CQMS News
Stay up-to-date with the latest health and safety news from CQMS. Also, check out recent HSE and Corporate Manslaughter prosecutions.
7th April 2021
Key figures for Great Britain (2019/20) 1.6 million working people suffering from a work-related illness 2,446 mesothelioma deaths due to past asbestos exposures (2018) 111 workers killed at work […]
1st April 2021
The rate of work-related stress, depression and anxiety has increased in recent years, and the pandemic has presented new challenges that have put a huge strain on people’s […]
31st March 2021
The HSE have provided guidance on making your workplace COVID-secure which gives an overview of the steps employers can take to protect people in the […]
20th January 2021
London Borough of Tower Hamlets Council has been sentenced after a five-year-old girl died when playground equipment collapsed on top of her at Mile End Park. […]
20th January 2021
The director of a construction company has been sentenced after a sub-contractor suffered serious injuries when a stack of plasterboards fell on him at a construction […]
20th January 2021
Nestlé UK Ltd was sentenced for breaching health and safety regulations after an employee was dragged into a machine on the production line of their Albion […]
20th January 2021
A company has been sentenced after a worker was seriously injured when his hand came into contact with a rotating bandsaw blade. Blackpool Magistrates’ court heard […]
11th January 2021
L.S. Starrett Company Limited, a precision tool manufacturer, has been fined after an employee’s index finger was severed and his thumb deeply lacerated in an incident […]
11th January 2021
A roofing contractor has been fined after a health and safety inspector came across two workers jet washing a steeply pitched roof on a house without […]
11th January 2021
A groundworks company has been fined after an employee was injured when he was struck by a metal bow shackle whilst laying a sewer pipe. Luton […]
11th January 2021
A food company specialising in dairy products has been prosecuted after an agency worker suffered severe injuries when their fingers were caught in machinery. Walsall Magistrates’ […]
11th January 2021
Lightwater Valley Attractions Ltd has been fined following an incident where a child was thrown from its Twister ride. York Magistrates’ Court heard that on 30 […]