All food business operators have a duty to provide suitable training and equipment to protect workers’ Health & Safety. The importance of maintaining this responsibility
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has made another successful prosecution after safety failings resulted in factory workers being injured. The incident at carmaker Jaguar
It is common for employers to allow workers breaks for a quick cigarette, but make sure you understand your legal obligations and have clear rules
The importance of keeping vehicles and people apart has been shown once more after a worker was forcibly struck by a moving vehicle. A ‘mechanical
Firms are being asked to learn from an incident in which an engineering company was fined £150,000 after two workers suffered chemical burns. Workers were
Around a dozen deaths and 40,000 injuries happen every year in easily preventable incidents involving unguarded machinery. In another needless statistic, an alloy processing plant
A company boss has avoided jail despite a “lackadaisical and unprofessional” approach to safety in which a man died in a human cannonball stunt. Scott
As 2016 draws to a close, we reflect on some prominent tribunals and cases brought before courts, the new laws introduced and companies put under
An ejector seat manufacturer has been fined £800,000 after breaching the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002. The court was told three
A director of a restaurant in Taunton has been barred for six years for employing illegal workers. From 16th December 2016, the director cannot, either
