades of an electric motor on a machine referred to as a shredder. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4067888 1/7/08 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| Homes for Haringey Ltd |
| Fined £10,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Employee sustained back injury as a result of falling through fragile material. Safe system of work not provided for working in lofts of domestic premises. Secured boards not put in place and crawling boards not provided. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4079716 1/7/08 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| P Goddard & Sons Ltd |
| Fined total of £5,000 under HASAWA 1974 s21. IN issued following inspection but not complied with by compliance date. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4110076 2/7/08 Week ending: 12/09/08 |
| East Sussex hospital fined £8,000 after cleaner is badly injured. |
| East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust fined £8,000 and costs of £8,466.71 under EWR 1989 and MHSWR 1999. A cleaner suffered an electric shock from a steam cleaner, resulting in injuries requiring surgery. He is now unable to use his right hand, suffers severe headaches, deterioration in his eyesight and numbness to his face. Despite the manufacturer's instructions including recommendations to use an RCD with the cleaner, the Trust did not supply one. Had they done so, the victim would not have suffered such significant injuries. |
HSE (National) Press Release COI SE/0209 12/9/08 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| Time to cut H&S red tape? |
| A new Government report which examines how complying with H&S regulation affects low risk and small businesses, says financial savings of up to £300m could be made each year if small firms had better advice and support on H&S issues. |
Internet: "Improving outcomes from health and safety" www.berr.gov.uk RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal September 2008:3 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| Scaffold info. |
| HSE has updated its free information sheet on the use of scaffold. The guidance clarifies what level of training and competence those erecting, inspecting and supervising the erection, alteration and dismantling of scaffolding are expected to have obtained. |
Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/construction/scaffoldinginfo.htm RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal September 2008:4 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| Double trouble. |
| SGL Carbon Fibres has been fined £13,000 after two workers at their factory in Rossshire sustained serious injuries in two separate machinery accidents which happened on consecutive days. In the first incident, a man was dragged into a spinning lathe, crushing his left arm, his colleagues having to put the machine into reverse to release him. The next day, another worker who was attempting to clear a blockage from a fibre grinding machine had the tips of three fingers on his right hand chopped off. |
RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal September 2008:4 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| Appeal refused. |
| The HSE has been refused leave to appeal to the House of Lords in the case of headmaster James Porter. |
RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal September 2008:4 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| Young workers. |
| Some of the key H&S issues for employers when hiring young people, whether on a temporary or full-time basis. (Sarah Tullett) |
RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal September 2008:15-18 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| Out of site. |
| The many workers whose job involves visiting people's homes often face additional hazards to their office-based colleagues. A look at how employers can control these off-site risks and examining what guidance and advice is available to help them do so. (Nick Cook) |
RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal September 2008:23-27,29 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| The way ahead. |
| The first of a two-part series, examining the changing face of occup health and the new challenges faced by the OH workforce. (Elizabeth Gates) |
RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal September 2008:33-36 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| Lab biosecurity "neglected" says Parliamentary committee. |
| The security at the UK's high containment laboratories - facilities containing strains of deadly diseases such as anthrax -needs to be modernised, or Britain risks "devastating consequences". |
Safety Management September 2008:5 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| A father's tragic tale. |
| It is every parent's nightmare - to be told that their child has died. This nightmare became a reality for Mick Murphy, whose son was killed while working as an apprentice at a garage. The agony, and what he wants to see done to ensure that no parent has to go through the same experience. (Joanna Gurman) |
Safety Management September 2008:20-22 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| Working together to improve safety. |
| With the help of BSC, five public sector institutions in Scotland have established a common H&S system which is set to bring them substantial cost savings and safety improvements. (Michael Gannon) |
Safety Management September 2008:32-34,36 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| Slips, trips and falls can shatter lives. |
| With slips and trips still accounting for more than a third of all workplace accidents, a progress report on the "Shattered Lives" campaign and other work that HSE has undertaken to raise awareness of the risks and help businesses manage them. (John Holland) |
Safety Management September 2008:39-40,43-44 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| The drive for ergonomically designed PPE. |
