CQMS News
Stay up-to-date with the latest health and safety news from CQMS. Also, check out recent HSE and Corporate Manslaughter prosecutions.
2nd January 2018
Companies and people working in food manufacturing are being told they must pay closer attention to how they manage workplace health risks or face serious penalties. […]
13th December 2017
A BURY company which came under fire following the death of a young father at work has lost its transport licence. Benjamin Edge was working at Fletcher […]
10th December 2017
A former anti-terror officer who was one of the first on the scene of the Brighton bombing in 1984 has died from cancer after inhaling asbestos […]
10th December 2017
The standard question set for construction industry prequalification, has just had a major overhaul. The updated PAS 91 document, which is already used for public sector […]
8th December 2017
The Lundy Company Limited and Justin Courtney Ford have both been fined today (08/12/2017) after a self-employed worker fell more than three metres through a fragile […]
7th December 2017
An arboriculture company has been fined after an eighty-two foot tree they were felling crashed down onto two cars and narrowly missed two members of the […]
4th December 2017
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has taken the decision to serve notice on its contract to provide the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) with card […]
4th December 2017
HSE is reminding companies of the necessity of monitoring workers’ health after a South Wales Housing Association was fined for exposing workers to Hand Arm Vibration […]
1st December 2017
South West Highways Limited (SWHL) has been fined after the death of a 48-year old worker who was struck by a vehicle. Exeter Crown Court heard […]
30th November 2017
The HSE has released key figures for health and safety statistics in Great Britain (2016/17): 1.3 million working people suffering from a work-related illness 2,542 mesothelioma deaths due […]
30th November 2017
Employers publicly committing to making positive changes to their firms’ health and safety culture has resulted in an estimated 300,000 workers reaping the benefits of improved […]
29th November 2017
A London based construction company, Pride Way Development Ltd, has today been fined for repeatedly failing to manage and control fall from height risks. Westminster Magistrates’ […]