Company fined for putting workers at risk of exposure to radiation
A company has been fined after putting its employees at risk of exposure to ionising radiation over a ten-year period. In 2009, Terrill Bros. (Founders) Limited’s external Radiation Protection Adviser (RPA) identified failings in the access controls and warning systems at the company’s foundry on Guildford Road, Hayle, Cornwall. In the ten years following, the company received further RPA visits, reports and advice, yet remedial action was not taken. The company’s failure...
Online Training
Do you need online training ? Crownford are now pleased to bring you a range of on-line training courses covering both HR and Health and safety. Online training has become the go to solution for a number of companies recognising the benefits of delivering consistent and affordable training. Businesses can introduce a comprehensive training plan all from the comfort of their own premises greatly reducing the cost of travel and accommodation. Please...
£600,000 fine for company after employee died while loading lorry
A garden landscaping supply company has been fined £600,000 after an employee died while loading a lorry. Brian White, 59, was working for Kelkay Limited when he was operating a forklift truck at the company’s site on 15 June 2018. Brian was fatally injured when the lorry he was loading was moved by the driver, pulling the forklift truck over and trapping him underneath. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)...
Policies for home and hybrid working
Creating or updating a policy? As an employer, you should create a policy for working from home or hybrid working. A policy can help you to consider requests and explain the process to your employees. You should also, update any related policies or procedures, regularly review your policies and check if they can be improved, consult your employees and their representatives and check whether you need to make changes to employment contracts. Many...
Company fined £2.3m after workers put at risk of death
A major pipeline transportation company has been fined £2.3million for safety breaches after its employees were exposed to risk of serious injury and even death while working on a leaking pipeline containing petrol under pressure. The risks arising from the excavation work and exposure were significant. An unknown defect on the previous repair of the pipeline which contained petroleum under high pressure had the potential to form a flammable cloud extending...
Health & Safety Executive (HSE) launches campaign to reduce farm vehicle deaths and injuries
Vehicles play a vital role in farm work but incidents involving vehicles are the number one cause of deaths and serious injuries on British farms. Incidents involving moving vehicles have been responsible for 30 per cent of all fatalities on farms over the past five years, that’s 48 lives lost in incidents that have destroyed farming families and hundreds more are hurt in incidents involving moving vehicles on farms every year. The...
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) targeting Construction Sites
Construction sites across Great Britain are being targeted as part of a respiratory health initiative by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Inspections supported by HSE’s Dust Kills campaign will focus on respiratory risks and occupational lung disease. A campaign that started in June 2022, site inspections have had a specific focus on dust control, checking employers and workers know the risks, plan their work and are using the right controls. HSE’s chief...
Rates To Change (April 2023)
Please see below changes to the Rates from April 2023. For more information contact us on 0871 22 616 22 or speak to your consultant. Blog - Rates to change from April 2023.docxDownload ...
King Charles III Coronation – Extra Bank Holiday?
Is the employee entitled to have an extra paid Bank Holiday thisyear? No. Where a contract stipulates that an employee's entitlement is limited to the normaleight bank holidays in England and Wales, there is no automatic entitlement to an extrabank holiday that is granted one year, for example for the King Charles III Coronation (May 2023). There is no statutory right for employees to take bank holidays as leave; the right...
Company and director fined after HSE inspectors find unusable toilet
A construction company and its director have been fined after they failed to provide suitable welfare facilities at a construction site in North London. A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspection of the site on 29 November 2021 found the welfare facilities did not comply with the minimum requirements as set out in Schedule 2 of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015; the toilet provided was not flushable and was...