 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning home owners to check that gas installers are properly registered and carry a current 'Gas Safe Register' identity card. This warning, follows the prosecution of Mr Kevin Hall of Woodpecker Way, Cannock, trading [ read more...]
 A building company and a school have been fined after a worker was burnt while removing an oil tank. R Harvey Builders, of Redstone Industrial Estate, Boston, was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay costs of £800 by Skegness magistrates court [ read more...]
 Businesses need to ensure they are working safely when dealing with gas and pipework, according to Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The reminder came after a south-east construction firm was fined for failing to switch off all [ read more...]
 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning of the fire safety risks of allowing workers to sleep on construction sites. According to the watchdog, there are construction health and safety dangers when contractors set [ read more...]
 An east Midlands company has been fined after an incident left a work experience student burned, which could highlight the importance of fire safety. Holdingham Garage on Lincoln Road, Sleaford, received a £15,000 fine from Grantham magistrates court, in [ read more...]
 A watchdog has conducted more than 100 investigations in the Teesside area in the last week, emphasising the importance of health and safety courses. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) served improvement notices to four businesses and [ read more...]
Fire safety training "is crucial" for those working in a kitchen environment as this can reduce the risk of a blaze breaking out, a leading organisation asserts. Allister Smith, the fire risk manager at Norwich Union, claims this must [ read more...]
 Employers should send their workers on courses to develop their first aid skills, an expert claims. Anna Brown, the sales and marketing manager of British Red Cross, urges businesses to avoid cutting back spending on safety training in order [ read more...]
 One in three UK firms are breaking the law by failing to conduct a fire safety risk assessment, a study shows. Insurer Norwich Union states companies which have not organised this check are in breach of their legal obligations under the [ read more...]
 Members of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are continuing to make enquiries into unnecessary fire risks at a retail centre in Bath which was damaged in a recent blaze, a source reveals. The HSE investigation is ongoing at [ read more...]
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