A recent survey of 860 trade professionals shows most commercial buildings break fire door safety regulations and put people at risk. The research by IronmongeryDirect
An HSE investigation has begun after a voluntary worker died while working on a canal excavation at Pewsham Locks in Wiltshire. A 63-year-old volunteer is
A company director has been jailed for 12 months and ordered to pay £4,000 costs following the death of one of his employees. Paul Williamson,
Alton Towers operator, Merlin Attractions Operations Ltd, has been hit with a record industry fine of £5m for the crash on its Smiler rollercoaster last
Running a school is a risky business. But just how do you define “risk”? By law schools must be run in ways that make sure
A Canterbury school has been fined £18,000 and ordered to pay costs of almost £10,000 after a seven-year-old boy needed CPR during a swimming lesson.
On becoming an academy school, governing owner-operators take on legal responsibility for the Health & Safety of staff and students. If you govern an academy
G4S was ordered to pay £1.8 million for failing to protect workers from the risk of Legionnaires’ disease, a serious respiratory illness caused by airborne
An all-party MP group on occupational health recently reported there is an asbestos “time-bomb in our schools.” Huge numbers of schools built in the three
The 2015 case of Rooney v Western Education and Library Board shows how easily the law can impact on those responsible for school Health & Safety
