Managing Home Workers' Health and Safety
This HSE document points out that UK government advice is that, from 13 December, people in England who can work from home should do so....
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Risk Assessment during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic
As an employer, you must protect people from harm. This includes doing a risk assessment to decide what reasonable steps you need to take...
Landlord found guilty of fire safety breaches
A landlord has been found guilty of a series of fire safety failings which left residents with only one option to escape a fire - via a...
Sawmill fined after worker’s finger is severed in machinery
A sawmill has been fined after a worker injured his finger when his hand came into contact with the moving parts of a machine. On 20...
Worker loses hand after cloth entangled in machinery
A UK manufacturer of brick products, Ibstock Brick Ltd, has been fined for safety breaches after a worker’s hand was entangled and...
Construction company in court over inadequate health and safety standards
A national construction company has been fined after an unannounced inspection by HSE inspectors found poor welfare standards, dangerous...
Company & care home owner admit criminal liability after care home resident dies following lift fall
A lift maintenance company has been sentenced and a care home owner cautioned after a resident and care worker plunged four metres to the...
Home Working STN Guidance
The current Covid-19 pandemic has brought home-working back to the top of the agenda with the governments push to work from home where...
Skip Lorry Safety
(Ireland) The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has published an information sheet presenting guidance aimed at helping improve knowledge...
Absence from work - Long COVID – advice for employers and employees
This guidance from Acas covers the rights and responsibilities a workplace has towards people taking absence from working. It covers:...
Hybrid Working
This guidance has been issued by the CIPD. It points out that hybrid working at scale is a largely new and untested concept. Lessons...
Making flexible working the default - TUC response
The TUC has responded to the government's consultation on making flexible working the default, welcoming it but suggesting that the...
Collision between a train and lorry stabiliser leg
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has issued this report about an accident in which a train struck the stabiliser leg of a...
Drivers failing to meet their eye test responsibilities
Drivers are failing to have regular eye tests to ensure they are not a risk on the road, a survey by Venson Automotive Solutions...
Health and safety advice during storms and bad weather
(Northern Ireland) With storm Barra and a yellow weather warning in place last week, HSENI advised that employers should assess their...
Deadline for UK REACH to be extended
Last week, Defra committed to exploring alternative arrangements for UK REACH transitional registrations in order to support chemical...
Worker fatally injured by telehandler
A farming partnership has been fined after a farm worker was fatally injured following an incident involving a telehandler. On 17 October...
Builder jailed after demolishing wall on colleague
A builder has been jailed for three years and three months following an investigation into the death of a labourer on a site in Hampshire...
Bathroom company fined £40,000 over accident that injured worker
A bathroom company has been fined £40,000 after a three tonne piece of equipment was blown onto an employee, leaving him with a serious...
Oil company fined following liquid petroleum gas leak
The operator of the UK’s largest oil refinery has been fined for health and safety breaches after a leak of liquid petroleum gas (LPG)...
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