Overview of incident The London Fire Brigade secured their biggest ever fine against a hotel owner, who had put lives at risk by flouting fire safety laws. Fire safety officers visited the former six floor, 18-room hotel, in 2011 to carry out an routine inspection and discovered numerous fire safety breaches, including: inadequate fire detection systems, inadequate emergency lighting, missing… read more →
We have recently produced a short introductory video to our health and safety consultancy and services and made the video available on YouTube and our social media accounts. You can watch the new video below. Thanks for watching! Video Description An introduction to our health and safety consultant services in the UK and internationally; covering fire safety, health and safety,… read more →
We are pleased to announce the release of three new fire safety training DVDs which have been produced by DDS International. The new titles are General Fire Safety Awareness, General Fire Safety Awareness (Scotland) and Fire Safety in Hospitals and are available to buy in our on-line safety shop. Our Fire Safety Training DVDs are in line with The Regulatory… read more →
Today we have released our schedule of fire safety, health and safety and first aid open training courses that will run between March 2015 and February 2016. All our open courses take place at our regional training centre in Sittingbourne, Kent. Date Time Course Price Monday 27th April 2015 11.00hrs to 13.00hrs COSHH Awareness £60.00 Monday 27th April 2015 14.00hrs… read more →
Overview of incident A gardening company in Chester has received a fine of £23,000 after an employee suffered burns while lighting a pile of giant hogweed. The company was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an investigation found the employee had been given petrol to ignite and burn the waste. The man was injured when using a… read more →
Overview of incident A manufacturer of children’s bedroom furniture based in Rutland has been fined after a worker suffered serious hand injuries in a modified a portable dust extraction system. The injured person suffered multiple dislocations and bone breaks in his fingers and required a series of operations. The IP is not expected to regain full use of his fingers… read more →
Overview of incident An employee of a Hertfordshire-based company suffered multiple crush injuries when he was struck by a 3.2 tonne reel of paper while on-site at it’s premises in Essex. Whilst being inside of a container, the man was helping to load a reel of paper from a fork lift. The fork lift released the reel which trapped the… read more →
Overview of incident A worktop manufacturer has been fined after an employee’s hand came into contact with an unguarded cutting blade which resulted in the amputation of two fingers. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) discovered the machine had three sections, each enclosed by an interlocked hood. The interlocks were disconnected and replaced with locks around four… read more →
Overview of incident A company in our home county of Kent has been prosecuted for serious safety breaches after exposing workers to unnecessary dangers. The Health and Safety Executive received photos from a member of the public showing the risks facing agency workers. The photos showed a man working on a stacked shipping container peaking at nine metres from the… read more →
Overview of incident Jaguar Land Rover Ltd received a £40,000 fine for safety breaches after a worker suffered life-threatening crush injuries. The injured person was dragged into inadequately guarded machinery. Investigations by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that after the latest in a series of frequent production line problems the employee approached a gap in the perimeter guarding… read more →
