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Too many people use health and safety as an excuse to hide behind, the Chair of the Health and Safety Executive has warned.

 

The purpose of this circular is to provide general advice on dealing with the situation of authorising others to accompany an enforcement officer on a visit. It does not cover empowering others to carry out enforcement type duties

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Companies facing prosecution by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) can take some comfort from a recent High Court decision, writes lawyer Bob Davies.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has been fined £25,000 for exposing its employees to the risk of infection from the potentially deadly E.coli O157 bacteria.

 

A construction company and two of its directors must pay more than £90,000 in penalties following the death of a member of the public at a building site in West Sussex.

 

A builder appeared in court after he ignored three HSE enforcement notices ordering him to secure and prevent access to an excavation site at a residential property in Oldham.

Electrical retail giant Comet has been fined £75,000 after a contractor fell through a roof light at its Wrexham store.

 

A worker who had only been on site for two weeks, died after his head was crushed while he was clearing a conveyor.

 

Businesses on industrial estates in and around Southampton are being invited to a special event to learn how they can benefit from free health and safety training and support.

 

A company has been prosecuted for health and safety failings after an employee was struck by a reversing fork-lift truck at its depot in Stevenage.

Several cars were damaged after an 85-metre scaffold collapsed during high winds in a residential street in Middlesbrough.

A worker had to have his lower leg amputated after it was crushed underneath a surface-paving machine.

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