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September 2017

IOSH Managing safely

in construction online We have extended our range of approved

online courses to include IOSH Managing

safely in construction, making it the lowest-

cost way to study this well-respected

qualification.

The course is 100% online so there is no

longer a need to attend a training centre for

4 to 5 days, or to pay the associated travel

and accommodation fees.

Being online, you can dip in and out of the

course to fit in with your other

commitments.

It takes about 24 to 36 study hours to

complete the course. The only restriction is

that you need to complete the course within

6 months of your original registration.

Speaking about the news, John Constable,

Director and Principal Consultant of HSQE

Ltd said:

“I’m delighted that we have added IOSH

Managing safely in construction to our

online training portfolio.

“The move marks our commitment to

reducing the cost of providing approved

training in vital skills at an affordable price.

“Studying the course online offers many

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conveyed - the approval by IOSH recognises

that fact.”

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September 2017

RIBA drafts new fire guidance as the Metropolitan police investigation continues into the Grenfell fire

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the

Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) are planning a

new add-on to a widely-used project management tool to help

ensure that critical fire safety issues – such as fire-stopping and

cladding design – cannot fall between the gaps in complex

project teams.

The RIBA Plan of Work, first developed in 1963 and updated in

2013, is a process map for the briefing, design and execution

of construction projects. It is widely followed by architects and

the wider construction industry.

The draft can be viewed at: https://drive.google.com/file/

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The RIBA and ASFP were working on the project before the fire

at Grenfell Tower, but are now seeking to publish the new

guidance for the industry urgently – possibly by Christmas.

The update would have no official status in regulation or

legislation, but would act as the best available practical guide

for project teams to navigate their requirements, advising on

the timing of key decisions and when specialist advice should

be sought.

The aftermath of the Grenfell fire has featured in the agenda

of the Labour Party Conference, with a motion calling for the

public inquiry to take a “wider remit and consider the broad

range of issues requested by residents, trade unions and other

interested parties”.

The motion, proposed by the Fire Brigades Union, says that the

inquiry should examine “the whole deregulatory agenda of

past governments since the 1980s and [underline] the

irreplaceable role of regulation in keeping communities safe”.

Also this month, the Metropolitan Police said that they had

identified 336 different organisations that had been involved in

the construction, refurbishment or management of Grenfell

Tower. Each organisation is being contacted to establish

exactly what its role was.

Where their role is considered relevant, the Met said that it

would recover digital downloads of all business records. So far,

in excess of 31 million documents have been recovered and it

is anticipated that number will increase.

The Met will use specialist software to enable officers to

process and search millions of documents in order to find any

relevant material that may be used evidentially at a later

stage.

Meanwhile, the forensic examination of the tower is expected

to continue until the beginning of 2018. This includes

photographing and documenting every room on every floor,

paying particular attention to fire safety provisions such as fire

doors, the standards of construction work, the routing of

pipework and smoke extraction systems.

After that, officers will conduct a series of further forensic

tests, including reconstructions. Only after that work is

compete will officers be in a position to fully understand what

happened, what went wrong and what questions need to be

answered.

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September 2017

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September 2017

Iceland foods fined £2.5m following fatal accident

Iceland Foods Limited has been fined £2.5 million at a

sentencing hearing at Grimsby Crown Court, following a fatal

accident at the company’s store in Rotherham.

The incident, on 28 October 2013, happened when a

contractor visited the store to replace filters within an air

conditioning unit located on a plant plaform above a

suspending ceiling, which was located in the warehouse.

The contractor fell three metres from the platform and

through the suspended ceiling, sustaining fatal injuries.

Iceland had previously been found guilty of breaching Sections

2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

following a three-week trial held at Sheffield Crown Court in

July 2017.

An investigation by Adrian Monkhouse, principal

environmental health officer at the council, revealed there

were no barriers in place to prevent falls from the platform,

the area of the platform immediately in front of the access

ladder was restricted (just 45cm in width) and there were

several tripping hazards in this area, including cabling and the

fixing points for the ladder itself.

Iceland Foods Limited was instructed to take this area out of

use until suitable protective measures had been installed on

the plant platform.

Once this work was carried out to the satisfaction of the

investigating officer, the plant platform was put back into use

in March 2014.

Further investigations revealed that Iceland Foods Limited had

not carried out a risk assessment to consider access to the

plant platform either by contractors or their own employees.

Iceland argued it had intended for a guardrail to be installed

around the plant platform and had in fact paid for one during

refurbishment of the store in January 2013.