| With more women entering the workplace all the time, a look at the key issues in designing one of the most common types of PPE specifically for women. (Stuart Thorne) |
Safety Management September 2008:47-48 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| Health and Safety Executive appoints Chief Medical Adviser. |
| HSE has announced the appointment of Dr John Osman as Chief Medical Adviser following open competition. |
HSE (National) Press Release E044:08 11/9/08 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| Stolen tractor and firearms seized in farming vehicle crackdown. |
| Firearms and a stolen tractor, excavator and caravan were all seized from a farm in Dartford by police in North Kent as part of a crackdown on unroadworthy agricultural vehicles. The 3-day initiative between Kent Police, HSE and VOSA, also found that, of the 11 vehicles, made up of tractors, trailers and a combine harvester, stopped, only 2 were found to be fully compliant by all agencies. 13 ENs were issued by HSE, and VOSA found 14 vehicles to be in a dangerous condition. |
HSE (National) Press Release HSE/Kent Police joint release 11/9/08 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| Sandblasting company fined £26,000 for using banned substance. |
| Andrew Thomson, trading as Thomson Sandblast, fined a total of £26,000 and costs of £24,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2 and s33, and COSHH 2002 (as amended). HSE investigated after a complaint that sand containing free silica was being used for the dry blasting of vehicles. (This has been banned since 1950 and can lead to silicosis.) The premises were visited and the complaint found to be justified. A PN was issued prohibiting sand blasting without adequate respiratory protection equipment and INs served for failing to maintain respiratory protection equipment, failing to provide suitable facilities for eating and drinking, and for failing to provide engineering control measures. On a subsequent visit, conditions had not changed. |
HSE (National) Press Release HSE/PROSECUTIONS/NW/017/08 15/9/08 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| HSE warns companies to protect against falls from height. |
| J&D Property Services Limited fined a total of £15,000 and costs of £5,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3 and WHR 2005. An employee of subcontractors R & J Concrete Flooring Ltd fell four metres through a hole into the well of a lift shaft which had not been made safe. The lift shaft was not covered securely and the edges were inadequately protected. |
HSE (North West) Press Release HSE/NW/015/08 12/9/08 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| Harrogate council joins HSE to dispel health and safety myths. |
| Harrogate Borough Council has signed up with the HSE campaign to combat the growing number of myths that are undermining health and safety legislation. |
HSE (Yorkshire and Humber) Press Release YH/452/08 15/9/08 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| HSE invites construction sector to a Safety & Health Awareness Day - 2nd October. |
| HSE is holding a Safety & Health Awareness Day in Stoke-on-Trent on 2nd October to raise awareness of issues facing the construction industry and offer practical advice on minimising risk. |
Information: 01785 56547 or info@safetyday.co.uk HSE (West Midlands) Press Release WM267 16/9/08 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| HSE Cumbrian construction day brings safety message. |
| HSE is holding a half day safety event (from 8.35 am till noon) on 23rd September at Foxy's Restaurant at Carlisle United Football Club. It is part of the UK-wide Working Well Together campaign. Practical advice and solutions to H&S problems will be high on the agenda. |
Info: www.wwt.uk.com or 0845 2727500 HSE (North West) Press Release HSENW01108 17/9/08 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| Leadership key to securing offshore safety, say regulators. |
| At an international summit, over 50 of the most senior managers of companies operating in the North Sea offshore oil and gas industry were today reminded that leadership is the key to securing offshore safety. Regulators and industry discussed H&S challenges facing the offshore industry and the essential role leadership plays in tackling them. Other issues raised included competence and capacity. |
HSE (National) Press Release SCO/142/08 18/9/08 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| HSE warns of danger of moving vehicles in workplace after worker loses a leg. |
| NYK Logistics (UK) Ltd fined £20,000 and costs of £5,941 under WHSWR 1992. A 32-year old admin worker was carrying paperwork across a warehouse when she was struck by a reversing forklift truck. Her injuries were so severe that she had to have her left leg amputated below the knee. Although the company had identified that pedestrians were at risk from moving vehicles and taken some steps to minimise the risk, a few simple measures could have been taken, such as ensuring her duties did not involve people having to walk across a vehicle loading area or putting barriers in place to prevent pedestrian access. |
HSE (National) Press Release HSE/EM/769/08 18/9/08 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| Progas Heating Limited |
| Fined £5,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. Whilst moving gas meter from inside to outside a property, existing hatch in kitchen floor left open when employee went outside. Elderly occupant of house entered kitchen and fell through the open hatch sustaining serious ankle fractures. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4071395 7/7/08 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| Tyre Renewals Ltd (TRL) |
| Fined £7,500 under HASAWA 1974 s2 and admonished under PUWER 1998. IP was lifted on a pallet with a fork lift driven by the company MD. The IP fell and the pallet and contents fell on the IP, resulting in a broken leg. No system of work in place for accessing lorries, FLT not suitable for lifting people. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4098513 7/7/08 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| Mr Robert Nicolas Dix |
