CQMS News
Stay up-to-date with the latest health and safety news from CQMS. Also, check out recent HSE and Corporate Manslaughter prosecutions.
31st October 2018
Annual statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show 1.4 million workers were suffering from work-related ill health and around 555,000 from non-fatal injuries in […]
24th October 2018
Plasterboard recycling company, Northern Waste Group Ltd, has been sentenced after a worker became entangled in the unguarded tail drum of a conveyor. Sheffield Magistrates court heard […]
22nd October 2018
Two companies, Anders Development Limited and J A Ball Limited, have been fined after a worker was found seriously injured in a lift shaft. South Tyneside […]
19th October 2018
Ashwell Recycled Timber Products Limited has been fined following repeated failures to safely guard and maintain woodwork equipment used by their employees. Barkingside Magistrates Court heard […]
15th October 2018
Britain’s regulator for workplace health and safety celebrated 100 years of votes for women by flying the women’s Suffrage Flag over its world leading laboratory in […]
1st September 2018
The Construction Site Visitor card CSCS has consulted with the industry and agreed a plan that will pave the way for the eventual withdrawal of the […]
21st August 2018
New workplace exposure limits for 31 substances have been introduced from 21 August 2018. This latest version of EH40 has been updated to include new and […]
7th June 2018
A luxury yacht building company has been fined following an engineer losing consciousness after being struck on the back of the head by a solid metal […]
7th June 2018
A property management consultancy and an asbestos surveying company have been fined after an inadequate refurbishment and demolition survey was provided for a major refurbishment project […]
7th June 2018
A road resurfacing company was fined £15,400 after an employee was run over by a road roller. Ayr Sherriff Court heard that on 3 November 2015 […]
7th June 2018
A lead recycling company was sentenced after a worker was trapped under a load of falling scrap lead. Luton Magistrates’ Court heard how on 5 May […]
7th June 2018
A man has been sentenced to 18 weeks in prison after a worker received serious injuries from an electric shock. Swansea Crown Court heard that, on […]