Category Archive: General Risk Assessments
Health and safety audit finds substandard work on chimney
A builder put a family in danger due to incorrect work. The family could have suffered from carbon monoxide fumes because chimney work did not go according to regulations.
Continue reading »Network Rail Guilty
Network Rail has been prosecuted for a crash that occurred in 2007. The crash happened near Cumbrian village almost five years ago today. One passenger died from injuries sustained during the crash. The passenger was 84 at the time of her death. Another 86 passengers and two workers on the train were injured. The 300 [...]
Continue reading »Health and Safety Breach – Work at Height Regulations
A construction firm has been prosecuted after a man fell from a roof and suffered serious injuries. The 27-year-old, who asked not to be named, was fixing scaffolding at Tower Hire (Services) Ltd in Worcester when he plummeted five metres to the ground and broke his elbow, wrist and pelvis. A Health and Safety Executive [...]
Continue reading »Preparing for Winter
Let’s avoid slipping and falling! Winter is here and Employers and controllers of property need to look at and assess the foreseeable hazards and resultant risks that are on our very own door step. You will need to prepare for heavy frost, snow & ice.
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