Health and Safety

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Time running out as deadline to register high-rise buildings nears

High-rise residential buildings must be registered with new regulator by October 1 Register is a major step forward in building safety More than 10,000 applications started. Registration is a legal duty brought in following the Grenfell fire   Time is running out for high-rise residential buildings to be registered with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR). … read more

Company fined for putting worker at risk

A company in Berkshire has been fined £16,000 after putting an employee at risk of exposure to ionising radiation. A worker at Gemini Technology (Reading) Limited was put at risk of exposure to 500 milliSieverts (mSv) per hour while working on an irradiator at a calibration facility operated by the Ministry of Defence on 7 … read more

Grimsby company fined £200,000 after driver suffers chemical burns

A company in Lincolnshire has been fined £200,000 after a driver suffered chemical burns to his feet assuming he was standing in a puddle of rainwater. The man had been offloading his tanker with a delivery at the Laporte Road site of Tronox Pigment UK Limited, in Stallingborough, Grimsby, on 9 August 2022. During the … read more

HSE to lead investigation into double fatality at Teesworks site

The investigation into deaths of two men at the Teesworks site in 2019 will now be led by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). On 19 September 2019, John Mackay and Tom Williams died following an explosion at the site. Following a thorough joint investigation by Cleveland Police and HSE, there is insufficient evidence to … read more