In court, Iceland contended that they were entitled to rely on

the specialist contractors who carried out work on the plant

platform to identify the missing handrail. These claims were

rejected by the prosecution and the court.

The company was fined £1.25 million for each offence and

ordered to pay the full costs of £65,019.64 to Rotherham

Council.

How the sentencing guidelines were applied:

• Culpability: Medium

• Seriousness of Harm Risked: Level A

• Likelihood of Harm: High

• Harm Category: 1

• Significant Cause of Actual Harm: Yes

• Size of Organisation: Very large but the Judge stayed within

the large business category

• Turnover: £2.7bn

• Starting point for fine: £1.3m

• Mitigation: full co-operation with prosecution, lack of

previous convictions, remedial measures taken to prevent

re-occurrence.

• Penalty: £1.25m per offence. Total of £2.5m plus costs of

£65,019.64


September 2017

Fine following crush injury

A Wolverhampton based company, Sterry Lane Limited,

trading as LPD Demolition, has been fined after a 39-year old-

employee was crushed by a reversing excavator.

Newcastle under Lyme Magistrates’ Court heard that on 3 May

2016 employees of Sterry Lane Limited, had been contracted

to complete demolition work on a site in Stafford. The

employees were moving debris around the excavator when it

began to reverse, crushing the man and leaving him with

serious injuries to his leg and torso.

The worker suffered multiple fractures to his legs and pelvis, as

well as punctured lungs and liver injuries. He requires

assistance to move around his home and he has not returned

to work more than 16 months after the incident.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found the company

failed to implement a suitable management system to

segregate pedestrians and vehicles on site.

The investigation also found the company failed to adequately

plan the demolition work on site and failed to highlight the

risks of workers and machinery operating in the same areas

without clear communication between the driver and workers

on the ground.

Sterry Lane Limited pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 15

(2) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations

2015.

The company was fined £50,000 and ordered to pay costs of

£1,726.88.

Almost half of Britain’s industry leaders do not feel enough is

being done across industry to tackle cases of work-related ill-

health, according to new research from the Health and Safety

Executive (HSE).

The research also found more than two-fifths of businesses are

reporting a rise in cases of long-term ill-health with the

majority (80%) stating tackling this growing problem is a

priority within their organisation.

The news comes as HSE figures show that work-related ill-

health is costing the economy more than £9bn with 26 million

working days being lost, making it a priority for HSE, as the

Government’s chief occupational health adviser.

The views of 300 major business leaders were sought and 40%

of respondents said their industry was not doing enough to

raise awareness and tackle the causes of long-term work-

related ill-health.

The findings were revealed as HSE announced its new national

campaign – ‘Go Home Healthy’. The campaign aims to reduce

cases of work-related ill-health by shining a light on the causes

and encouraging employers to do the right thing to protect

their workers’ health.

Speaking after the campaign launch, Minister of State for

Disabled People, Health and Work, Penny Mordaunt said:

“Everyone should want to have a healthy and safe

environment at work. Work-related ill-health is a costly issue

for individuals, businesses, and the whole economy. This

campaign will encourage employers to operate healthier

workplaces and ensure workers get the support that they

need.”

Commenting on the findings, HSE’s chair Martin Temple, said:

“The survey findings confirmed what we already suspected –

more needs to be done to tackle work-related ill-health.

“Over the years, figures show that as workplace safety has

improved, health has stagnated. The ‘Go Home Healthy’

campaign is about driving behavioural change in workplaces so

we all can go home healthy. There is a moral, legal, and

business case for employers to do the right thing by their

workers. The importance of more joined-up thinking across

industries when it comes to tackling work-related ill-health

cannot be overstated.”

You can join in the conversation using #WorkRight and follow

@Go_Home_Healthy for campaign updates.

More information on the campaign can be found at:

www.hse.gov.uk/gohomehealthy

GB business leaders: Not enough being done to tackle work-related ill-health

http://www.hse.gov.uk/gohomehealthy


September 2017

Roofing contractor given suspended prison sentence

A roofing contractor has been sentenced for safety breaches

after workers were left at risk of falling from unprotected roof

edges.

The failures of C Smith Roofing were discovered by health and

safety staff who could see unsafe scaffolding from their office

window.

Leeds Crown Court heard that in November 2015 Mr Smith

was contracted to carry out some roof repairs to a Guest

House roof in Northallerton. Scaffolding was erected along the

full length of the roof at the front of the property. However,

due to the presence of a conservatory structure at the rear,

the company only erected a partial scaffold at the rear. It did

not take the conservatory into account which left

approximately two thirds of the rear roof edge unprotected.

