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HSE to focus on safety record of smaller contractors
As part of its evaluation of the effectiveness of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007, the HSE is putting the health and safety record of clients and smaller contractors under the microscope. The HSE has given tier one contractors a clean bill of health for the positive changes they have made in recent years to improve the safety of their sites and the employees who work on them. However, clients and smaller firms are now coming under scrutiny from the safety ...
News | 17 Aug 2011
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Managing contractors: A guide for employers
Managing contractors is a guide for small to medium-sized companies in the chemical industry, but it will also be of use to other industries and larger companies. Safe working with contractors presents a challenge, but being a smaller company has its advantages. You can be more flexible in your approach and decisions...
Official guidance | 1 Jan 2011
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Businesses warned of responsibility to check competency of contractors
...pay £15,000 in costs. Following the case a spokesman for the trust said: “The trust at all times sought and seeks to provide a safe environment for those who visited its premises. The trust genuinely believed that the demolition being undertaken at its premises would be undertaken safely by the contractors appointed.”He expressed the Trust’s deepest sympathy to all those affected by this tragic incident in August 2007, most especially Mr Evans’s family”.
Case | 6 Sep 2010
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Reviewing Contractor Risk Assessments
... tell them they are not suitable. I consider that by accepting inacceptable RAMS you are agreeing to the method and risk assessment being applied, threfore as Chris indicates, you put yourself in line for prosecution. I also think we should all be careful that we don't get involved with advising contractors on issues in their RAMS, or we may find ourselves the main focus of a prosecution. The contractor could say we told them all the hazards and if they had been invited to site they would have included more but they relied on your information.
Comment | 7 Feb 2012
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Reviewing Contractor Risk Assessments
Your approach sounds very sensible to me. You need to show that you have checked the contractors' RA/MS for adequacy, and have also made him aware of any specific risks peculiar to your site. Bear in mind a recent case in which a sub-contractor's employee was injured by falling through a fragile roof. The sub-contractor, the main contractor and the client were all taken to court!
Comment | 7 Feb 2012
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Reviewing Contractor Risk Assessments
Good morning everyone. Reviewing contractor risk assessments, how far do we go (the client) in terms of ensuring that the contractors risk assessment is suitable and sufficient? I have a scenario: - As the client, we have identified some 'significant risks (SR)' associated with the work-area. In this example, SR are defined as those risks, which we believe the contractor will not have come across on a daily / weekly basis ...
Comment | 2 Feb 2012
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Employee or Self Employer / Contractor?
H&S employees has worked for a company for 15 yrs. He also acts as a H&S Consultant for several other businesses and due to this, for the last 3 yrs, has reduced his hrs to three days a week. From time to time, he has agreed to work beyond 5, or even on other days in the week apart from his regular
Comment | 15 Nov 2011
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Sellafield fined £75,000 after contractors inhale radioactive dust
Sellafield Ltd has been fined £75,000 after pleading guilty to breaches of health and safety law after two contractors inhaled radioactive contamination. The prosecution follows an investigation by the HSE into an incident on 11 July 2007 at Sellafield Nuclear Licensed Site in Cumbria. Sellafield Ltd pleaded guilty to breaching Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. The company was fined £75,000...
Case | 7 Dec 2009
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The right to search Contractors
We have have a lot of contract staff working onsite out of hours, at the same time a lot of electronic equipment has gone "missing" from cupboards which have been forced open. Obviously we can't accuse anyone without proof so can our Security request to look inside the contractors toolbags when they leave site? We would not want to notify them that we are going to do this.
Comment | 20 Sep 2011
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Roofing contractors fined after serious fall
...pector Alastair Brown said: "Last year 34 people were killed following falls from height during construction work, making it the largest cause of fatalities in the industry. The measures which should have been taken to prevent this incident happening were straightforward and well documented. "Both contractors involved failed to recognise the risks posed by the presence of fragile rooflights on this building, or to establish their fragility prior to work beginning. "In view of the well known and documented risks posed by such rooflights during industrial roof works this was very disappointing, and resul...
