A Peterborough company has been fined £500,000 after a young father was killed in an explosion at a firework factory. Twenty-four-year-old Brendan Ledgister was working for Le Maitre Ltd when one of the products he was using ignited and caused an explosion on 2 October 2018. Brendan, who lived in Peterborough, had only become a … read more
Safety will be a central part of Great Britain’s move to Net Zero the top scientist at the country’s workplace regulator says. The government has committed to decarbonising our economy by 2050 and that will involve embracing new technologies. Professor Andrew Curran, Director of Science at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and a member … read more
The new Building Safety Regulator held its first conference in Westminster Over 900 practitioners attended the event to prepare for the new building safety regime Minister for Building Safety, Lee Rowley said: “We need to ensure that those working in the building industry have the knowledge and confidence to properly engage with this new regime … read more
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. Workers at Exolum Pipeline System Ltd, formerly known as CLH Pipeline System (CLH-PS) Ltd, were excavating a suspected pipeline leak … read more
A Kent waste company has been fined £150,000 for several health and safety breaches. City of London Magistrates’ Court heard that a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspection in August 2020 found that employees of BSP (Knockholt) Limited manually sorting through waste in its yard near Orpington were at risk of being struck by heavy … read more