2/3 of building sites fail Health & Safety inspections
Wed 19 May, 2010Two out of three Lincolnshire construction sites have failed a recent safety inspection. Inspectors from the Safety inspections at Lincolnshire building sites showed that two out of three failed safety standards.
Farmers who fail to comply with safety laws may lose grants
Wed 19 May, 2010FARMERS WHO fail to take legally-binding actions to prevent themselves and their families from being killed on their farms may lose grants and face prosecutions. Minister for Labour Affairs Dara Calleary signalled a stricter approach at the weekend in Co Mayo, where he said he had always favoured “the carrot rather than the stick approach”.
Derbyshire farmer trampled to death by cows
Sat 03 Apr, 2010A farmer was trampled to death by a cow in front of his daughter as the pair put identity tags on their calves. John Ward was working with his 21-year-old daughter Katie at their Derbyshire farm when the accident happened on Wednesday afternoon.
North Devon farm worker killed in hay bale accident
Fri 02 Apr, 2010A man has died in a farm accident in north Devon. Emergency services were called to the farm in the Pyworthy area of Bideford on Monday evening.
BSIA publishes Employers’ Guide to Lone Workers
Mon 08 Mar, 2010The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has published a guide to help employers understand their responsibilities towards lone workers. ‘Lone Workers – An Employers’ Guide’ provides employers with easy-to-follow advice about British Standard BS8484 – the Code of Practice for the provision of Lone Worker Services – and what they should look for when sourcing a supplier.
Mental Health Matters fined over Ashleigh Ewing's death
Tue 02 Feb, 2010Ashleigh Ewing, 22, was killed in Newcastle in May 2006 during a home visit on behalf of Sunderland-based charity Mental Health Matters. Yesterday the organisation apologised "unreservedly" after admitting breaching health and safety laws by allowing the psychology graduate to visit the service user on her own.
Sent to her death: Mental health charity allowed trainee to visit schizophrenic killer's flat on her own
Tue 02 Feb, 2010Mental health worker Ashleigh Ewing was stabbed to death by paranoid schizophrenic Ronald Dixon. A charity sent a lone trainee to the home of a paranoid schizophrenic who stabbed her to death, a court heard yesterday.
NHS Worker Assaulted Every Ten Minutes
Mon 16 Nov, 2009An NHS worker is assaulted every 10 minutes in England, official figures have revealed. Almost 55,000 physical assaults on staff were reported in 2008/9 with all areas of the health service affected, the NHS Security Management Service said.
Death of an employee likely to cost rail companies “at least half a million”
Thu 05 Nov, 2009Rail companies found guilty of the new offence of corporate manslaughter could face fines of at least half a million pounds. New draft guidelines on sentencing for the offence have been analysed by health & safety expert Paul Darby from training company Pivotal Performance. And he notes that fines will not be linked to profit or turnover.
Industries being told to tighten up on Lone Worker Protection
Wed 21 Oct, 2009Amid indications that sentencing for the new Corporate Manslaughter Act is likely to become even more stringent, legal experts have issued a warning to senior managers in the Waste Management industry about the implications of not taking lone worker protection seriously.
Transport staff face violence at work, research suggests
Mon 12 Oct, 2009Public transport staff are being shouted at and even attacked by irate passengers when services fail, research suggests. As many as 19 per cent have witnessed verbal assaults on staff in the last five years, while 2 per cent have seen physical attacks, a survey by security solutions company G4S showed.
NHS to get £300,000 from the Welsh Assembly Government fund for CCTV
Mon 05 Oct, 2009The 12-month trial is backed by £300,000 Welsh Assembly Government funding. Mrs Hart said in April that the trial sites would be Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil; Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport; West Wales General Hospital, Carmarthen; Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor and five ambulances based at Blackweir Ambulance Station, Cardiff.
NHS staff report rise in attacks
Fri 02 Oct, 2009NHS staff: 13 per cent rise in attacks Violence against NHS staff has risen sharply despite a campaign to stem the level of abuse, says a report. There were 95,000 physical and verbal assaults last year by patients and their families. Nurses are four times more likely to suffer an attack than most other workers - second only to the police and security services, says the report by the Public Accounts Committee.
Attacks on ambulance crews reach record levels
Sun 27 Sep, 2009THE number of violent yobs convicted of attacking frontline emergency workers has hit an all-time high. Convictions and prosecutions have more than doubled since new laws to protect hospital staff were brought in four years ago.
Police collaborate with NHS to reduce violence towards health workers
Thu 24 Sep, 2009The NHS in Wales have entered into a historic deal with police officers to help to combat violence towards health workers. Figures show that during 2007 and 2008, more than 7,000 violent or aggressive incidents were committed against nurses or other heath care workers in the NHS. Many of these incidents were towards lone workers who visited or dealt with patients on their own.
Not all Lone Worker Protection solutions will meet your duty of care requirement
Thu 24 Sep, 2009Argyll welcomes the introduction of any solution designed to improve Lone Worker safety but be careful warns Argyll CEO, Tom Morton; "This particular approach may not necessarily meet the duty of care requirement. The reliance on a single device to fulfil a duty of care obligation is in itself fundamentally risky. Primarily the function of any device should be to fulfil the duty of care and additionally provide the means to reliably raise an alert or summon assistance when needed…Our experience managing over 25,000 lone workers across many different sectors, indicates that the need to summon assistance equates to only a very small percentage of the total employers duty of care requirement and comply with the recent Corporate Manslaughter legislation.
Colin Hooper of IC Roofing also received a £10,000 fine after worker's fatal fall
Tue 27 Jan, 2009A roofer from Brighton has been jailed for 12 months after being found guilty of corporate manslaughter following the death of a worker who fell through a skylight.
Miller Homes Choose Argyll Lone Worker Solution
Thu 23 Oct, 2008Miller Homes, part of the Miller Group, have renewed their lone worker safety solution with Argyll.
