The Health and Safety People Ltd - Newsletter November

23 October 2006

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In this months issue we cover a number of prosecutions including a Work at Height prosecution for Bovis Lend Lease, horseplay with a forklift that resulted in a prosecution and two seriously injured teenagers, a case that has landed the CPS in hot water, an incident where lack of induction training led to an employees legs being crushed, and finally a prosecution that proves that employers need to fully discharge their training responsibilities or face the consequences.

Also covered in this months newsletter is the upcoming age discrimination legislation, screening new employees for white finger, the necessity of ensuring gas work is carried out by CORGI registered individuals, the new proposed asbestos Regulations, details of the proposed link page on our website, dealing with fireworks safely, news that Carillion have recently been banned from bidding for rail contracts and details of the HSE becoming the sole regulator for electricity transmission and distribution safety.