The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has added the International Stress Management Association (ISMAUK) as its latest partner on the Working Minds campaign. Working Minds was launched by HSE last year and is aimed specifically at supporting small businesses by providing employers and workers with easy to implement advice and tools to help them recognise … read more
A family-run plant hire company has been fined after a member of the public was crushed at its Cambridgeshire site. On 30 January 2020, a FDS (Cambridge) Ltd employee was moving and processing a stockpile of concrete and brick rubble using an excavator at the company’s site on Ely Road, Little Thetford, Ely, Cambridgeshire. A … read more
A Cornish scaffolding company has been fined £24,000 after a worker was injured when he fell through a fibreglass skylight. The 37-year-old scaffolder was working for Worden Scaffolding, part of GK Worden & Son Limited, on a commercial project at an industrial unit in Liskeard on 22 July 2019. The company had been tasked with … read more
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is reminding interested parties to sign up for this year’s Health and Work Conference with the free, interactive, event taking place on 15 November 2022. To register for the virtual all-day event, click here: https://healthandworkconference.co.uk/home#register Building on the success of last year’s conference, which saw huge demand, HSE has … read more
A Blackburn building firm has been fined £116,666 after a long history of health and safety failings. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found Mullberry Homes Limited failed to plan, manage, and monitor health and safety work on construction sites across England. Mullberry Homes Limited was given a series of Notification of … read more