Sentencing after Telford fireball incident
A company and its manager have been fined after two workers were engulfed in a fireball when they cut through a live 1,000 volt electrical cable at an industrial unit in Telford. The two men had been told to find an underground water leak at an empty industrial unit owned by the company in Telford. […]
TUC expresses concerns over safety report
The TUC has welcomed the Löfstedt report’s conclusion that the UK’s health and safety laws ‘are broadly right’, but it has major concerns that the proposals to exempt some self-employed workers could have a devastating impact on their safety. The comments follow the Government’s announcement that it intends to begin a major cut back of […]