Working with contractors: making sure everyone is kept safe

When it comes to working with contractors, both the contractor and the client have duties under health and safety law, as this case previously reported by Workplace Law demonstrates:

Scaffolder Darren Brownbill died after falling through a fragile roof light while working on an extension to a warehouse operated by Unichem PLC, on 9 June 2003.

Correct risk assessments for work on a fragile surface had not been made or implemented, which led to three companies and two individuals being fin... (541 more words)

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