by Jose | Mar 31, 2020 | Fines, Health and Safety, Health Risks, LEV, LEV HSE, Occupational Ill Health, Wood Dust
More and more cases are hitting the high courts and the mainstream media, where employees are claiming ill health or even terminal illness due to exposure to harmful substances at work. The council launched an investigation after a member of staff complained. The...
by Adrian Sims | Jun 25, 2019 | Dust and Fume Extraction, Fines, Flour Dust, Health and Safety, HSE
In 2018, the HSE announced that they would be focusing their attention on the food sector and in particular, flour dust by carrying out full inspections on 300 factories to check levels of airborne dust and what safety equipment and practices were in place to control...
by Adrian Sims | Jan 8, 2019 | Dust and Fume Extraction, Fines, Fume Extraction, Health and Safety, Health Risks
On 21 August 2018, the European Commission’s fourth Directive on Indicative Occupational Exposure Limit Values (2017/164/EU) was implemented. New workplace exposure limits for 31 substances have been introduced in this latest version of EH40. For organisations...
by FionaMoss | Aug 21, 2018 | COSHH, Fines, Fume Extraction, Health Risks, LEV Design, LEV HSE, Occupational Ill Health
More and more cases are hitting the high courts and the mainstream media, where employees are claiming ill health or even terminal illness due to exposure to harmful substances at work. The most recent of these was just a couple of weeks ago, where a groundsman in the...
by Adrian Sims | Dec 1, 2017 | Fines, HSE, LEV, LEV HSE, Oil Mist, Wood Dust
With recent prosecutions resulting in a £800,000 fine for one company and 4 directors/employees of another receiving suspended prison sentences, it is clear that the HSE are taking seriously their responsibility to prosecute companies who are not protecting their...
by Adrian Sims | Apr 12, 2013 | Fines, LEV
The HSE Fee for Intervention Scheme has been running for just over a year and with reports citing nearly £1.5m of income generated for the Government from around 3000 invoices during its first 4 months of operation alone, it is set to have a considerable impact on...
