A specialist industrial services company has been fined following a jet wash fatality. A worker suffered a fatal injury whilst cleaning waste-water pipes. Birmingham Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 18 June 2017, Joseph McDonald, an employee of Leadec Limited, was using high-pressure water jetting equipment to clear paint residue from pipes in the paint shop […]
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has been warned by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for failing to implement adequate safety measures to protect staff working in its Leeds office. Photographs circulating in the media show narrow walkways close to operational desks as well as staff gathered round a PC screen. The office […]
Ensuring a safe return to schools is vital to the GB recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Like businesses, school dutyholders have an important role to play to ensure that the risks of coronavirus transmission are adequately controlled in line with government guidance. Alongside businesses in other sectors that are already being checked, the Health and […]
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