Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
The latest news from the Stone Industry
21 April 2016 | Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
An employer has been sent to prison for six months after an employee was killed when a trench collapsed on him.Swansea Magistrates’ Court heard how William Ryan Evans was contracted to...
Stay safe. Stay healthy.
1 April 2016 | Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
Construction insurance specialist Focus is offering online health & safety self-assessment on its website to its policy holders to try to help cut the incidence of health & safety breaches....
Tower crane industry should take note after deaths, says family. "The whole crane industry must learn from our tragedy and the devastation it has caused. We do not want another family to endure the same pain of losing their child.”
Note: This is a picture of a tower crane that is not related in any way to the collapsed crane or any company or person involved in the incident.
23 March 2016 | Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
Falcon Crane Hire Ltd has been fined £750,000 this month (March) after a crane driver and a member of the public were killed when a tower crane collapsed.Southwark Crown Court heard how...
People on a previous Stone Federation / HSE SHAD. The next is 19 April in Leicestershire.
29 February 2016 | Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
Stone Federation is offering free places to its members wishing to attend its Safety & Health Awareness Day (SHAD) in Leicestershire on Tuesday, 19 April. For non-Members there is a charge of...
Safe and healthy. Not all masons work in such good conditions.
29 February 2016 | Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) is urging stone companies to do more to protect workers’ health. This follows the inspection of stone companies last year in the South of England in an...
From the end of march companies with a turnover of more than £36million that import goods will have to report on their moves to end slavery in their supply chains.
29 February 2016 | Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
The Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires firms with revenues of more than £36million a year that buy from abroad and sell in the UK to report on their efforts to ensure there is no...
18 February 2016 | Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
A London structural steel fabricator has been fined for failing to maintain its cranes in spite of notices from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE).Westminster Magistrates' Court heard how...
Foreign workers are most likely to get hurt when they first arrive.
8 February 2016 | Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
Of the 16 migrant / foreign construction workers killed in incidents at work in the UK last year, four died on their first day on site and half during the first 10 days. Just two of those who died...
29 January 2016 | Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
Three companies have been fined a total of £90,000 after a worker was seriously injured when he fell nearly 6m from a platform with unguarded rails.Southwark Crown Court heard that on 4 March...
28 January 2016 | Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
Pension and insurance provider B&CE is acquiring Constructing Better Health (CBH) from CSCS. CBH is a national scheme established in 2004 for the management of occupational health in the...
28 January 2016 | Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
Construction firm Balfour Beatty has been fined £1million after a worker lost his life while repairing a central reservation barrier damaged in a road traffic collision.Canterbury Crown Court...
19 January 2016 | Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
Leaders of Scottish businesses and supporting organisations met on 18 January in Glasgow for the first of the Health & Safety Executive roadshows to discuss the development of a new strategy for...
18 January 2016 | Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
Three companies have been fined a total of £90,000 after a worker was seriously injured when he fell nearly 6m from a platform with unguarded rails.Southwark Crown Court heard that on 4 March...
4 January 2016 | Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
What is being described as the most dramatic change in health & safety enforcement since 1974 came into force at the start of this month (February).The new guidelines apply to all health &...
4 January 2016 | Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
A company manufacturing precast concrete panels was fined after a worker was injured while loading freestanding concrete units onto a vehicle.Nottingham Magistrates’ Court heard how on 8 August...