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Health and safety used as excuse by harried border-control staff
A parliamentary select committee has criticised a major Government agency for using health and safety as a ‘routine’ excuse for not following recommended procedures. The Commons Home Affairs Committee published its report into UK border controls yesterday (19 January), following its scrutiny of whether checks designed to catch...
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Fatal fall results in suspended prison sentence
A Leicester man has been given a 12-month suspended prison sentence for failing to properly plan roof work, after a migrant worker sustained fatal injuries in a fall at a disused factory unit....
Footage of safety failings found on victim’s phone
A property developer has been fined £112,000 after a labourer sustained fatal injuries in a fall from the roof of an industrial unit, which had no precautions in place to prevent falls. The building was owned by retired businessman Taj ul Malook Mann and had been demolished and rebuilt as a storage unit....
Roofer more concerned about beating the rain than safety
A roofer has admitted putting workers and members of the public at risk, after being spotted working on a roof without any fall protection by a passing HSE inspector. Burnley Magistrates’ Court heard that Ross Singleton, who trades as Ross’s Roofing, and two other workers...
