15 July 2020 Source: Health and Safety Matters A SELF-employed consultant was fined for breach of legislation for providing health and safety advice on technical and complex matters while not being qualified to advise his clients. Luton Crown Court heard how a self-employed health and safety consultant provided inadequate and flawed advice to small [...]
A WORKER has been awarded more than £25,000 by Derby City Council after being seriously injured using a chainsaw. The person suffered hand-arm vibration syndrome - a serious condition which comes from using power tools. <a href="http://www.omniture.com" title="Web Analytics"><img src="https://metrics.thelocalpeople.co.uk/b/ss/andlocalpeopleprod2/1/H.21--NS/0?[AQB]&amp;cdp=3&amp;[AQE]" height="1" width="1" border="0" alt="" /></a> The authority made the chainsaw pay-out in 2013/14, [...]