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Abattoir ordered to pay over £11,000 for hygiene offences

By Sylwia Wolska | May 11, 2020

Birmingham Halal Abattoir Limited has admitted responsibility for hygiene offences and been ordered to pay more than £11,000. The business pleaded guilty to multiple instances of failing to prevent potential cross-contamination between carcases before their post-mortem inspection between March and April 2019. The carcases were held on a rail system in the slaughterhouse which was…

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Fire safety failures result in £88k fine

By Sylwia Wolska | April 24, 2020

The owner of a property in Westcliff, Southend has been fined £88,000 for a ‘string of failures’ in the home, including fire safety issues According to local reports, the prosecution involved freeholder Mr Arise, whose full name was not provided by Southend Council, over 17 ‘failures of management’ at the property. The council received reports…

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Corona Virus: Latest Site Operating Procedures

By Sylwia Wolska | April 20, 2020

Industry Bodies publish risk management guidance Version 3 Site Operating Procedures – Version 3 which has now been published by the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) and is available on the Build UK website. The Public Health England (PHE) guidance on the construction sector and travelling to work have been incorporated into what is now “industry-recognised guidance” supported by…

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Landlord fined after RBC takes him to court over state of rented property

By Sylwia Wolska | April 20, 2020

A Redditch landlord has been ordered to pay a fine, costs and victim surcharge totalling £2,485 for failing to comply with an Improvement Notice following a prosecution by the Borough Council. Daravjit Singh pleaded guilty at Redditch Magistrates Court on 4 March after failing to comply with an Improvement Notice, which included a requirement to…

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Manufacturer fined after an agency worker was dragged into a press roller

By Sylwia Wolska | April 20, 2020

A manufacturing company has been fined after an employee’s arm was dragged into a press roller. On 19 June 2019, an agency worker at E.G.L. Homecare Limited suffered a severe crush injury to his arm as he attempted to remove dirt from a press roller at the address on C   ampfield Road, Shoeburyness. He…

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Landlord fined after RBC takes him to court over state of rented property

By Sylwia Wolska | April 14, 2020

A Redditch landlord has been ordered to pay a fine, costs and victim surcharge totalling £2,485 for failing to comply with an Improvement Notice following a prosecution by the Borough Council. Daravjit Singh pleaded guilty at Redditch Magistrates Court on 4 March after failing to comply with an Improvement Notice, which included a requirement to…

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Health Board fined after deaths of three patients

By Sylwia Wolska | April 7, 2020

Tayside Health Board has been fined following three incidents where patients died by suicide using ligature points. Perth Sheriff Court was told that, between 1 April 2012 and 4 November 2015, on the Moredun Ward at general adult psychiatry ward of Murray Royal Hospital, Muirhall Road, Perth, three patients were able to utilise ligature points…

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HSE ISSUES NEW GUIDANCE ON REPORTING INCIDENTS OF CORONAVIRUS

By Sylwia Wolska | April 7, 2020

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has set out new guidance where incidents of coronavirus may be reportable. They are: an unintended incident at work has led to someone’s possible or actual exposure to coronavirus. This must be reported as a dangerous occurrence; or a worker has been diagnosed as having COVID-19 and there is…

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Man jailed for assault of emergency worker after using threat of coronavirus to avoid arrest

By Sylwia Wolska | April 7, 2020

A man who assaulted an emergency worker and told police he had coronavirus to try to avoid being arrested has been jailed for 31 weeks. Wayne Harvey, from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, pleaded guilty at his first hearing to stealing a £750 Louis Vuitton handbag and assaulting a security officer at George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton on…

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