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 Adrian Sims | Jan 15, 2019 | Dust and Fume Extraction, LEV, LEV Design, Occupational Ill Health, Silica Dust
There are many industries in the UK where workers may be exposed to brick and stone dust which contain Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS), the particles of which are extremely dangerous and are known to cause a range of health problems. RCS or silica dust is produced...
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 | Jun 1, 2016 | Occupational Ill Health
Could their work be making your team ill? Adrian Sims (our MD) will be discussing occupational ill health with Dr Phil Hammond on his regular Saturday morning show from 9-12am on BBC Radio Bristol on 16th January. Listen in to discover if the work you are doing could...
