New regulator sets out strategic plan to drive positive change for building safety in England
- The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has published its first three-year strategic plan
- The strategy is a significant step forward, underlining BSR’s overarching direction and vision to galvanise positive culture change
- Collaboration is key to driving up safety and standards
BSR is leading a critical change in culture and behaviours across industry...Read More »
Lift maintenance company fined after engineer fatally crushed
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A lift maintenance company has been fined after an employee died while working at a factory run by Muller Yogurt and Desserts.
Lift Monitoring Systems Limited, previously known as RJ Lift Services Limited, was fined £200,000 on Monday following a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation into the death of 24-year-old...Read More »
Manchester firm fined after it put workers at risk with unsafe scaffolding
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A rendering company in Manchester has been fined £3,000 after a HSE inspector noticed unsafe scaffolding on a house renovation as he happened to be driving past.
The company had been issued with a Prohibition Notice after a HSE inspector drove through the area on 17 February 2022 and spotted the...Read More »
Company fined as stunt performer sustains life-changing injuries during filming of Fast and Furious movie
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A production company has been fined after a stunt performer was injured during the filming of Fast and Furious 9: The Fast Saga.
Joe Watts, from Surrey, sustained life-changing injuries after he fell approximately 25 feet at Warner Bros. studios in Leavesden, Hertfordshire on 22 July 2019.
He had been filming a...Read More »
Farmer fined after cow attack left man fearing for his life
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A retired chartered surveyor said he feared for his life after being attacked by cows while walking his dog on a public footpath in Devon.
The farmer responsible has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) as a result.
Patrick Atherton and his 13-year-old Border Collie ‘Lad’ had been dropped...Read More »