The 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 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 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 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 the effects of COVID-19 on the construction industry. For help in managing COVID-19 in your workplace, contact us....
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 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 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 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 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 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 ...
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