This week the most-read articles have been: Incompetence, inexperience and passing the buck characterised Grenfell refurbishment; Dagenham Fire: HSE to potentially investigate Principal Accountable Person duties; Manufacturing company fined as worker suffers six bone fractures; It’s time to rethink mental health and; Company fined after man dies from fall.
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The organisations involved in the doomed refurbishment of Grenfell Tower did not take fire safety seriously, and assumed that fire safety matters they should have considered would be dealt with by someone else, writes Ron Alalouff.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigate the fire in East London including duties under the Building Safety Act.
A manufacturing company has been fined after an employee broke his arm while operating machinery at its site in Warwickshire.
If we’re to rethink our approach to mental health we need to rethink legislative interpretation, says Steven Harris.
A man died after falling through a hole in his own bathroom that had been left by workers.
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