Posts tagged “Health and Safety”

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Put Up Goal Posts! Health and Safety on Construction Sites

Posted on 6th June 2018 at 20:28

Contractor pays £566,670 for line strike with no injury 

 

A construction contractor has been fined £566,670 after a tipper truck driven by one of its employees struck overhead power lines. The vehicle sustained minor damage and the driver was unhurt. 

 

The driver was employed by Mick George, a company that supplies earth moving, demolition, skip hire and waste management services to the construction industry.  

 

On 9 March 2016 he was emptying a load of soil from the tipper at a construction site in Northampton.  

 

He drove forward with the dump bed still raised and touched – or almost touched – the 33kV overhead power lines. 

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Getting Risk Assessments Right!

Posted on 12th March 2018 at 18:27

I know that workplace health and safety practices have improved greatly in recent years but there is still much to do, especially when making risk assessments. 

 

Firstly, let me tell you what risk assessments are not: they are not a mass of paperwork.  

 

A risk assessment involves identifying possible situations that may arise in the workplace that could cause harm to people. Once identified, a formal documented procedure should be put in place. 

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"So What Is It You Do Exactly?"

Posted on 13th April 2017 at 22:58

You’d be surprised how often we get asked this question, so we thought we’d write up a Case Study of one job we were heavily involved with. 

 

Walmer Yard is a unique development of four spectacular new three storey houses with additional basements in West London, designed by Peter Salter for property developer Crispin Kelly. The project took some thirteen years to come to fruition and the resulting properties are expected to fetch a cool £22 million. 

 

We were involved for nearly four years, dealing with a host of Health & Safety issues that arose from this fascinating development. 

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