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The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC), was found liable for the effects of the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire on nine people, including four deaths, in a judgement passed by the High Court on ...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its annual statistics on work-related fatalities, with 138 workers killed in work-related accidents, up from 136 last year. The figure has ...
Recommendations from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry will form part of the new Fire Safety (England) 2022 regulations, however, two recommendations on personal emergency evacuation plans (PEEPS) will not ...
Jane Sparrow, Co-Founder and Director of The Culture Builders, on the cost of financial wellbeing in the workplace. A CEO confided in me recently about how financial worries among staff were eating ...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is drafting new guidelines for tradesmen working with engineered stone after report shows increased risk to silicosis. HSE is asking for industry feedback from ...
Introduction of a single construction regulator among report’s recommendations. The Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people was a result of “dishonest” companies and a lack of strategy by the fire ...
A pedestrian walkway has collapsed at a residents’ block in Naples, killing two people and injuring 13. The two victims – a 29-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman – died when the walkway partially ...
A quarter of UK tradespeople are exposed to potentially lethal asbestos every week, a survey has found. 35% of trade workers from across the nation come across asbestos every month and 8% do so every ...
25 people were treated for burns in June after they walked across hot coals as part of a corporate away day in Switzerland. Outside of the office, does an employer have a duty of care for employees ...
The HSE has published statistics that cover work-related ill health, non-fatal workplace injuries and enforcement action taken by HSE, in the 2020/21 period. 1.7 million workers suffering from a ...
New research reveals UK fire services attended 46% more fires linked to Lithium-ion batteries in 2023 compared to the previous year. Data collected by the business insurer, QBE, suggests the batteries ...