| Fined £5,000 under HASAWA 1974 s37. IP was lifted on a pallet with a fork lift driven by the company MD. The IP fell and the pallet and contents fell on the IP, resulting in a broken leg. No system of work in place for accessing lorries, FLT not suitable for lifting people. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4098575 7/7/08 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| Russell Anderson Wyllie T/A R A Wyllie - Joiner |
| Fined £3,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. Failure to ensure adequate plant and equipment, and sufficient number of employees to assist in cutting a wooden plank. Employee permitted to use circular saw which was inadequately guarded. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4100169 7/7/08 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| Cotek Papers Ltd |
| Fined £750 under WHR 2005. IP working at height on a roof when he fell 5 metres to the ground injuring his feet and ankles. Failure to plan and supervise work at height and carry it out in a manner that is, so far as reasonably practicable, safe. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4110178 7/7/08 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| F E Peacock Construction Limited |
| Fined total of £20,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2 and s3. Worker lifted in a man-carrying cage to clean windows. Cage was not secured to the forks of the JCB Materials Handler, tilt lock mechanism not engaged, operator of machine not competent, worker in cage not harnessed. Tilt operated accidentally and worker and cage slid from the forks and landed on the ground 3 metres below. Company had not adequately risk assessed the situation. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4112454 7/7/08 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| Hogarth Construction Limited |
| Fined total of £4,000 under MHSWR 1999 and EWR 1989. Failure to take suitable precautions to prevent injury to their employees while working near to live conductors causing IP to have electric shock. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4118755 8/7/08 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| Rotadyne (UK) Ltd |
| Fined £10,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Employee amputated little finger whilst operating a prep lathe. Employee wearing gloves, unsafe system of work. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4110219 10/7/08 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| West Country Ground Force Ltd |
| Fined total of £6,000 under MHSWR 1999 and PUWER 1998. Accident with workers picking walnuts in a cage of a JCB Telehandler when it overturned causing IPs to fall approx 8 metres. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4107886 11/7/08 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| Castleoak Construction Ltd |
| Fined total of £8,000 under WHR 2005. IP fell from a ceiling cassette at first floor level sustaining severe back injuries resulting in paralysis. He fell through an opening left in the scaffold platform surrounding the perimeter of the timber framed building under construction. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4117128 11/7/08 Week ending: 19/09/08 |
| Dorset scrap metal company fined £60,000 after gas cylinder explosion fatality. |
| Reliance Scrap-Metal Merchants (Parkstone) Limited were fined £60,000 (reduced from £90,000 because of an early guilty plea) under MHSWR 1999. They were also convicted of breaches of HASAWA 1974 s2 and s3, and PUWER 1998. Company director David Matthews was fined a total of £1,000 under HASAWA 1974 s37 for failing to discharge duties under HASAWA 1974 s2 and s3. Costs are still to be determined. The incident involved a gas cylinder which exploded causing fatal injuries to one employee and serious burns to one of the company directors. |
HSE (South West) Press Release 518/SWW/08 23/9/08 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| New guidance on residential fire safety leaves landlords "none the wiser". |
| New national guidance aimed at improving fire safety in communal areas of residential buildings has been criticised as a "missed opportunity" by the Residential Landlords Assoc because many LAs will simply overrule them in favour of their own higher standards. |
Internet: "Housing - Fire Safety: Guidance on fire safety provisions for certain types of housing" www.lacors.gov.uk Fire Risk Management September 2008:3 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Survey on sprinklers in schools. |
| A survey of local councils and fire services by the Local Gov't Assoc and British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Assoc provides an insight into the success so far of the Government's new policy for sprinklers in schools in England and Wales. |
"Fire sprinklers and schools: a survey ? " www.lga.gov.uk Fire Risk Management September 2008:3 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Landlord and bar owner prosecuted. |
| Vispasp Sakari, a landlord in Harrow, London, was ordered to pay more than £10,000 in fines and costs following a fire in a house of multiple occupancy. Fire alarm not functioning, main exit obstructed, fire doors unserviceable due to missing or broken parts, fire extinguishers past their testing dates, cupboard of main electrical supply unit full of combustible material and wires left exposed. Harrogate bar owner, Ali Ucar, was fined £1,500 and costs of £500 for breaching two enforcement notices served by North Yorks F&RS. Mr Ucar failed to rectify dangerous conditions and allowed people to sleep in the premises, despite there not being an adequate fire alarm system, emergency lighting or means of escape. An exit door could not be fully opened and a locked gate blocked escape into the street behind the property. |
Fire Risk Management September 2008:4 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Criminal minds. |
