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Working at height warnings following worker death
The HSE is highlighting the importance of carrying out risk assessments and implementing safe systems for working at height following the prosecution of a company and one of its employees after an incident in which a worker died. Pervez Mohammed Iqbal, was ordered by Wolverhampton Crown Court to pay £15,000 in fines, with £2,800 costs after earlier pleading guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and ...
Case | 25 Nov 2008
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Work at height warning after scaffolder killed
...stry practices – such as taking measures to prevent falls. “Falls remain the biggest cause of serious and fatal accidents in the construction sector and everybody must play their part if this toll of avoidable accidents is to stop. It is simple – work to the recognised industry standards and working practices and falls can be prevented.”
Case | 27 Aug 2009
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HSE sends warning over work at height
The HSE is reminding companies of the dangers posed by working at height, following an incident in which an employee suffered serious head injuries after a fall. Employee Gary Gray was working on the Sun Gardens development in Thornaby, on 29 September 2005, when he fell approximately five metres down an open stairwell while ascending an unsecured ladder. He...
Case | 17 Apr 2007
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£6,000 fine for firm which failed to ensure worker safety at height
A building firm has been fined £6,000 with costs of £17,028 after failing to ensure the health and safety of employees working at height.Abercorn Homes Ltd, of Burnopfield, Tyne and Wear, was found guilty of two breaches of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 at Sunderland Magistrates’ Court.The court heard that on 3 November 2006, work was being carried out on an industrial roof at Rainton Meadows Arena, Rainton Bridge....
Case | 8 Oct 2008
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Case warning about dangers of working at height: HSE -v- Savill Fabrications
Savill Fabrications Limited has been fined £4,000 at City of London Magistrates following an HSE prosecution for a breach of health and safety law. The prosecution followed an HSE investigation into an incident on 25 May 2001 when Savill’s employee Mr Robert Totham suffered serious injuries following a fall fro...
Case | 6 Dec 2004
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£80,000 fine for death of worker who fell from height
The HSE is warning employers to ensure their workers are well trained and supervised when working at height, after a man was killed when installing a temporary office unit in West Bromwich. The supplier of the office unit, Stockton-on-Tees-based Mobile Mini UK Ltd, was today fined £80,000 and ordered to pay costs of £8,000. It had pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health...
Case | 21 Sep 2009
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Celebrating 35 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act
...ty at Work Act 1974-2009 HSWA revieWed JULY/AUGUST 2009 Issue 49 in sickness and in health Why the health agenda should not be overlooked. Page 12 Heated debate When is it legally too hot to trot? The elephant in the room The poor legislation no one wants to talk about. Page 18 Comment: Could working from home make your staff ill? Ann Clark considers the issues. Page 9 interview: Judith Hackitt speaks to us about eradicating workplace deaths. Page 16 Page 20 Plus: Legal calendar | Challenge The data | Clinic | Legal update Case law and more ... Contents In this issue ... LATeST Accredite...
Magazine issue | 7 Jul 2009
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HSE warns offshore workers following prosecution
Following their prosecution of two multinational companies after the death of a technician offshore, the HSE is warning employers working offshore to make sure that suitable and effective risk assessments are in place.Shell UK Limited and Amec Group Limited were fined £150,000 each (total £300,000) and ordered to pay £41,500 in costs each (total £83,000), at Norwich Crown Court after pleading guilty of breaching sections 2 and 3 ...
Case | 28 Nov 2008
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Construction health and safety reviews essential, warns HSE
...o decommission one of the pile chimneys on the Sellafield site in Cumbria. Mr Cannon was removing steelwork inside the chimney when he fell approximately 95 metres and suffered fatal injuries. HSE Principal Inspector Mark Cottriall explained: "This tragic accident need never have happened. A safe working method had been prepared for removing the steelwork in the chimney. If this had been followed, Mr Cannon would not have had to leave the safety of the working platform that had been built inside the chimney. “As often happens on construction projects, however, the proposed method was changed a...
Case | 25 Nov 2008
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Company fined a total of £4,954 after worker fall from height
...uilty to a breach of Regulation 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005.Judith McNulty-Green, is one of the HSE Inspectors for Lincolnshire. She says: "Three million people work on or near vehicles as part of their regular job. Getting on and off a vehicle to carry out loading or unloading, and working at height on the vehicle, are often viewed as incidental to the main job. Because of this, the risks involved may not be properly considered by either workers or their managers."Last year 45 people died and more than 3,000 suffered a serious injury after a fall from height at work. It is the most c...
Case | 15 Oct 2008
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Companies fined following farm worker's death
...rder to pay costs of £15,000. Ellison’s employer, Enidvale Ltd pleaded guilty to breaching Regulations 3(1) and 7(1) of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and was fined £20,000 and ordered to pay costs in excess of £8,000. HSE Inspector Wayne Williams says: "Working at height is extremely dangerous, as this case has so tragically demonstrated, and it is imperative that employers carry out proper risk assessments, and ensure their staff are adequately trained to work at height. "Unfortunately, this remains something that too many employers fail to take into c...
