CQMS News
Stay up-to-date with the latest health and safety news from CQMS. Also, check out recent HSE and Corporate Manslaughter prosecutions.
13th May 2020
This guidance will assist employers, businesses and their staff in staying open safely during coronavirus (COVID-19). During this time of unprecedented disruption, the UK Government is […]
11th May 2020
Your risk assessment for working safely during COVID-19 should be shared with your workforce. Please see following notice which you should display in your workplace to […]
11th May 2020
GOV.UK have provided guidance plus a poster to display in your workplace to show you have followed the guidance. Poster – staying-covid-19-secure
11th May 2020
The last two months have been unprecedented and CQMS are ensuring all our clients are continually supported with updated safe systems of work (risk assessments and […]
20th March 2020
A manufacturing company has been fined after an employee’s arm was dragged into a press roller. Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard that on 19 June 2019, an […]
18th March 2020
A Blackburn logistics company has been fined after failing to provide fall protection for workers replacing the roof of its premises. Blackpool Magistrates’ Court heard how, […]
11th March 2020
A landlord from Plymouth has been sentenced after failing to maintain gas appliances and failing to have landlord’s gas safety checks undertaken at his rental property […]
6th March 2020
Stan England Builders Limited has been fined following an incident when a worker suffered serious injuries after falling from a mezzanine level and wooden platform. Aberdeen […]
4th March 2020
A manufacturer of bespoke gates has been fined after an eight-year-old girl was crushed by a steel gate at a London school. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard […]
4th March 2020
A poultry processing company was fined for safety breaches after an agency worker had her thumb severed on a moving part of a processing line. Sheffield […]
3rd March 2020
A waste management company pleaded guilty to causing a life changing injury to one of its employees. Folkestone Magistrates’ Court heard that, on 27 February 2017, […]
3rd March 2020
A yogurt manufacturing company has been prosecuted after two employees suffered serious injuries following the release of an acidic cleaning solution. Telford Magistrates’ Court heard that, […]