New or revised limits for 13 substances introduced on. Please refer to Table 1 of EH40/2005 ‘Workplace Exposure Limits’ for the latest WELs as these supersede any WELs contained in other HSE guidance or publications.
New or revised limits for 13 substances introduced on. Please refer to Table 1 of EH40/2005 ‘Workplace Exposure Limits’ for the latest WELs as these supersede any WELs contained in other HSE guidance or publications.
A Bristol based skip hire company fined after employee sustains crush injuries to his arm.
On the 30 May 2018, an employee of Bateman Skips Ltd was asked to repair a conveyor belt feeding the picking station. He was injured when his arm was drawn into the mechanism whilst realigning the belt. The employee was rescued by the Fire & Rescue Service.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that Bateman Skips Ltd failed to ensure that the workforce was provided with adequate training and suitable safeguards for dealing with blockages and adjusting the equipment.
Bateman Skips Ltd of Broadmead Lane, Keynsham, Bristol pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974. The company was fined £50,000 and ordered to pay costs of £10,205.80.
Speaking after the hearing, HSE inspector Berenice Ray, said: “Those in control of work have a duty to assess the risks and devise safe methods of working to provide the necessary information, instruction and training to their workforce.
“Employers must ensure that the power source of machinery such as this is isolated and physically locked off whenever the guards are removed.”
Ladders and stepladders are not banned under health and safety law.
The law calls for a sensible, proportionate approach to managing risk, and ladders can be a sensible and practical option for low-risk, short-duration tasks, although they should not automatically be your first choice.
There are simple, sensible precautions you should take to stay safe when using portable leaning ladders and stepladders in the workplace.
Make sure that you use the right type of ladder and that you know how to use it safely.