A Northamptonshire painting and decorating employer has been sentenced after an employee sustained serious, life changing injuries after falling from height. Wellingborough Magistrates’ Court heard that, an employee of Ian Ramsay was severely injured when he fell from height whilst installing a roof ladder on a pitched roof at a property in Mawsley, Northamptonshire. The […]
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Broadcast November 2019
This month our H&S Advisor, Russell Spurr, alerts us to the latest welding fume update from HSE and their planned inspections commencing in the new year. If you undertake any type of welding process within your business, it’s extremely important that you ensure you’re compliant with the law and have all of the relevant control […]
A week in the life of a Health & Safety Advisor…
As you can imagine, our work can be extremely varied and our advisors find themselves in all types of weird and wonderful locations and situations. Over recent weeks, one of our Senior Health & Safety Advisors, Paul Kent, has had some interesting assignments. First of all, he visited A&M Hawk Ltd, a pest control company that […]
Fine and sentence for two who made no effort to control Legionella bacteria
Two people have been sentenced after failing to control the risk of exposure to Legionella bacteria in the cooling tower at their business premises in Spring Hill, Birmingham. Birmingham Magistrates’ Court heard that, between June 2017 and February 2018, Kulwant Singh Chatha and partner Satpaul Kaur Chatha of Isher Hangers failed to put suitable measures […]
Dairy farm employee permanently blinded using cleaning chemicals
Beechdean Farm Limited has been fined following an incident in which an employee was permanently blinded by corrosive chemicals used in cleaning. High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court heard that, an employee was cleaning the walls of the dairy farm at Old House Farm in North Dean, Buckinghamshire, using a corrosive disinfectant DM CiD, which contains potassium […]