CQMS News
Stay up-to-date with the latest health and safety news from CQMS. Also, check out recent HSE and Corporate Manslaughter prosecutions.
1st December 2012
Piling contractor fined for neglecting safety A specialist piling contractor has been fined £16,000 after it was found to be operating a powerful rig without a […]
20th November 2012
PS & JE Ward, who run a flower nursery Belmont in Norfolk, have been charged with corporate manslaughter in relation to the death of an employee […]
11th November 2012
The HSE is issuing this notice to those who use, install, maintain or distribute wood pellet boilers or manufacture/store/distribute wood pellets. Since 2002 there have been […]
28th October 2012
LPG supplier fined following tanker gas leak An LPG supplier has been fined £25,000 after a large leakage from a tanker caused the emergency services to […]
11th October 2012
This alert is to warn operators that fire resistant composite materials, especially FRP deck gratings, used offshore may fail, or lose integrity, after exposure to relatively […]
11th September 2012
This safety bulletin draws attention to key aspects of the proper management of the risks from legionella in water systems other than cooling towers and evaporative […]
20th July 2012
Lion Steel maintenance worker Steven Berry died from his injuries after an accident on 28 May 2008 when he fell through a fibreglass roof light 13 […]
11th July 2012
This Safety Notice is aimed at organisations with vertical lifting platforms for people with impaired mobility, or passenger lifts, installed at their premises. The Safety Notice informs […]
11th July 2012
The purpose of this safety notice is to alert dutyholders that hooped ladders (with or without a personal fall arrest system) may not be effective in […]
11th July 2012
This safety notice draws attention to key aspects of the proper management of the risks from legionella. Management of the risks from legionella in cooling towers […]
30th May 2012
Northern Ireland company JMW Farms Limited became the second company to be convicted of Corporate Manslaughter in Great Britain and the Safety Health and Practitioner report […]
19th May 2012
Northampton firms in court after worker’s life-changing injuries A scaffolding firm and the owner of a roofing company have been fined after a worker suffered serious […]