Tradespeople across Great Britain are being warned about the hidden dangers associated with asbestos. The warning comes as part of the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) Asbestos and You campaign targeting tradespeople about the personal risks from asbestos that still exist in properties across the country today. Around five thousand people a year die from … read more
A concrete manufacturer has been fined £1m after a 24-year-old man died at a site in Nottingham. Stewart Ramsay, from Mansfield, was working for Creagh Concrete Products Ltd (CCP) at its Thurgarton Lane site in Hoveringham when he suffered fatal head injuries on 15 March 2017. Mr Ramsay, known as ‘Stew’, was trying to fix … read more
A man has been jailed after a worker fell from the roof of a commercial property in North London and died a week later. Patrick McCarthy (trading as All Care Home Improvements) was given a 14-month custodial sentence after the death of Mr Andrei-Ionel Hutanu in 2019. No scaffolding or other measures had been put … read more
A report published on Tuesday 4 April has set out in detail the extent to which so-called “forever chemicals” are used in Great Britain. It has analysed how “forever chemicals” or PFAS (Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances) are used. The report has also included exposure from everyday items such as food wrappers, cleaning products, and furniture … read more
A manufacturing company has been fined £600,000 after a worker’s leg was crushed by a forklift truck. The man was working for AkzoNobel Packaging Coatings Limited when the incident occurred at the firm’s Birmingham site on Bordesley Green Road on 8 May 2018. He had been walking across a pedestrian crossing at the site when … read more