Health And Safety news


Waste firm found guilty over baler breaking a man’s arm

A WASTE company was yesterday found guilty of breaching health and safety laws following an incident in which a man’s arm was crushed in the door of a hydraulic baling machine.


Assurances on safety given to Beaucamps site investigation

AN OFFICIAL investigation into the collapse of a three-tonne floor beam on the Les Beaucamps High construction site has been concluded.


What ’Elf ’n’ Safety really tells us…

There’s something very troubling about prison officers refusing to help a man in a wheelchair down one step into the Magistrate’s Court on the alleged grounds of ‘health and safety’.


Fatal fall: no railings on roof but States left powerless

SAFETY railings would have been installed on the roof from which Steve Hemery fell to his death if current building regulations had been in force at the time it was built, it has been revealed.


Asbestos is still killing islanders

WHILE the asbestos aircraft hangars are gone, Guernsey needs to deal with the hidden threat of the deadly substance, according to chief health and safety officer Richard Brown.


‘If my sign is illegal so is everyone else’s’

A PUB landlord who was forced to remove a sign is calling for others to join his protest after a response from Environment failed to settle the issue.


Safety a priority over listed wall

ENVIRONMENT wants to install pedestrian lights in a bid to improve safety at an accident blackspot.


Oyster farmers told they have a legal duty to make sure beds are safe

SHELLFISH farmers have a duty to ensure that oyster beds are not in a dangerous condition.


‘Piercing law almost impossible to enforce’

IT IS ILLEGAL for under-18s to get anything more than their ears pierced in Guernsey – but it is almost impossible to prosecute, according to deputy chief environmental health officer Tony Rowe.


Being safe is one way of lifting profit

BUSINESSES that look after the well-being of their staff and customers are more efficient and profitable, according to the Guernsey Occupational Safety and Health Association.

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