Case | 2 Sep 2009
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TUPE Transfer of Info to Incoming Contractor
...n and David, I am in agreement that TUPE applies along with my fellow directors. We have informed the staff of the current state of play and will continue to update them. Dealing with the client will be difficult if they are insistent TUPE does not apply and are unwilling to disclose the incoming contractors details. It is a particularly awkward situation as we hold another contract with the client so do not want to rock the boat too much in case it puts that contract in jeopardy.
Comment | 13 May 2011
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TUPE Transfer of Info to Incoming Contractor
There is a lot of good advice on the forum about TUPE. It's such a complex and misunderstood regulation and one which many are not even aware off. I have a situation where my company have lost a service contract and wish to pass the required employee information on to the new incoming contractor.
Comment | 12 May 2011
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Council and contractor fined £13,700 for exposing staff and public to asbestos
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned property owners to ensure that they keep accurate records of asbestos in their buildings and pass any information on to contractors. The warning follows a serious incident in which contracted workers as well as members of the public were exposed to airborne asbestos fibres as a result of refurbishment work in council properties in Fraser Avenue, Inverkeithing in November 2007. At Dunfermline Sheriff Court yesterday, (9 July, ...
Case | 10 Jul 2009
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Sub-contractor claims unfair dismissal
...at he should be counted as an employee, despite his contractual limited company status. Cyril Dennemont, Partner and Head of Employment at Harold Benjamin Solicitors, who represented Mr Tilson commented that the judgement was “significant”. The ruling could have ramifications for thousands of contractors in the UK. HM Revenue and Customs sets out guidance on whether a worker is an employee or self-employed and states that if the answer is 'Yes' to all of the following questions, then the worker is probably an employee: Do they have to do the work themselves? Can someone tell them at any time what ...
Case | 3 Jul 2009
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Large construction firms prefer green contractors
New research from NetRegs shows that 95% of large firms will give preference to subcontractors who can prove their green credentials. The survey shows that during a time of oversupply, large firms with a turnover in excess of £10m will increasingly use a subcontractor’s environmental credentials as a key factor when deciding how to award contracts. The results also highlighted that 87...
News | 5 Jun 2009
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Employers warned over safety of contractors
A leading law firm is warning employers about the increased danger of accidents for people working as contractors. Mace & Jones Personal Injury Specialist, Jeremy Bradshaw, said more contractors are being taken on to cut costs during the recession but the practice carried heightened risks. He commented: "Employers still have a duty of care to independent contractors for their health and safety. Businesses...
News | 22 May 2009
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Contractor fined for allowing workers to sleep on site
The HSE is warning contractors of the dangers of allowing areas of construction sites to be used as sleeping accommodation, especially where there is a substantial fire risk. Asaad Al-Helu of Newland Avenue, Hull, pleaded guilty to two offences under Section 33(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 at Hull Magist...
Case | 2 Apr 2009
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Contractors who bought and sold data unlikely to be fined
Contractors involved in the construction workers blacklist scandal are unlikely to suffer any official sanctions from their actions, it has been confirmed. Although they may be sued by any workers who discover their details were bought – and subsequently used against them – and so may face many private leg...
News | 11 Mar 2009
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Brakes on proposed changes to tax-free contractor expenses
The Treasury has abandoned proposed changes to the current rules for tax-free travel and other related subsistence expenses for temporary workers, affecting an estimated 100,000 - 150,000 contractors. This is particularly relevant in situations where an employee works on a series of unrelated engagements, but under one overriding employment contract. But all employment agencies and employers who use agencies to pay staff should be aware of the proposals. A recent Treasury consultation into the ...
News | 1 Dec 2008
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Skip hire contractor fined after employee is crushed by machinery
A Lancashire skip hire contractor has been prosecuted following an incident in which a 17 year old employee was crushed under a 13 tonne excavator at a waste transfer station. Peter David Marquis was fined £15,000 and ordered to pay £4,631.60 in costs by Preston Magistrates Court after pleading gu
Case | 6 Nov 2008
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