HEALTH & SAFETY UPDATES
HSE Visits To Focus On Dust Control
This news article featured in Issue no. 14 of CHSP’s May - June 2022 newsletter. HSE VISITS The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), England's workplace health and safety regulator have committed to conducting random visits to construction sites from...
Safety video released following a heat gun exposed to flammable resin causing fatal fire
This news article featured in issue no.13 in CHSP’s April 2022 newsletter On 21st September 2020 two contract workers working in a confined space working for Evergreen Packaging Mill were fatally injured following some other work activity taking part in a...
Woman wins unfair dismissal case against previous Employer
On 12th May 2020 a woman based in Ireland who wishes to remain anonymous felt she was left with no other option but to quit her job during the COVID lockdown as her employer refused to allow her to work from home as per the government guidelines at the time.
Several Hand Arm Vibration diagnosis related fines issued to Council
This news article featured in issue no. 11 in CHSP's February 2022 newsletter. Do you have a suitable risk assessment for vibration exposure to workers? In February 2011, 11 workers at Wrexham County Council were diagnosed with a combination of Hand Arm Vibration or...
Highway code changes
Professional drivers and operators will be affected by Highway Code changes The Highway Code changes are due to be released on 29th January 2022 some of which are legal requirements. A summary of some of the changes are below: Road users that can cause the most...
Director jailed after ignoring several HSE notices
This news article featured in issue no. 9 in CHSP’s December 2021 newsletter. Fifteen enforcement notices were issued by the HSE between 2016-2018 to car salvage company Long Life Spares in Caerphilly. The Director Tahir Karim had failed to provide a safe...
Electrical Engineer asphyxiated due to confined space disaster
This news article featured in issue no. 8 in CHSP’s November 2021 newsletter. A 56 year old high voltage Electrical Engineer died due to carbon monoxide asphyxiation whilst working for a plant hire company on a faulty industrial transformer on the 19th June...
How a work at height related injury can significantly cost both Client and Contractor
This news article featured in issue no. 7 in CHSP’s October 2021 newsletter. A Crane Engineer working for Contractor Technical Cranes was working at Yorkshire Stainless’s site who didn't have suitable equipment for working at height. The engineer decided to get...
Death by Alloy Tower Fall
This news article featured in issue no. 6 in CHSP’s September 2021 newsletter. A worker died after falling from an unguarded platform of an alloy access tower that he was dismantling in Worthing, UK. An employee of EDF Energy Contracting Ltd, James Gordon was...