CQMS News
Stay up-to-date with the latest health and safety news from CQMS. Also, check out recent HSE and Corporate Manslaughter prosecutions.
30th May 2017
The CLP Regulation ensures that the hazards presented by chemicals are clearly communicated to workers and consumers in the European Union through classification and labeling of […]
1st October 2016
CQMS are pleased to advise our Managing Director, Eleanor Eaton, has been appointed Chair of Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) Ltd. Eleanor advises: I have been a […]
1st August 2016
A boss of hire firm Bilston Skips has been spared jail after being found guilty of causing the death of one of his workers through gross […]
1st July 2016
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 is a landmark in law. For the first time, companies and organisations can be found guilty of corporate […]
27th June 2016
A construction firm based in north London has been fined £550,000 for corporate manslaughter offences. Monavon Construction Ltd pleaded guilty to two counts of corporate manslaughter […]
30th May 2016
Martinisation (London) Ltd charged with corporate manslaughter after the death of two employees The Director of Martinisation (London) Ltd, Martin Gutaj, has been charged with health […]
21st March 2016
Solar panel specialists in court for roof light fall failings A solar panel firm has been £153,000 after a worker was seriously injured in a fall […]
21st March 2016
Automotive company fined after worker loses finger A Birmingham-based automotive company has been fined after a worker lost his finger. Birmingham Magistrates’ Court heard how a […]
15th March 2016
Contractor fined after worker injured in cable strike A Helensburgh-based contracting company has been fined after a worker hit an underground cable and suffered burns to […]
15th March 2016
National crane company fined £750,000 for two deaths after collapse A national crane hire company has been sentenced for failings that led to the death of […]
10th March 2016
Barnstaple gas engineer prosecuted following unsafe asbestos removal at a tenants’ home A gas engineer removed potentially dangerous asbestos material during a gas boiler replacement putting […]
9th March 2016
In R v Ozdil Investments Ltd, two companies were convicted of corporate manslaughter and their directors imprisoned for health and safety breaches, after a worker suffered fatal […]