Fire fine reminds pub co of liability for licensees

Fire doors screwed shut and blocked fire escapes have landed a national pub management company penalties of £15,000 under the Fire Safety Order.

Conveyor injury carries snackmaker into the dock

A Teesside biscuit maker has been fined £2400 plus £2000 costs after one of its employees trapped his hand while cleaning a machine.

Crane fault dropped 1.8 tonne reels near worker

Merseyside crane maker Rossendale Group has been fined £10,000 for failing to ensure the safety of one of its products after an electric overhead moving crane dropped a 1.8 tonne load, narrowly missing its operator.

Rotten stairs drop pub co in £71,500 worth of trouble

The Punch Pub Company has been fined £65,000 after a visiting consultant fell through decayed timber steps at a Hemel Hempstead inn.

Work assaults up more than half

Workers in England and Wales suffered an estimated 627,000 incidents of violence at work during the year, comprising 321,000 assaults and 305,000 threats.

Health and Safety '10 - South

We check out the seminar programme at next month’s Sandown show.

First aid changes

From 1 October, the HSE revised its guidance to the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 and introduced new approved training courses. The First Aid at Work course reduces from four to three days and a new one-day Emergency First Aider in the Wo

Pay survey 2009

More than 800 health and safety practitioners gave us details of their pay and benefits for this year’s salary poll. Louis Wustemann does the sums.

Government details blacklisting ban Regs December 2009

The Department of Business Innovation and Skills has published details of the regulations due next year to outlaw blacklisting of trade unionists.

HSW/IIRSM conference 2009: led to safety

Louis Wustemann picks out the highlights of this year’s joint HSW and IIRSM event and Sasha Wood reports back from the British Safety Council’s construction seminar.