In February 2016, nearby health and safety risk managers at

North Yorkshire County Council could see the project from

their office window and had concerns about the safety of the

two workers on a roof where there were inadequate fall

protection measures in place such as scaffolding.

Two operatives working under the control of Mr Smith were at

risk of falling approximately seven metres from the

unprotected edge of the roof at the rear of the property.

Chris Smith pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 6 (3) of the

Work at height Regulations 2005. He was given an eight-month

prison sentence suspended for two years and ordered to

complete 200 hours of community service. In addition, he was

also ordered to pay £5800 costs.

A supplier to the aerospace trade from Durham has been fined

when an employee suffered serious leg injuries.

Merthyr Magistrates’ Court heard how the CAV Aerospace

Limited employee fell into the path of an advancing work

platform at the company’s Llantrisant, Pontycun factory.

The worker’s right leg was trapped and he was dragged along

the metal floor for the length of the machine’s cycle. Mr Paul

Dignam, 40 from Pontypridd suffered significant leg injuries

including two broken ankles and other flesh and muscle

injuries that required vein and skin grafts to both legs.

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into

the incident which occurred on the 5 January 2016, found that

the company had failed to prevent access to dangerous parts

of machinery, namely the milling machine where Mr Dignam

was working.

CAV Aerospace Limited of Consett, Durham pleaded guilty to

breaching Regulation 11(1) of the Provision and Use of Work

Equipment Regulations 1998. The company was fined

£800,000 and ordered to pay costs of £5,119.

Speaking after the hearing HSE inspector Wayne Williams said:

“This injury could have been easily prevented and the risk

should have been identified.

“Employers should make sure they properly assess and apply

effective control measures to minimise the risk from

dangerous parts of machinery.”

Manufacturer sentenced


September 2017

Updated Asbestos Essentials

The suite of free-to-download ‘asbestos essentials’ task sheets

have been reviewed and updated by the Health and Safety

Executive (HSE).

Asbestos essentials task sheets tell employers, managers and

sole traders what to do when they need to work on or near

asbestos containing materials (ACMs). They help those people

to decide what category of asbestos work it is and how to plan

the work safely. Higher-risk work with ACMs, including sprayed

coatings, loose asbestos, lagging, insulation and jobs involving

asbestos insulating board (AIB) – apart from some very limited-

duration works to AIB – will require an HSE-licensed

contractor.

The task sheets cover work that does not need a licence if

carried out as the sheets describe. Each sheet describes what

equipment is required for a particular task and covers the

action needed to reduce exposure to an adequate level.

More information can be accessed at:

www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/essentials/

Two scaffold Inspectors have been prosecuted after a worker

fell through a gap between the scaffolding and the building,

resulting in serious injuries.

Greater Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how on 26th

March 2014, the 49-year old worker was working on a re-

roofing project.

As he stepped down from the untiled roof onto a fixed

scaffold, he fell through a gap between the working platform

of the scaffolding and the building. He suffered fracture

injuries to his spine and had to wear a back brace for -eight

weeks.

The scaffolding had been signed off as safe for use by Mr

Stephen Harper and Mr Garry Arnold. The Health and Safety

Executive (HSE) investigation revealed that they had not

carried out the relevant inspections and had falsified the

certificates to show that all was safe for use.

Speaking after the hearing HSE Inspector Matt Greenly said:

“Scaffold Inspectors are relied upon by workers and must be

trusted. Falsely completing reports without carrying out a

thorough inspection can lead to serious risks being missed and

life changing accidents occurring.”

Stephen Harper and Garry Arnold pleaded guilty to breaching

Section 7(a) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

and were each sentenced to 170 hours community service and

ordered to pay £1,500 costs.

A food seasoning manufacturer has been fined after an agency

worker suffered serious hand injuries.

Northampton Magistrates’ Court heard how the man, working

at Symrise Ltd in Corby was cleaning near the screw conveyor

machine, when he tripped and his finger came into contact

with the moving parts of the machine. The worker suffered a

partial amputation to his left hand following this incident.


the incident which occurred on 13 September 2016 found the

vacuum point, for cleaning this screw conveyor did not have

adequate guarding to prevent people coming into contact with

this dangerous part of the machine.

Symrise Ltd of Fieldhouse Lane, Marlow was found guilty of

breaching Section 11(1) of the Provision and Use of Work

Equipment Regulations 1998 and has been fined £55,000 and

ordered to pay costs of £1293.

Scaffold inspectors prosecuted Hand injury leads to fine

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September 2017

Bakery fined after contractor death

A Hull based bakery has been fined following the death of self-

employed electrical contractor who died following a fall from

height.

