Accident

HEALTH & SAFETY

Enterprise fined £95k after pub’s employee “seriously injured” in gas stove accident

31-Aug-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Enterprise Inns has been fined £95,000 after a member of staff at one of the company’s tenanted pubs suffered burns from a gas-fired cooking range. 

How to... Deal with accidents

10-Apr-2013 By Pat Perry

Today's hunger for news means that businesses have an incredibly small window to control incidents before they become headlines, presenting the potential for further damage beyond the incident itself. Businesses need to be better prepared, advises...

Coulson: Someone has a screw loose

22-Jul-2011 By Peter Coulson

In contrast to my recent article about ambulance-chasing lawyers and trumped-up claims, this week sees the other side of the legal coin, writes Peter Coulson.

Legal advice: Health and safety myths debunked

06-Jul-2007

The wise old saying goes 'don't believe everything you read' and this is certainly the case with much of the press coverage about health and...

Legal advice: HSE publishes latest health and safety statistics

09-Nov-2006

The Health and Safety Commission published the latest health and safety statistics for 2005/06 in early November and they make sobering reading for...

Leisure sector poor on health and safety

23-Oct-2006

Leisure sector employees face poor levels of health and safety in the workplace, says AXA Insurance. It surveyed 130 employees who have been injured...

HSE figures reveal majority of accidents go unreported

03-Jul-2001

More than two thirds of accidents in the catering sector go unreported, according to the latest figures available from the Health and Safety...