A Nottinghamshire demolition company has been fined for safety failings following a report to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Leicester Magistrates’ Court heard how Prodem Demolition and Asbestos Limited were removing tiles from a domestic property when they were reported to the HSE for unsafe work at height activity. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into the incident, which occurred on 16 July 2015. Workers were found on a steep roof removing

We recently starting working with a heavy plant hire company based in Swansea. They run some very heavy equipment that has a lot of moving parts and the ability to crush things like they were bugs! It was quite a daunting project to take on initially but applying some basic pragmatism to the risk assessments, method statements and safe working practice documents we worked closely with the owners to apply the best control measures available to us and educate his team to the ne

"If you think hiring a professional is expensive...just wait until you hire an amateur" I've heard this statement made time and time again while in business and always thought it poignant but never gave it too much thought. However, in the health & safety industry its never seemed to carry so much weight... There have been a stream of fines issued to companies this year for breaches of the law, ranging from: Unsecure construction site: £16K fine & costs* Failure to recognise

After a frantic three months of setting up safe systems of work, risk assessments and method statements as well as policies (for everything under the sun it seemed at times) we are now ready to accept new clients again. If you run your own company that employs staff and get your safety advice from an external advisor (or not) then calling us could save you money, make you compliant and improve your efficiency. Get practical safety advice from an advisor who understands your w

Its always nice to see clients achieve their goals of accreditation, especially when you have had a hand in making it happen for them. Here are some examples of our happy clients: Dragon Sealants Ltd - Mr. Glenn Morris. "Dragon Sealants Ltd are now accredited with CHAS health and safety mark. Thankyou Robert Jones for your help, we would recommend anyone needing assistance and I will definitely be using his services in the future" EAP Solutions Ltd - Mr. Chris Newman. "EAP So

Some company Directors, Owners, Managers and even field based staff see health & safety as a barrier to them working. A neccesary evil to keep the wolves of litigation from the door of the company's profits. It can however be your key to greater efficiency and in turn greater profits. Intergrating safety paperwork within your routine work sheets, which have to be completed as matter of course, can be a boon to some companies, speeding up the processing of invoices and improvi

In 2016 new guidelines are set to be introduced for health and safety, corporate manslaughter and food / hygiene offences, penalties for most defendants will be higher than previously issued due largly to the guidelines issued to judges. Although the law itself remains largely unchanged, the main legislation to ensure the health and safety of employees, sub-contractors and visitors / third parties, is still the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. Previously, Crown Court judge

A good risk assessment is one that professionals and 'competant persons' deam to be "Suitable and Suficient" and reduces risk "As far as is reasonably practicable". Now while all this is a foreign language to most people and a language specific to Health & Safety Professionals it is required under law (Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations1999) that they are carried out. They can be "generic" and therefore not worth the paper they are written on or they can be eff