A shopfitting contractor has been fined in the last week following the exposure of five workers to Asbestos fibres.
The contractor in question have been prosecuted by the HSE for ignoring the asbestos report for the unit within the Arndale Centre they were working on, which stated that there was asbestos present.  In October 2009 two workers [...]

On 21st November 2008 a mobile plant fitter was crushed to death whilst working under neath an excavator to remove the transmission at a quarry in Scotland.  The Fitter was not familiar with the vehicle and had not previously carried out this task.  As he had not received any information/methodology on how to carry out [...]

Competence in Health and Safety – Who’s the Judge?
Where:Aversion Ltd, Unit 6 Turnberry Park, Gildersome, Leeds, LS27 7LE.
When:Monday 18th October 2010
Timings:08:00 – 10:00
Cost:Nil – Free briefing
Why the Briefing is relevant:
 The HSE is now focussing attention on “competency” and asking some very awkward questions, which could fundamentally [...]

HSE Investigations – How not to lose a good case!
Where: Aversion Ltd, Unit 6 Turnberry Park, Gildersome, Leeds, LS27 7LE.
When: Monday 22nd November 2010
Timings: 08:00 – 10:00
Cost: Nil – Free briefing
Why the Briefing is relevant:
The briefing is of relevance to all organisations that regularly encounter HSE and local authority enforcement of health and safety. It [...]

Following at fatality on a site in Somerset an architectural practice and a construction company have been fined a total of £195,000.
The project was to build a new conference centre, which was completed and in use when a fault was reported with the air-conditioning.  On 26 January 2005, the contractor in question contracted an air conditioning [...]

We are in the middle of the school summer holidays and the message the HSE are sending out during this time is that ‘Building sites are not adventure playgrounds…’.
The HSE aim to encourage parents to ensure their children know that construction sites are dangerous places and not to play on them due to the [...]