CQMS News
Stay up-to-date with the latest health and safety news from CQMS. Also, check out recent HSE and Corporate Manslaughter prosecutions.
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 […]
5th April 2023
A concrete manufacturer has been fined £1m after a 24-year-old man died at a site in Nottingham. Stewart Ramsay, from Mansfield, was working for Creagh Concrete […]
4th April 2023
A man has been jailed after a worker fell from the roof of a commercial property in North London and died a week later. Patrick McCarthy […]
4th April 2023
A report published on Tuesday 4 April has set out in detail the extent to which so-called “forever chemicals” are used in Great Britain. It has […]
3rd April 2023
A manufacturing company has been fined £600,000 after a worker’s leg was crushed by a forklift truck. The man was working for AkzoNobel Packaging Coatings Limited […]
31st March 2023
Automotive group McLaren has been fined £650,000 after a father-of-five from Portsmouth fell to his death carrying out an inspection. David Oldham’s widow, Patricia, says she […]
30th March 2023
An East Yorkshire garden landscaping supply company has been fined £600,000 after an employee died while loading a lorry. Brian White, 59, was working for Kelkay […]