| Greater joint working between arson practitioners across Europe is the key aim of a current exchange project. (Rob Stacey) |
Fire Risk Management September 2008:9-13 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Setting the scene |
| Effective team working is essential to ensure that arson investigations are successful and lead to prosecutions. (Rennie Chivers) |
Fire Risk Management September 2008:14-17 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Wider horizons. |
| A call for the focus of fire investigation to change so that it becomes part of a broader platform to support community safety. (Dennis Davis) |
Fire Risk Management September 2008:18-20,22 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| System watch. |
| An argument that there is a need for better policing of those who maintain and service fire safety systems. (Frazer Argyros-Farrell) |
Fire Risk Management September 2008:32-35 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Lofty aspirations. |
| With open-plan loft-style apartments becoming more popular, a consideration of the fire safety issues and proposal for a methodology for developing safe designs. (Simon Lay) |
Fire Risk Management September 2008:36-40 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Strategy matters. |
| Is the Fire Safety Order stopping organisations from seeing the bigger picture when it comes to putting together a fire strategy for a building? (Paul Bryant) |
Fire Risk Management September 2008:44-47 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Order status. |
| With the Government in the process of reviewing the Fire Safety Order, a look at the views of FPA members on how well the legislation is working. (Peter Wilkinson) |
Fire Risk Management September 2008:48-50 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Sense of direction. |
| Fire detection technology has evolved considerably in recent years to reflect new priorities. (Don Scott) |
Fire Risk Management September 2008:52-53 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Point of view. |
| An exploration of the growing potential of video smoke detection in tunnels and other challenging fire protection scenarios. (Ian Moore) |
Fire Risk Management September 2008:54-56 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Virtual detection. |
| An explanation of how new Web-based communications are revolutionising remote programming and monitoring of fire detection systems. (Robert Jefferys) |
Fire Risk Management September 2008:57-58 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Spot checks of refurbishment sites set to start across High Peak, Derbyshire. |
| Health and safety inspectors will be spot checking construction sites across the High Peak to tackle poor standards of health and safety. The inspectors will be paying particular attention to refurbishment sites. |
HSE (National) Press Release EM HSE 770/08 22/9/08 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| HSE warns of working at height following Essex prosecution. |
| Lakeside Container Services Ltd were fined £13,400 with costs of £3,380 under HASAWA 1974 s2 and LOLER 1998. An employee fell 7.5m off a ladder when it slipped whilst balanced on shipping containers, breaking his neck in two places, his skull and his leg in two places. As a result of the incident the worker needed 6 months off work and had to change his role at the company on his return. |
HSE (National) Press Release E92:08 22/9/08 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| HSE warns companies to protect workers' safety after Essex company fined. |
| Eastern Counties Laundries Ltd were fined £30,000 with costs of £15,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. An employee climbed into a conveyor feeding into the washing machine system to dislodge a blocked item of laundry. As he dislodged it the conveyor activated, trapping the employee's neck and hands. He sustained serious injuries, including external bruising and burns, and internal burns to his throat. |
HSE (National) Press Release E84:08 23/9/08 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Teesside firm fined £15,000 after worker hit by falling beam. |
| Corus UK Ltd, trading as Corus Tubes, were fined a total of £15,000 and costs of £6,248 under HASAWA 1974 s2. HSE is warning companies which use electro-magnetic cranes that they must ensure the safety of their employees working near them. A crane operator was remotely operating a magnetic crane attachment to lift a raft of steel beams, including one of 16 ft length, and 1.7 tonnes. One beam snagged on the building side and fell hitting the operator leaving him with severe injuries to his back and leg. |
HSE (National) Press Release NE/468/08 23/9/08 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| HSE warns construction industry after two firms fined for putting driver's life at risk. |
| FG Construction (Nottingham) Ltd were fined £7,500 with costs of £8,500 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Bellway Homes Ltd were fined £20,000 and costs of £11,000 under CHSWR 1996. The incident involved an employee of FG Construction who suffered a broken hip after jumping from a dumper truck as it overturned into an excavation, having been forced over the edge of an unprotected excavation after Bellway failed to segregate the traffic route from pedestrians. The ground works on the site where the incident occurred were subcontracted to FG Construction by Bellway, which controlled the site. |
HSE (Yorkshire and Humber and East Midlands) Press Release YH/460/08 18/9/08 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Safety advice in store for Cardiff builders. |
| Builders picking up materials from the Cardiff branch of Jewson were also able to pick up free advice on keeping themselves, their employees and everyone connected with their work safe. The HSE and the South Wales Working Well Together group set up an advice stand in-store for 2 days. |