Hull Crown Court heard how the worker was contracted to

complete electrical work at Greencore Grocery Ltd site in Hull.

In October 2013, the worker was wiring a motor situated

above a machine whilst standing on a stepladder. The

company agreed this work activity could be completed using a

stepladder which it had provided. The employee fell from the

step ladder and suffered fatal injuries.

An investigation by the Health and Safety executive (HSE)

found that Greencore failed to properly plan this workplace

activity from the beginning including access arrangements to

be made for installation of motors to use to carry out this work

activity.

Greencore Grocery Ltd of Apex Park, Amsterdam Road, Sutton

Fields Industrial Estate Hull, pleaded guilty to breaching

Section 3 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

The company has been fined £1million and ordered to pay

costs of £30,000.

An engineering company has been fined after a 29-year-old

worker was diagnosed with hand-arm vibration syndrome

(HAVS) – a condition causing tingling, pins and needles,

numbness and pain in the affected person’s hands.

Greater Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how the

employee, who was working in the trimming department at

Taylor Engineering and Plastics Limited, was exposed to

vibration from tools used to sand components. Health

surveillance implemented at the company in 2014 showed that

the employee had developed HAVS through exposure to

vibration while working at the company.

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

found that the company risk assessments relating to vibration

were not suitable or sufficient. It also found that health

surveillance was not introduced by the company until 2014,

despite regulations making this a legal requirement being

introduced in 2005.

Training for employees on the risks from vibration was also

found to be inadequate and many were unaware of the

consequences of exposure to high levels of vibration. The

company did not have the right systems in place to manage

the health of its workers and it failed to implement control

measures such as using tools that had lower levels of vibration.

Taylor Engineering and Plastics Limited of Molesworth Street,

Rochdale, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The company was

fined £20,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1,171.00.

A manufacturer of steel building components has been fined

after a worker suffered fatal crush injuries from a steel beam.

Worcester Crown Court heard how a Thomas Panels & Profiles

Limited employee, Mr Jeffery Warner, 65, was fatally crushed

when a steel beam emerging from a machine pushed another

beam and crushed him against a closed door.


the incident, which occurred on the 27 April 2015, found the

machine had been in operation since 2013 and it did not have

suitable safeguards to prevent the risk of crushing injuries.

It was also found that the company failed to undertake an

adequate risk assessment and its system of work was generally

unsafe.

Thomas Panels & Profiles Limited pleaded guilty to breaching

Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and

has been fined £285,000 and ordered to pay costs of

£29,961.48.

Speaking after the hearing, HSE inspector Tariq Khan said:

“Those in control of work have a responsibility to devise safe

methods of working and to provide the necessary safeguards,

information, instruction and training to their workers. This was

a tragic and wholly avoidable incident, caused by the failure of

the company to undertake a suitable and sufficient risk

assessment and provide the necessary safeguards.”

Vibration injury leads to fine Steel manufacturer fined


September 2017

HSE conference: The HSE to focus on health, ‘nudge theory’ and SME behaviours

Senior Health and Safety executive (HSE) figures have outlined

the HSE’s strategy for the next three to five years at its first

annual conference, highlighting how it will extend its focus to

health, prioritise its inspection resources and plan for the

future.

The conference also saw the launch of 19 strategic plans for

different areas of the UK economy. The plans can be accessed

at: www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/strategiesandplans/sector-

health-plans.htm

The conference was addressed by: Philip White, the HSE’s

director of operational strategy; Peter Brown, deputy director

of the work and health programme; Martin Friar, director of

its insight programme; and Lester Posner, deputy director of

corporate communications.

White’s opening remarks emphasised that the HSE would

concentrate its resources in areas where the problems are

most significant and its efforts can make a difference. He said:

“How should we deliver regulation over the next three to five

years? We will concentrate on the most serious risks, the high

hazard sectors, and companies with the poorest risk

management records,”

“We also need to work to make our advice and guidance more

accessible for SMEs.”

White added that the HSE was investing in its communications

capacity, developing policy around Brexit and investing in its

capabilities in science and technology in order to address

changing risk profiles.

On the new sector plans, White explained that each one

summarises current developments in that sector, and its

hazards and incident rates. It then goes on to outline the HSE’s

three principle priorities in that sector for the next three to

five years. On enforcement, White explained that three

manufacturing sub-sectors had been targeted in 2016–17 –

food manufacturing, wood working and fabricated metals –

with the HSE finding that one third of the businesses

inspected were non-compliant on health.

