The IET Wiring Regulations have been revised and the new 18th Edition will apply to all new installations from January 2019.
A rogue landlord who flouted fire and health and safety regulations at two of his properties in the East Midlands has been fined £400,000.
Before 25 May 2018 in-boxes were filled with email about the General Data Protection Regulation (GPDR). It might be assumed that under GPDR you are no longer allowed to hold much, if any, personal data about your staff or others. Personal data in the context of GPDR is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable person.
The HSE is worried that companies are being pressured to take unnecessary action because of health and safety concerns.
Following the fire at Grenfell Tower in London, Dame Judith Hackett was asked by the government to undertake an independent review of building regulations and how they relate to fire safety.
According to a survey of 3,500 members of the Unite trades union, the standard of welfare facilities on construction sites often fails to meet the legal requirements. The survey found that at one in six sites women and men have to share toilet facilities. The standard of cleanliness of welfare facilities was also found to be patchy with 4% of those surveyed saying that facilities were never cleaned.
On Friday 2nd February Her Majesty The Queen visited RAF Marham in her capacity as Honorary Air Commodore of the Station.
Aegis has had solar photovoltaic cells fitted at its Preston offices. In total 29 panels have been fitted in the array which has a generating capacity of 8.27 KW of electricity. They should generate annual savings of over £1,000 and reduce the company’s carbon footprint by 4 to 5 tonnes of CO2 per year.
Aegis has retained its International Standards Organisation (ISO) 9001 accreditation following an external two day audit by assessors from ISOQAR Alcumus – an independent inspection organisation – in November. This assessment was against the latest version of the standard – that from 2015 – which is different from the previous 2008 version. The latest version of the standard requires companies to consider the wider context and have a risk-based approach to management.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released its annual figures detailing how the UK is performing in terms of health and safety.
The figures show that, although Britain remains one of the safest places to work in Europe, an estimated 31.2 million working days were lost due to work-related illness – at a cost of an estimated £14.9 billion.