News and Prosecutions
Missing light curtain lands directors in court
31 August 2010
Two former directors of a sheet metal making company have been convicted of breaching work equipment regulations after an employee severed two fingertips in a hydraulic press brake.
Lawyers back call for directors’ duties
14 June 2010
Two out of three company lawyers back a new legal health and safety duty for directors, according to a new survey from Manchester-based law firm Pannone.
Director’s “scant regard” for safety prompts five-year ban
21 April 2010
Safety breaches by a fuel storage tank manufacturer, including exposing workers to toxic paint, have led to a five-year ban for its director and a £97,507 penalty for the firm.
EEF urges HSE to resist directors’ duties
3 February 2010
The manufacturers’ organisation EEF is using evidence from its latest annual health and safety survey to call on HSE board members to resist calls for new positive legal duties on…
MP introduces Bill on directors’ duties
21 January 2010
Backbench Labour MP Frank Doran has introduced a Private Members’ Bill to amend the Health and Safety at Work Act and place a positive duty on company directors to ensure…
Articles
Down to penalties
12 January 2010
The revised proposals for guidance to judges on how to set corporate manslaughter and fatality fines has polarised opinion, reports David Bergman.
Talking out of turn
5 January 2010
Stuart Armstrong reveals common tactics used by the police and HSE inspectors in interviews after workplace incidents.
Directors' duties: points in favour
12 October 2009
David Bergman reviews some of the wealth of evidence for a director’s safety duty.
Directors' duties: there's room at the top
4 September 2009
Next spring, the HSE Board will decide whether or not to recommend to ministers that they introduce statutory health and safety duties for directors.
Directors' duties: there's room at the top
4 September 2009
Howard Fidderman explains why HSW and Health and Safety Bulletin are launching a campaign for directors’ statutory health and safety duties.
Five steps debate
Duncan Spencer's recent article in HSW questioning the utility of the HSE's five steps to risk assessment method has prompted a discussion between Spencer and consultant John Anderson.
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