CQMS News
Stay up-to-date with the latest health and safety news from CQMS. Also, check out recent HSE and Corporate Manslaughter prosecutions.
27th April 2023
Extra checks on the safety of fairground and theme park rides will take place this summer after a string of incidents. Britain’s workplace regulator the Health […]
26th April 2023
A food processing firm has been hit with a £100,000 fine after a worker severed part of her finger when her hand was caught in machinery […]
25th April 2023
Podcast launched to help disabled people and those with long-term health conditions in the workplace
Britain’s workplace regulator has just launched a podcast outlining seven principles to support disabled workers and those with long-term health conditions to thrive in the workplace. […]
21st April 2023
A joinery firm in South East London has been fined £20,000 for failing to control its employees’ exposure to wood dust. F&E Joinery Limited, in Herne […]
20th April 2023
A Bodmin dairy farm has been fined more than £60,000 after one of its workers sustained multiple injuries when he fell more than 20 feet through […]
19th April 2023
A company in Cornwall has been fined after putting its employees at risk of exposure to ionising radiation over a ten-year period. In 2009, Terrill Bros. […]
19th April 2023
Two construction companies have been sentenced after a worker was hospitalised for nearly two weeks after being struck by a 124kg panel. The man was working […]
14th April 2023
A Scottish civil engineering contractor has been fined £800,000 for safety breaches after a 10-year-old boy died after falling down a manhole on a building site […]
13th April 2023
A Lancashire trucking company has been fined £30,000 after a mechanic died while repairing a forklift truck. Joseph Robinson, a mechanic at E. Jackson (Chatburn) Limited, […]
13th April 2023
An asbestos removal company has been convicted and its director given a prison sentence after failing to ensure the safe removal of asbestos. Asbestos Boss Limited, […]
12th April 2023
The Building Safety Regulator has today (Wednesday 12 April) opened the registration process for high-rise residential buildings in England. It is a legal requirement under […]
6th April 2023
Tradespeople across Great Britain are being warned about the hidden dangers associated with asbestos. The warning comes as part of the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) Asbestos […]