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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Following the recent closure of a retail outlet in Co.Wexford due to unsanitary conditions on their premises, we thought now would be a good time to highlight the importance of health and safety in the workplace. Health and safety laws apply to all employers, self-employed people, and employees in their workplaces. This includes fixed-term employees [...]
Did you know that, on average, two million brain cells die every minute after a stroke? But did you also know that you can make a difference to the outcome of a stroke, if it happens to you or someone else, by acting F.A.S.T.? What is F.A.S.T.? F.A.S.T. is a simple test that can help [...]
Three Dublin city centre restaurants were closed for the breach of food safety regulations last month. One of the several reasons cited for closure was lack of training resources for staff. Make sure your staff have the appropriate training necessary to safely work with food by booking them onto one of our HACCP Food Safety [...]
The Health & Safety Authority have advised that their agriculture inspectors are engaged in an intensive campaign this fortnight, focusing on farms and farming. They will be paying particular attention to the use of Quad bikes, which are a main cause of serious and fatal injury on Irish farms. For more information see https://www.hsa.ie/eng/your_industry/agriculture_forestry/