HSE (Wales) Press Release W/524/2008 24/9/08 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| HSE reminds employers of the importance of training after worker dies in Bedfordshire. |
| Welwood Roofing Services Ltd (now in administration), were fined £50,000 and costs of £25,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. Building Research Establishment (BRE) fined £17,000 and costs of £12,000 under PUWER 1998. An employee of Welwood was killed in an accident involving an FLT while carrying out work on the BRE site. He was crushed when the truck overturned while he was manoeuvring it in order to dismantle a fire test rig. HSE found the employee was not adequately trained to drive the BRE-provided truck. |
HSE (East) Press Release HSE-E47 24/9/08 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Eurofriction Limited |
| Fined £14,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Failure to provide a safe system of work for the activity of moving a chiller unit located on the roof of tool room where employees were working near to the open edge of the roof and an employee fell from the roof to a concrete floor below suffering serious injuries and long term impairment. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4058947 14/7/08 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Roy Godsell |
| Fined total of £1,000 under GSIUR 1998 and HASAWA 1974 s33. Roy Godsell undertook work installing a gas fire in breach of a Prohibition Notice and whilst not CORGI registered. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4110028 14/7/08 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Quinton R Godsell |
| Fined total of £500 under GSIUR 1998. Quinton Godsell undertook work installing a gas fire and whilst not CORGI registered. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4110634 14/7/08 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Warwick International Limited |
| Fined £12,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Provision of a granulation plant that was not without risks to health and safety of the employees. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4108443 15/7/08 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Cheshire Crane Hire Ltd |
| Fined £8,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. A 60 tonne mobile crane, which was both overloaded and sited on soft ground, overturned. Lifting operations had not been properly planned. Nobody was injured, but the crane's cab crushed an adjacent electricity sub station and in subsequent days the crane's diesel and hydraulic tanks leaked out, contaminating a local brook. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4092080 16/7/08 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Transatlantic UK Ltd |
| Fined £10,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. IP was checking his draft when he stepped out from behind a container into the path of a reversing reachstacker (SMV). Ineffective systems in place to manage the risks of workplace transport. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4111225 16/7/08 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Just Frames Ltd |
| Fined £3,500 under PUWER 1998. IP was machining some timber and caught thumb and fingers in the moving blade. The machine is fitted with guards. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4095477 17/7/08 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Procter & Gamble Product Supply (UK) Ltd |
| Fined total of £40,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2 and s3. Three maintenance workers (1 employee and 2 contractors) in a warehouse lift were injured when the lift brakes failed and it fell 25 metres. The company had failed to adequately maintain the lift brakes. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4113013 17/7/08 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Forster Refurbishment & Property Services Ltd |
| Fined £7,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. IP sustained serious injuries when he fell approx 4.5 metres onto a concrete floor during renewal of industrial roofing. While in the valley gutter, he fell onto the neighbouring pitch which gave way. |
HSE Prosecution Case 41216160 17/7/08 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Rolls Royce Plc |
| Fined £120,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. The Light Alloy Foundry was being decommissioned. IPs had been disconnecting and removing redundant plant and equipment including working at high levels within buildings. The symptoms IPs have include skin irritation to forearms, neck and upper part of the body and in two cases chest symptoms. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4100826 18/7/08 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| J T Inglis & Sons Limited |
| Fined £1,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. No safe system of work leading to an accident to an employee. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4103614 18/7/08 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Britton Decoflex Ltd |
| Fined £2,000 under PUWER 1998. IP was cleaning the plate while the press was in operation and his fingers were dragged into the press causing a crushing injury. IP was taken to hospital and the tip of finger was amputated. Upon investigation the interlock switch has been taped up allowing the guard to be opened without stopping the machine. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4110855 18/7/08 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
| Wates Construction Limited |
| Fined £7,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. After several refurbishment jobs, including re-roofing on 28 bungalows, had been done, the integrity of warm air flues was discovered to have been disrupted in 9 of the premises. Products of combustion were liable to enter the loft spaces of these premises. A number of lofts were also found to have been contaminated by asbestos. |
HSE Prosecution Case 4113229 18/7/08 Week ending: 26/09/08 |
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