by theEHP | Apr 19, 2011 | Health & Safety
To help businesses develop health & safety policies, the HSE has created a template that can be download and completed. The template includes a section for risk assessments so that businesses can record everything in one document. It also provides an example...
by theEHP | Apr 19, 2011 | Health & Safety
Environmental health officers give hotel bosses the green light after an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease reports Osborne Richardson. The Landmark Hotel in Dundee was closed for a brief period when a guest contracted the disease after using the hotel and spa...
by theEHP | Apr 14, 2011 | Health & Safety
Asbestos was extensively used as a building material in the UK from the 1950s through to the mid-1980s. It was used for a variety of purposes and was ideal for fireproofing and insulation. The HSE image library shows the many forms of asbestos use....
by theEHP | Apr 12, 2011 | Health & Safety
Supermarket giant Tesco has been fined £48,000 after a local authority in Berkshire discovered a number of health and safety failings at one of its stores. The company was prosecuted by the environmental health department of Bracknell Forest Council for breaches...
by theEHP | Apr 11, 2011 | Health & Safety
A leading construction equipment manufacturer has been prosecuted by a trading standards authority after a random sample of its hard hats failed prescribed safety tests. The hard hats were purchased by a trading standards officer from Brent and Harrow Council. Yeovil...
by theEHP | Apr 8, 2011 | Health & Safety
Property developer fined £10,000 after contractors exposed to asbestos. Michael Murton told contractors to remove coating which contained asbestos from steel beams while refurbishing a Wrexham nightclub, exposing the workers to the dangerous substance for a number of...
