Case Study

‘Relationships’ are one of the 6 main causes of stress at work.

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Although dealing with conflict can be something many people actively seek to avoid, new research shows that people rarely regret trying informal approaches.  Last month Acas published independent research exploring how workplace conflicts are managed informally. It found that when done well and used appropriately, informal resolution offers a lot of benefits: preserving relationships reducing stress it cost less than formal procedures.Even…

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Ladders and Stepladder

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Ladders and stepladders are not banned under health and safety law. The law calls for a sensible, proportionate approach to managing risk, and ladders can be a sensible and practical option for low-risk, short-duration tasks, although they should not automatically be your first choice. There are simple, sensible precautions you should take to stay safe when using portable leaning ladders and stepladders in the workplace.…

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Firm handed £220,000 fine after its director was killed by reversing lorry

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British Millerain Company Ltd failed to install a safe system of work to manage HGVs reversing into its warehouse and also failed to assess the risks involved in undertaking this work as well as providing training to staff, a court has been told. Daniel Ames, one of the firm’s directors, died in hospital from his crush injuries after being trapped between a reversing heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and some steel storage racks in the manufacturer’s Rochdale warehouse.…

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Paddleboard tour leader jailed over deaths of four people

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A paddleboard business owner has been jailed for 10 years and six months for gross negligence manslaughter following the deaths of four people in 2021. Nerys Lloyd, 39, from Aberavon, who was the owner and sole director of Salty Dog Co Ltd, was charged with the gross negligence manslaughter of Paul O’Dwyer, 42, Andrea Powell, 41, Morgan Rogers, 24, and Nicola Wheatley, 40, following their tragic deaths following the incident in Haverfordwest Town Weir on 30 October 2021.…

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News and Prosecutions

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HSE News Wales: New partner joins HSE campaign to tackle stress in workplaces across Wales The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) campaign aimed at preventing or combatting stress in the workplace has welcomed a new partner ahead of stress awareness month in April.  Healthy Working Wales has become the 36th organisation to join Working Minds as part of its mission to improve the health of employees across Wales. …

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Construction firm fined as HSE inspection identifies catalogue of failures

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A renovation company in South Wales has been sentenced after defying enforcement notices from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Inspectors say Greenlife Property Developments Ltd failed to heed their warnings about the dangers posed to workers by a two-and-a-half metre deep excavation of the entire back garden of a house in Pit Place, Cwmbach, Aberdare.…

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Silhouette Construction workers on a scaffold

Company fined for unsafe scaffolding

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In May 2021, the workplace regulator identified serious issues with the construction of the scaffold and the assembly instructions had not been followed while the scaffold tower was being built on Rice Hey Road. No ladder was used access the scaffold. Instead, workers climbed the rungs of the scaffold itself as opposed to a proprietary ladder.

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Monthly Update, night drawing in, stress management, legionnaires disease

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Keep safe at work as the nights draw in At this time of year surfaces can be perilous, which means slips and trips accidents are are likely to become more frequent. Poor lighting, excess water from rain and even wet and decaying leaves can all cause slip and trip accidents to increase significantly.…

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Companies fined after dad crushed to death by machine

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Two companies have been fined after a father-of-three was crushed to death by a machine. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation found the incident was entirely avoidable and Russell Hartley would still be alive had this work been planned, managed and monitored to a sufficient standard. Mr Hartley, was a self-employed engineer from Sheffield who had been hired by Premier Engineering Projects Ltd to replace machinery at a materials recycling facility on Twelvetrees Crescent, Bow, London.…

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Accident & Investigations

Company fined £1m as employee suffers serious injuries

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A logistics company has been fined £1 million after an employee fell over 10 metres and sustained serious injuries. Christopher Hooper suffered fractures to his skull, back, pelvis, arm, wrist and ankle after falling 11 metres at DP World Southampton’s terminal on 20 September 2022. The 31-year-old, from Winchester, had fallen through an open hole in the driver’s cab of a straddle carrier, landing on the concrete floor below.…

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Waste management company fined after worker suffers burns to body and face

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A worker suffered burns to his face and body after the crowbar he was using came into contact with a live electrical conductor. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted a waste management company following the incident on 14 July 2021. The man was moving heavy duty electrical cables with a metal crowbar on a mobile elevating working platform when the bar came into contact with the live conductor, causing an electrical explosion at Copper Hill industrial estate, Ermine Street, Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire.…

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April News

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Director jailed for failing to protect workers from asbestos exposure A company director has been jailed for eight months after failing to protect workers from exposure to asbestos at a student development project in Winchester. Stephen Davies, 59, had set up Cavendish Winchester Ltd with the sole purpose of refurbishing the Winnall Close commercial unit into student rental accommodation.…

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