Welcome to the latest edition of the health & safety newsletter.
Featured articles
The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of Tangerine Confectionery Limited which was convicted of health and safety breaches in April 2010 following the death of one of its employees who was crushed to death in the automatic arms of a machine.
The European week of safety and health at work will be between 25 October and 1 November 2011 and will focus on safe maintenance.
A consultation proposing the abolition of the adventure activities licensing regime in favour of a voluntary code of practice has been launched by the HSE.
Subject to certain conditions, a disclosure on health and safety grounds is protected under current employment law. So does this mean that when an employee blows the whistle, there is nothing you can do?
A company has been fined £100,000 following the death of one of its employees who was run over by a fork lift truck on their meat packing site in Broxburn, West Lothian.
The work related deaths protocol is to be changed to allow prosecutions to be brought for potential breaches of health and safety legislation prior to an Inquest being held.
The Employment Minister Chris Grayling has spoken about the ten most ridiculous health and safety bans he has come across since coming into government a year ago.
Plans to extend the reporting requirement under Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) from the current 3 day absence reporting trigger to seven days, has been approved by the HSE Board.
September marks two changes in services from HSE with the RIDDOR reporting system to change to a predominantly online reporting facility from 12 September 2011 and the closure of the Infoline telephone advisory service from 30 September 2011.
If you have any queries about any of our articles please contact the editor, Amy Sadro, solicitor in our Regulatory Services Unit at amy.sadro@weightmans.com or 020 7822 7152.