Health, Safety & Quality Consultancy
Following the Sentencing Council’s publication on sentencing guidelines on 3rd November 2015, the new guidelines are now in force. These guidelines cover health & safety offences, corporate manslaughter and food offences.
It has been our experience in recent weeks that many organisations are falling short of their duties when it comes to fire safety.
The key legislation driving legislation implementation of life saving systems within workplaces and other non-domestic premises is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
The HSE have launched a new health & safety system strategy called ‘Helping Great Britain Work Well’.
The HSE proudly remind us that Great Britain’s health & safety record is the envy of much of the world. Central to this is protecting people by managing risk in a proportionate and effective way, supporting innovation and increasing productivity. (more…)
Many of the health risks for the construction workforce are not obvious, such as skin cancer and lung cancer, which have been identified as the two main types that affect individuals working within the construction industry. These diseases are not detectable at the time of contraction and can lay dormant for a number of years. They can be caused by exposure to carcinogens and UV radiation, either in solid form or gasses and dust, in the workplace over a prolonged period of time. The construction workforce is at greater risk of developing cancer at work compared with any other industry group by breathing in these substances or absorbing them through the skin.