In his presentation, Peter Brown reiterated that the HSE

would focus on its three established focus areas –

occupational lung disease, MSDs and work-related stress.

“We will consider other issues, but with a reduced level of

resources,” he said.

White had flagged HSE concerns that SMEs were often sold

inappropriate advice and blanket policies on health and

safety, and Brown added that the HSE had concerns about

manual handling trainers.

“SMEs are regularly buying in manual handling training,

because they think they ought to. But what about solutions by

design, or using lifting aids? We would like design solutions to

be the default option, and to see employers buying in

solutions that suit their workers.”

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contained in our online manual handling courses.

Brown added that the HSE had

teamed up with the Chartered

Institute of Ergonomics and

Human Factors to sponsor a

category in the professional

association’s awards scheme,

looking for inspiring examples of

MSD risk reduction.

Lester Posner said that the new Go Home Healthy campaign

was intended to encourage employers to “take action today”

and “do the right thing by their workforce”.

Employers could also adapt the downloadable content, adding

their own logo beneath “Go Home Healthy”.

“During the next three years, we will draw on new research

and we hope it will lead to sustained behavioural change in

relation to the issues we are seeing today,” he said.

Martin Friar described the work of the HSE’s insight

programme, which was examining how different groups

respond to health and safety messages, and “developing the

right interventions using that knowledge”.

Mentioning “nudge theory”, which proposes that small

suggestions and positive reinforcement can change behaviour,

he added that “behavioural intention doesn’t always follow

through to behavioural action”.

Friar’s team is focusing on influencing SMEs. “We discovered

that the vast majority of SMEs were engaged with the agenda,

but many of them found the practicalities difficult. There was

also a predominance towards safety, not health.”

http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/strategiesandplans/sector-health-plans.htm

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September 2017

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September 2017

Report: London could cut waste by 60%

The UK’s capital city could reduce its waste by 60% if it adopts

circular economy principles, according to a report released by

the London Assembly Environment Committee.

This model involves reusing goods and resources as often as

possible in order to extract the maximum amount of value and

minimise unusable materials in need of disposal.

The report states that applying this concept could also provide

£7bn to London’s economy, create 12,000 new jobs by 2030,

and speed up the city’s ambition to become carbon-neutral by

2050.

Although in the early stages, circular economy projects are

growing in terms of size, customer numbers, and

environmental impact, according to the report.

However, it also highlights a recent survey showing that 50%

of SMEs haven not heard of the circular economy, and that

half of waste management companies do not understand the

term.

In addition, it reveals that recycling rates have dropped back

down to the levels seen in 2010, and that London’s current

waste management model is unsustainable.

If trends continue, it argues that authorities will have to collect

an extra one million tonnes of waste each year by 2047 – equal

to an additional 500,000 refuse trucks of rubbish.

The report is available at: www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/

files/waste_-_the_circular_economy_report.pdf

Sales of vacuum cleaners producing more noise and heat than

suction are now restricted under EU rules. Vacuum cleaners

using more than 900 watts and emitting more than 80 decibels

will be banned when stocks run out.

Some anti-EU campaigners say homes will not be properly

cleaned if people have to buy lower wattage machines. But

energy experts say the best low-power appliances clean just as

well as high-wattage machines. They say some manufacturers

deliberately increased the amount of electricity their

appliances use because shoppers equate high-wattage with

high performance.

The European Environment Bureau (EEB) said: "Power doesn't

always equal performance, though the misconception has

become widespread.

"Some efficient models maintained high standards of dust pick

-up while using significantly less energy - due to design

innovation."

United Utilities (UU) have been ordered to pay a fine of

£666,000 after pleading guilty to polluting a river with

untreated sewage effluent. The Environment Agency (EA) took

the prosecution against the water company after sewage

polluted the River Medlock. The sewage had a significant

impact on fish population and water quality over a distance of

4km. A member of the public initially reported the pollution to

the EA’s incident hotline. In total United Utilities estimated

that 21,700 cubic metres of sewage discharged into the water.

A UU report found that the incident had a detrimental impact

on brown trout and had the potential to reduce the fish

population the following year. When the pollution was first

reported, UU Officers were attending a high-level alarm at the

Sewage Tank and had identified a fault which meant the tank

was not emptying to the foul sewer network as quickly as it

should have been. This resulted in untreated raw sewage

entering Glodwick Brook and the River Medlock, which is

contrary to the permit conditions in place. United Utilities

admitted that their control centre had received an alarm about

the discharge three days before, but the fault had not been

recognised.

United Utilities fined for pollution Inefficient vacuum cleaners banned

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