A company has been fined £27,500 and ordered to pay costs of £10,700, at Southampton Crown Court, after pleading guilty to to three breaches of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health ...

This is the final post in our series of articles focusing on reports available and generated by the PYRAMID™ Risk Management System. This article focuses on incident reports which include accident, ...

Gas isolation valves are provided, clearly identified, and easily accessible. It should be company policy that all gas appliances are maintained and serviced by a competent Gas Safe registered ...

This post is part of the “Focus on Health and Safety Audit Questions” series. A series which focuses on questions asked by our health and safety consultants when conducting a health and safety audit.

In this article we take a look at the anatomy of a fire risk assessment report and find out what should be included. This article can be used as a guide when you receive a report following a fire risk ...

This article has been written to work as a reference when you are completing a health and safety workplace accident report and investigation. It is always good practice to record an accident however ...

A list of expensive fines given to companies who have been in breach of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Gurpartap Singh Bhullar is a landlord from Slough, Berkshire. Bhullar appeared ...

A defect log or maintenance book should be available for all staff and service providers to report defects to management. Amber: A log exists but is not kept up to date i.e. no evidence of management ...

Supermarket Tesco was recently fined £48,000 for health and safety breaches after a successful prosecution by Bracknell Forest Council. The Council’s environmental health team prosecuted the company ...

An employee of a Hertfordshire-based company suffered multiple crush injuries when he was struck by a 3.2 tonne reel of paper while on-site at it’s premises in Essex. Whilst being inside of a ...

Do you have neighbours who are causing you issues when it comes to the fire safety of your home or place of work? How do you deal with this? How can you get to a successful and safe resolution to the ...

This article introduces the Fire Risk Assessment Prioritisation Tool (FRAPT), explains what it is and how to use it. FRAPT is an online tool that helps Responsible Persons (RPs) to prioritise their ...