Cutler Bros. Ltd and its Director, Roger Martin Cutler have been sentenced after a worker fell through a skylight during the construction of a new farm building in Wimborne. Poole Magistrates’ Court heard that, a self-employed labourer was working with another colleague to fit roof sheets to the newly constructed steel framed barn. While working […]
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Broadcast March 2021
Welcome to this month’s Broadcast. As usual, there’s loads of useful information to help keep you all safe and compliant, including a really useful reminder about monitoring the health and safety in your business; electrical equipment testing – the hows and whys; all you need to know about the extended CJRS as well as the […]
Two construction companies fined after working platform failed
Two construction companies have been sentenced following an incident were a working platform failed and a bricklayer using the platform was injured. Durham Crown Court heard how, Dere Street Homes Limited were acting as principal contractor and provided components for a proprietary polypropylene working platform at a new build at Marley Fields, Wheatley Hill, County […]
The end of shielding and what it means for employers
It is anticipated that over the next two weeks, up to 3.79 million clinically extremely vulnerable people in England will be informed via letter that they are no longer advised to shield from Thursday 1 April 2021. This news arrives as more than 9 in 10 clinically extremely vulnerable people have received a first dose […]
Energy company reviews its procedures after a worker falls from height
Energy company, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Ltd, has been fined after an agency worker fell 1.8 metres from a blade platform. Leeds Magistrates’ Court heard that, the 30-year-old was working inside one of the turbine blades at the company’s blade factory in Hull. Inside the blade is a midway platform referred to as the “web”. […]