Wales: New partner joins HSE campaign to tackle stress in workplaces across Wales
The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) campaign aimed at preventing or combatting stress in the workplace has welcomed a new partner ahead of stress awareness month in April.
Healthy Working Wales has become the 36th organisation to join Working Minds as part of...Read More »
Fines for company and operations manager after death from 20-foot fall
- Man fell through fragile roof in Dudley
- Company, now in liquidation, does not escape criminal sanction
- Detailed guidance on both working on fragile surfaces and working at height is available from HSE.
A company and its operations manager have both been fined after a man fell to his death through a roof at...Read More »
Council fined following carbon monoxide leak at primary school
A Scottish local authority has been fined more than £13,000 after a carbon monoxide leak at a primary school in Bishopbriggs.
East Dunbartonshire Council pleaded guilty following the incident at Balmuildy Primary School in February 2020. A number of staff and pupils attending the school on 19 February 2020 reported feeling...Read More »
Property developer fined for multiple construction site failures
A London property developer has been fined £63,000 plus costs after Britain’s workplace regulator found multiple failures at a construction site in Dalston.
Nofax Enterprises Limited was investigated by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) following four visits to its site on Dalston Lane over a 13 month period between 2020...Read More »
Manufacturing firms reminded of their asbestos duties
Britain’s workplace regulator is reminding manufacturing firms of their asbestos duties.
As we approach Global Asbestos Awareness Week (April 1 – 7), the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is reminding those running businesses occupying buildings built before 2000 to properly assess, manage and monitor asbestos risks in line...Read More »