The boss of a furniture retailer in the corridor between Derby and Nottingham has been handed a community service order and told to pay costs after his firm breached the UK fire safety regulations. Xiao Fei Cheng pleaded guilty to charges related to non-compliant upholstery on dining room chairs at his firm, Harreds International, which trades as the Solid Oak… read more →
Just under 80% of small businesses are breaking health and safety laws according to a survey by St John Ambulance. The survey revealed that 79% of businesses admit to having periods of time where no trained first aiders are present in the workplace, while 15% have never carried out an assessment to determine risks within the workplace. According to the… read more →
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning both employers and drivers about the consequences of not taking reasonable care for the safety of others after a council employee was killed. Dudley Metropolitan Council was fined £30,000 and ordered to pay £20,000 in costs after pleading guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act. Michael Lilley,… read more →
A waste disposal company has been charged with breaching health and safety legislation after a member of the public was killed at the Civic Amenity Site in Newbury. Biffa Waste Services Ltd, of Coronation Road, Cressex in High Wycombe pleaded guilty at West Berkshire Magistrates Court (on Monday 8 February 2010) to breaching Section 3(1) of the Heath and Safety… read more →
A refuse company has today been fined £130,000 after a worker was killed near Aylesbury when a 1,100-litre recycling bin fell on his head. David Ives, 56 from High Wycombe, an employee of Veolia ES (UK) Ltd (formally known as Onyx UK Ltd) was collecting refuse outside a pub in Easington, near Aylesbury when the incident happened on 5 May… read more →
A pub management company has been convicted of fire safety breaches at North Wiltshire Magistrates’ Court today. Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service took out the prosecution against Publicana Ltd after finding a number of breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. At the hearing, Publicana Ltd pleaded guilty to four charges and was fined £5,000 for each offence,… read more →
Slip, trip and fall incidents in the workplace cost 40 workers their lives last year and cost society an estimated £800 million each year, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned as it launched a new campaign. In addition to 40 fatalities, there were over 15,000 major injuries to workers, as well as over 30,000 workers having to take… read more →
Mental Health Matters Ltd, a North East-based registered charity has been fined £30,000 with costs of £20,000 after one of their employees was killed by a service user. Ashleigh Ewing, a 22-year-old support worker employed by Mental Health Matters, was attacked and killed by service user Ronald Dixon. Mental Health Matters provide support and housing services to people who suffer… read more →
A Leicester haulage company has been prosecuted for creating a “massive fire risk” by illegally storing huge quantities of highly flammable aerosols. The HSE found the firm had not properly managed the risks associated with storing large amounts of aerosol products at their Hilltop Industrial Estate site in Leicestershire. The court heard that the company stored large amounts of LPG… read more →
Forty percent of businesses are failing to conduct fire risk assessments in accordance with legislation implemented three years ago, warns Aviva Risk Management Solutions (ARMS). Based on this unsatisfactory level of compliance with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Fire and Rescue Services have issued businesses with 34,500 informal notifications, 3,200 enforcement notices, 442 prohibition notices and 84 alterations… read more →
