A chemical manufacturing company has been fined £3.8 million following two serious workplace incidents that resulted in life-changing injuries to employees. Industrial Chemicals Ltd (ICL), based in Essex, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive after workers at two separate sites were exposed to sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), a highly corrosive chemical. Serious Injuries [...]
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Companies fined as worker injured at Pirelli factory Three companies have been fined after a lift truck engineer was seriously injured while working at Pirelli Tyres’ factory in Carlisle. Ivan Weightman sustained fractures to his back and leg when two heavy metal skips fell on top of him, trapping the 47-year-old against the ground on [...]
Trees on the Land is a cross-border initiative working to establish young native trees across the 32 counties of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. They run an annual tree planting event with trees being distributed and planted between December and March each year. They provide simple schemes for landowners to access quality native [...]
While workplace health and safety is crucial, we thought this funny safety video by @realadamrose was hilarious since it shows what occurs when these regulations are not followed. Adam plays a construction foreman in the video, keeping a close eye on the workers while they repeatedly make mistakes. We have posted the video below for [...]
A company involved in fruit and vegetable production in the UK has been fined £320,000 after a man was killed at a site in Burscough. The man suffered severe head injuries when he fell from a skip at a farm. He was tipping food waste into a skip from a container attached to a forklift [...]
E-learning, or electronic learning, is the delivery of training and learning through digital resources. E-learning is delivered using electronic devices like computers, tablets, and even mobile phones, even though it is based on formalised learning. This makes it easy for users to learn anytime, anywhere, with very few restrictions. It is training, learning, or education [...]
Christmas time is a great time for family and togetherness. However, it can also be a time of increased fire risk. To have a fire-safe Christmas please remember the following advice. Also, make sure to check out our Fire Safety course by clicking HERE this course is just €60, and is relevant to not only [...]
