RIDDOR legal requirements when to report COVID-19
This guidance is for the person reporting, usually the employer(known as the ‘responsible person’) or appointed health and safety competent person. Members of the public and non-wor...
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This guidance is for the person reporting, usually the employer(known as the ‘responsible person’) or appointed health and safety competent person. Members of the public and non-wor...
Read MoreAs an employer, you’re required by law to protect your employees, and others, from harm. Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, the minimum you must do is: ident...
Read MoreDame Judith Hackett said: ‘They can no longer rely on “I did what the rules said”; from now on, they will have to demonstrate to the regulator that the building is safe. That cultur...
Read MoreThe Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been issued with its second Crown Censure in a month after another military diver died during training. A 26-year-old Marine was taking part in a maritime t...
Read MoreThe director of a scaffolding firm has been handed a 12-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, after an employee sustained fatal head injuries when the structure he was working on collapsed. &...
Read MoreThe recent publication of the Government’s draft Building Safety Bill confirms its commitment to putting safety at the heart of all future building design and development. It also ensures that build...
Read MoreCOVID-19 has had devastating effects worldwide, which saddens me greatly. Though as a woman who always see the positives – it may just lead to safer, healthier ways of working. For instance, s...
Read MoreMany businesses have been amazed how well working from home has gone and have figured out they could save millions of pounds by making it a permanent part of their business, especially when it can cos...
Read MoreThe Government has published sets of guidance aimed at helping employers work safely during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. One of the key requirements in these guides is the need for employers t...
Read MoreThe Risk Assessment template for COVID-19 contains possible issues and risks you need to be thinking about and acting on as we get back to what’s being described as the ‘new normal’. Ou...
Read MoreThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced it is restarting ‘proactive’ inspections, as much of the country gets back to work after the lockdown was eased. The safety regu...
Read MoreQ&A with panel of business experts offering advice and tips on returning safely to your office environment. About this Event LIVE Q&A on managing a smooth transition back to the ...
Read MoreNational working from home day promotes employees to work from home! When COVID-19 speedily spreed across the world and changed all of our lives. Employers had no choice in sending the maj...
Read MoreThose who cannot work from home are being ‘actively encouraged’ back into workplaces and expected to manage and control COVID-19 risk. Employers and in house health and safety teams are ex...
Read MoreSpecific to Health and Safety legislation, what we do best, the below sets out the TUC’s view of the immediate action that needs to be taken to ensure safe working and secure public support for a w...
Read MoreFollowing this weeks media ‘stir up’ on the stages of release of lockdown (which still feels serial typing), you will no doubt be feeling anxious about your employees and contractors returning to ...
Read MoreAlex at LCS talks to BBC Radio on some of the control measures, business need to have in place for their people returning to the workplace. Contact us direct for COVID-19 returnin...
Read MoreAs we start to see increased movement of traffic and people starting to go back to the workplace as businesses and health and safety professionals are putting in controls to reduce the risk of COVID-1...
Read MoreAlex at LCS talks to BBC Radio on the effects of COVID-19 on the construction industry. For help in managing COVID-19 in your workplace, contact us....
Read MoreAlex at LCS talks to Rodger Philips at BBC Radio Merseyside on the effects of the corona virus is having on the construction industry and how LCS has been supporting clients to continue to work. ...
Read MoreThe Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has said that it could shut down sites that are not effectively implementing social distancing. But it is not clear how it will know, since the HSE has s...
Read MoreIn the past few weeks, our lives have changed beyond all recognition. With stringent restrictions on our movement, full time living together, virtually all jobs have changed in some way. With millions...
Read MoreWith continuing uncertainty around the ongoing impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19), it is important we let you know the ways we’re supporting employers and their people during these challenging tim...
Read MoreIn 2012, the HSE introduced Fees for Intervention (FFI), a scheme to charge companies who fail to meet their legal obligations and are deemed to be in material breach of health and safety regulations...
Read MorePenalties for health and safety breaches in the UK have steadily risen, with 2019 being no exception, with fines exceeding over £1 million! What is saddening is that all of the human tragedies were c...
Read MoreToo many senior managers still tend to regard health and safety as a low level, regulatory compliance restriction, rather than a key strategic aspect of business performance. LCS strives to raise awar...
Read MoreTesco has been handed a £700,000 fine after a 91-year-old pensioner slipped at store and broke his hip. The IP was pushing his trolley in a meat and dairy produce aisle at the Tesco Extra store. He s...
Read MoreAfter failing to control the removal of asbestos. A property owner and building contractors have both been sentenced after a refurbishment project of an old hotel was found to contain asbestos contain...
Read MoreThe Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015) have been in force since April 2015 but there are still many areas of confusion and misunderstanding. We answer some of the more ...
Read MoreLeeds Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 28th April 2016, Mark Smith, aged 36, fell 4.8 metres through an unprotected opening while working at Stone Gappe Hall in Lothersdale. The house is owned by a ...
Read MoreA solar panel company and its director have been sentenced after his brother’s fatal fall from height. Worcester Crown Court heard that on 9 December 2015, during installation of solar panels on the...
Read MoreOne of the main statutory responsibilities falling on directors is the understating of the Health and Safety Policy Is there support for Leaders in Health & Safety? Yes. As company directors...
Read MoreA worker was using a forklift truck near a row of FIBCs (flexible intermediate bulk containers), when they reversed the vehicle and tore a bulk bag. While attempting to repair the tear, an FIBC weighi...
Read Moreand how does it relate to responsibilities placed upon individuals (s36) and Leaders s3&) in the Health and Safety at Work, etc Act 1974? Gross negligence manslaughter occurs when someone i...
Read MoreThe number of injuries and incidents at work across Great Britain is still too high, new statistics show. Figures show that around 581,000 workers sustained non-fatal injuries in 2018/2019, wit...
Read MoreA sole director and employee of a Ltd company has been sentenced after an employee, was crushed to death by an excavator bucket, which director was operating. The employee was pinned against the wall ...
Read MoreA Liverpool port operating company has been sentenced after a worker was struck by a load falling from two fork lift trucks (FLTs) at the Port of Liverpool in Seaforth. Liverpool Magistrates’ Court ...
Read MoreThe demand for safety management services and solutions is soaring – this is why LCS is here. To support business with legal compliance services in health and safety. Recent changes to UK legi...
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