CQMS News
Stay up-to-date with the latest health and safety news from CQMS. Also, check out recent HSE and Corporate Manslaughter prosecutions.
20th December 2018
NHS Oxleas Foundation Trust has today been fined £300,000 after two nurses suffered life-changing injuries when they were repeatedly stabbed by a service user. The Old […]
4th December 2018
A bakery company was fined for safety breaches after employees suffered long term exposure to flour dust, a respiratory sensitiser. Leeds Magistrates’ Court heard that between April […]
3rd December 2018
A concrete pumping company and its sole Director have been fined after an employee was struck and killed by concrete. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard how on […]
21st November 2018
A residential property development company has been sentenced after failing to carry out an asbestos survey prior to undertaking extensive refurbishment works. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard […]
19th November 2018
A construction company has been fined after a chauffeur fell to his death at a concealed basement void in a domestic property undergoing construction work. Luton […]
19th November 2018
A former gas engineer has been sentenced after conducting gas work he was no longer registered or competent to do and leaving it in a dangerous […]
13th November 2018
A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation into how risks were managed in mental health wards at North Essex Partnership University Trust will continue. HSE has […]
13th November 2018
A Sussex-based fencing company has been sentenced after a worker suffered serious injuries to his hand when installing a vehicle crash barrier. Folkestone Magistrates’ Court heard […]
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 […]