Safety Smart: Monthly Update

8th November 2021 Posted in Blogs

If you missed out on our last newsletter – never fear! we’ve pulled together all the information in this blog post and there’s plenty to catch up on!

Tackling Violence At Work

Violence at work is a huge problem with far-reaching implications, and incidence has risen in some sectors since the pandemic. How can organisations make their working environments safer for the workforce?

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Disability: Levelling the playing field

With just one in three disabled people of working age in employment worldwide, employers must do more to maximise the potential of those with disabilities.

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Mates in Mind wins £25,000 award from B&CE’s Charitable Trust

Mates in Mind has announced that a proposal for a new research initiative designed to discover more about the mental health struggles of self-employed tradespeople and those working for smaller businesses in the construction industry has received the £25,000 Occupational Health Research Award for 2021.Read More CASE STUDIES

Business owner prosecuted over fatal accident

The owner of a business based in Odiham, Hampshire has been sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for 18 months, after a fatal accident.Read More

Father died in explosion whilst working alongside son

Chemical company Briar Chemicals Ltd has been fined £1 million after a 46-year-old maintenance contractor died in an explosion at its site Norwich.

On 27 July 2018, Rob Cranston was carrying out repair work on a mixing vessel during a planned period of shutdown maintenance.

Six month suspended sentence for skip and waste boss

The managing director of a skip hire and waste management firm, whose employee suffered life-changing injuries in the company yard, has received a six-month suspended prison sentence, with the company itself fined £150,000.

Manufacturer fined £200k after labourer suffers injuries in forklift incident

A yacht manufacturer has been sentenced after an employee was injured when his forklift truck overturned.

A 57-year-old employee of Princess Yachts Limited was injured whilst assisting the unloading of a delivery at the company’s Langage site, Plymouth Magistrates’ Court was told.

From Twitter

Sharron Davies MBE @sharrond62 ·

10 Dec

Sexual predators target girls in mixed changing rooms. New police data show that at least 16 rapes, 80 sexual assaults and 65 acts of voyeurism were committed in sports centres in 2023, equating to three offences a week. Something needs to change 👇🏼

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10 Dec

Roofer sentenced for refusing to co-operate with HSE

A Cornish roofer has been sentenced after failing to comply with requests for information from an inspector for Britain’s workplace regulator.

https://press.hse.gov.uk/2025/12/04/roofer-sentenced-for-refusing-to-co-operate-with-hse/

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9 Dec

Construction’s non-fatal injury rate is significantly high compared to all industries

New figures published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reveal 50,000 construction workers reported sustaining non-fatal injuries from 2022/23 to 2024/25.

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8 Dec

Christmas trees: avoid a festive fire hazard

Artificial or real? Modern artificial trees are usually fire retardant or resistant - but do look at the packaging to check. If you have an older artificial tree, it might be time to consider replacing it.

https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/safety/christmas-fire-safety/christmas-trees/

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