Businesses in Rhondda Cynon Taff are being urged to carry out a spring clean to reduce the number injuries from slips, trips and falls. The plan is part of the Health and Safety Executive's Shattered Lives campaign. Figures show that last year the county reported 183 injuries from slips, trips and falls - the fourth highest number in Wales. HSE principal inspector Mike Thomas … [Read more...] about Welsh Businesses Urged to Keep Workplace Clean
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Roofer Dies in Ladder Fall
A roofing boss will face the next 10 months behind bars after one of his employees plummeted 30ft to his death when working on a retail unit in Wales.Daniel Dennis, 17, from Pyle, Bridgend, suffered serious injuries after falling through a skylight at a retail unit in Cwmbran while working for North Eastern Roofing in 2003.The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) later … [Read more...] about Roofer Dies in Ladder Fall
Refurb Sector Not Performing on Safety
"Over one in three construction sites visited put the lives of workers at risk and operated so far below the acceptable standard that our inspectors served 395 enforcement notices and stopped work on 30% of the sites", Geoffrey Podger, HSE's Chief Executive said today.This comes after The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) carried out over 1000 spot checks of refurbishment … [Read more...] about Refurb Sector Not Performing on Safety
HSE Shattered Lives Campaign
Every day workers are taking unqualified risks when working at height. Many will not have undertaken a suitable risk assessment and as such are likely to be using inappropriate equipment. Subsequently they will not only be risking thier own lives, but that of their co-workers and others around them.The HSE has embarked on the Shattered Lives (Updated 2018: see … [Read more...] about HSE Shattered Lives Campaign
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Ladder Exchange
Falls from height continue to be the main cause of workplace fatality and one of the main causes of major injury. A fall from a ladder can have dire consequences not just for the worker concerned, but for their employer and their family. Of the 3,409 serious injuries from falls from height in 2006/07, around a third resulted from a fall from a ladder.The HSE are determined … [Read more...] about Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Ladder Exchange
