SHP weekly top five

This week the articles most read have been: Legal insight: Common errors in fire safety, Director jailed for failing to protect workers from asbestos exposure, Horticulture company fined after lorry driver suffers life changing injuries, In praise of older workers and One size really doesn’t fit all.

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Hannah Eales, Partner at law firm Kingsley Napley, discusses the role of Accountable Persons and urges for familiarisation with their duties under building and fire safety regulations.

A company director has been jailed for eight months after failing to protect workers from exposure to asbestos at a student development project in Winchester.

A horticulture company has been fined £3,000 after a lorry driver suffered third degree burns on his body while making a delivery to a site in Essex.

Dr Karen McDonnell, RoSPA’s Occupational Health and Safety Policy Adviser, discusses the benefits of having older workers and the considerations employers should make to ensure they remain safe and healthy.

Health and Safety Manager, Thomas Morris (Cert IOSH) on the far-reaching effects of ill-fitting PPE.

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