University fined for failure to manage asbestos
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Lincoln University has been fined for putting students, staff and contractors at risk of asbestos exposure.
The management failings were first noticed on 24th February 2010 when a university lecturer became trapped in a room with a broken door lock.
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The fire alarm response 'lotteryy
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The Fire Industry Association has labelled the decision of some UK fire and rescue services not to respond to selected automatic fire alarms as ‘madness’.
Graham Ellicott, Chief executive of the Fire Industry Association, questioned the decision of at least 12 fire and rescue services not to attend...
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Christmas decorations banned over health and safety fears
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In a society obsessed with health and safety perhaps it is no surprise that Christmas is stringently risk-assessed.
Council killjoys have banned a collection of decorations because they look “too much like sweets”.
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Work at height tragedy results in £110,000 fine
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An attempt to improvise a working platform from a metal stillage container mounted on the forks of a forklift truck ended in tragedy when the 60-year old occupant fell from it after it slipped from the forks.
He fell 4 metres on to concrete and struck his head, sustaining injuries from which he died hours later.
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£61,000 fine after Thames Water seawge spill
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One of Britain’s largest water companies has been ordered to pay £61,049 after devastating the aquatic life in two rural brooks in Hampshire and Berkshire killing between 7,500 and 22,000 fish.
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