Guest scalded in hotel bath
May 31, 2018
A hotel has been fined £50,000 after pleading guilty to two charges under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, following an incident in which an elderly guest was scalded while staying there. Read More
£1.6m in fines for double offences within a year
May 18, 2018
A South Tyneside car parts manufacturer has been fined £1.6million after a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak and an explosion occurred at the same plant within a year. Read More
Health and Safety Professional – What’s in a name?
May 9, 2018
Nick Bell, Dr Colin Powell and Dr Peter Sykes address the various roles that a health and safety professional might perform. Read More
Go Home Healthy: Spotlight on occupational-lung disease
April 27, 2018
Every year around 12,000 people in the UK die from work-related lung disease. The issue of occupational lung disease remains Read More
NHS trust fined £300k for legionella failures
April 23, 2018
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £300,000 after failing to control the risk to patients from Read More
NHS pleads guilty over legionella risks
December 14, 2017
Royal United Hospitals (Bath) NHS Foundation Trust has pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, at Bath Magistrates’ Court. Read More
Firm failed to control Legionnaires risk
November 17, 2017
An engineering firm has been fined after failing to adequately control the risk of legionella bacteria arising from the use of a tunnel wash associated with a powder coating process. Read More
How going digital revolutionised Islington Council’s health and safety department
July 19, 2017
How one council ditched its paper-based culture for online processes. Read More
Comment: new HSE guidance on legionella and spa pools
March 16, 2017
New Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance has been released on how the leisure industry can manage and control the Read More
In Conversation with Martin Smith, Alcumus
December 12, 2016
As part of SHP’s series of interviews with some of the most influential leaders in safety and risk management, Roz Read More
