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 | Feb 8, 2019 | Dust and Fume Extraction, Health Risks, HSE, LEV Design, LEV HSE, LEV Servicing, Occupational Ill Health, Servicing, Welding
On 14th January 2019 at the LEV Industry Regulatory Forum, hosted and chaired by ILEVE, the HSE announced that all welding fume is to be recognised as a cancer-inducing substance in humans. This change is of immediate effect and therefore has implications across the...
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 | Jun 4, 2018 | LEV, LEV Design, LEV HSE, Occupational Ill Health, Wood Dust
A UK furniture making company has been sentenced and fined for failing to keep its workers safe from harmful hardwood dust exposure. The Hertfordshire company, who specialise in the manufacture of dining and cabinet furniture, pleaded guilty to breaching regulations...
by Adrian Sims | Feb 2, 2018 | Dust and Fume Extraction, Flour Dust, LEV HSE
Flour dust poses a serious risk to workers who are exposed to high levels of it on a daily basis. The HSE have now announced that they will be focusing on the food sector and in particular, flour dust, throughout 2018. They will be visiting over 300 factories to carry...
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...