Case | 5 Jul 2007
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Companies must assess the risks posed by work on fragile surfaces
...tal injury and the second most common cause of major injury to employees. Last year 46 people were killed and more than 5,500 seriously injured as a result of falling from height. Under Regulation Nine of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 employers also have a duty to control the risks posed by working on or near fragile surfaces. To comply, employers must ensure that no one working under your control goes onto or near a fragile surface unless that is the only reasonably practicable way for the worker to carry out the work safely, having regard to the demands of the task, equipment, or workin...
Case | 1 May 2007
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Fall from Height Construction Fatality at Wembley Stadium
A construction worker has died and another has been injured in an incident at the site of the new Wembley Stadium. One man was declared dead at the scene of the 15 January accident and the other was taken to the Central Middlesex Hospital with leg injuries. Work across the site was suspended pending the start of an investigation. Two HSE inspectors were sent to the site ...
News | 19 Jan 2004
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Wates Construction Fined £150,000 after Worker’s Fatal Fall
Wates Construction Ltd (Wates) has been fined £150,000 at the Central Criminal Court, London following the death of a worker on 15 June 2000, during the redevelopment of buildings at the Woolwich Arsenal, London. Mr Indergit Singh was working for a sub-contractor of Wates. He was working on the roof, which had on each of its four pitches a wired glass roof light that extended along the full length of the building. Mr Singh fell through one of these roof lights to the concrete floor below, a distance of approximately 11 metres. He died f...
Case | 9 Jul 2004
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Scaffolding firm fine reminder of construction dangers
... Company Ltd pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay £19,000 costs. Commented Maria Anderson: “Health and safety regulations are there to prevent injuries and ultimately death. Statistics demonstrate that working at height is still one of the most dangerous activities in the workplace. “In 2010/11, 29% of all fatal injuries to workers were in construction and it accounts for the greatest number of fatal injuries of the UK's industries. Planning the task ahead, carrying out a suitable risk assessment and ...
Case | 27 Jan 2012
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Grinding to a halt: Why Government policy risks bringing business to a standstill
...ones, IOSH Policy and Technical Director. 16 LEGAL UPDATE Royal Wedding bank holiday what does it mean for employers? And Coalition Government's response to EU proposals to increase paid maternity leave. 40 CLINIC Workplace Law members ask the experts for advice on key management issues. IOSH Working Safely Certificate IOSH have completely revamped the 'Working Safely' course with a view to meeting the needs of the modern workplace. No longer is this course 'death by PowerPoint', but rather a course that represents a new approach to health and safety training. Next course: 31 March 2011, London...
Magazine issue | 4 Jan 2011
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Same old: has health and safety really changed after the Young review?
... of the Coalition Government. Back in June, when the health and safety review was announced, Lord Young and David Cameron talked up the prevailing tabloid view of over zealous `elf `n' safety' killjoys, and promised to change it with a `sensible new approach' and an `element of common sense'. Those working within the sector were understandably worried that Lord Young would ignore the invaluable contribution that the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 has brought to the workplace, and concentrate instead on a rise in personal injury claims and councils cancelling public events. Well, `Common Sens...
Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2010
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Sweeping changes
...iminal liability, rather than a `right'. 08 CASE LAW Drug mix-up led to patient's death; and company boss ordered to pay £130,000 for fire safety breaches. COntinuinG PROfessiOnaL deVeLOPMent 30 AVOIDING THE PITFALLS Maria Anderson, Health and Safety Consultant at Workplace Law, with guidance on working at height. 40 CLINIC Workplace Law members ask the experts for advice on key management issues. 09 COMMENT The Fire Enforcement notice against the Department of Communities and Local Government earlier this year shows that no organisation is exempt from the RRO, says Simon Toseland. netWORK 42 F...
Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2010
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Changes to Workplace Law Magazine
...epts that we are all different; while equality suggests uniformity?" This, the 50th issue of Workplace Law Magazine also sees some big changes, not least with editor, Claire Fuller, moving on to start a new college course and work part-time for the Scottish Refugee Council. As she explains on p.22, working with refugees who've had to flee their homes for their lives has helped her appreciate the UK's civil liberties. We've introduced new dedicated sections on health and safety (p.7) and employment law (p.13), encompassing all the latest news, cases and legal advice. There's also a lively new round-up...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2009
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Buncefield disaster: the aftermath and what you can learn from it
...s ask the experts for advice on health and safety issues. 06 LEGAL CALENDAR Key legislative dates taking place in May and June. NETWoRK 16 uNIvERSITy ChALLENGE ThE hEIGhT Of GOOD hEALTh AND SAfETy How the University of Hertfordshire's Department of Estates, Hospitality and Contract Services is working with Workplace Law to assess the health and safety risks of working at height. ChaLLENgE 22 EvACuATE ThE CITy! In the event of a major incident in a crowded city centre, an evacuation may have to be ordered and it may have to happen quickly. Claire Fuller explored the approach taken by the coun...
Magazine issue | 5 May 2009
