CQMS News
Stay up-to-date with the latest health and safety news from CQMS. Also, check out recent HSE and Corporate Manslaughter prosecutions.
3rd March 2022
Christopher Paul Sharpe, partner in J H Sharp and Son, has been sentenced for safety breaches after an 83-year-old man was fatally attacked by cattle. Leeds […]
3rd March 2022
A roofing contractor has been sentenced after an unpaid casual labourer fell through a skylight during the renovation of an old asbestos cement roof, at an […]
3rd March 2022
A roofing company owner has been given a suspended sentence after a member of the public reported a concern regarding unsafe work at height. Liverpool Crown […]
3rd March 2022
A recycling company has been fined after an employee was injured whilst clearing a blockage in a waste metal chute. Shrewsbury Crown Court heard how, on […]
3rd March 2022
A landlord has been fined for failing to ensure that gas fittings, appliances and associated flues were checked for safety. Edinburgh Sheriffs Court heard that from […]
3rd March 2022
A scaffolding contractor has been fined after a worker fell from height resulting in serious injuries. Brighton Magistrates Court heard how, on 15 August 2019, Darren […]
3rd March 2022
A self-employed contractor has been given a suspended sentence and community service for illegal gas work after undertaking gas work on a property whilst not being […]
3rd March 2022
A plant hire company has been fined for leaving workers at risk of a fall from height and failing to provide minimum welfare facilities. Blackpool Magistrates’ […]
3rd March 2022
The law relating to building safety in England is changing. Proposed building safety reforms currently making their way through parliament will introduce a safety case regime. […]
3rd March 2022
Kieran Lynch has been prosecuted after his employees were exposed to asbestos while refurbishing domestic premises in Barnsdale Road, Reading. Reading Magistrates’ Court heard how Mr […]
3rd March 2022
A company has been sentenced after an employee of a Powys construction company was fatally injured in Liverpool when he fell six metres through a roof […]
3rd March 2022
A construction firm and its director have been sentenced after carrying out unsafe work on the roof of a multi-storey building in Manchester. Manchester Crown Court […]