Child loses fingertips from a ‘guillotine’ park gate Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council was fined £13,000 and ordered to pay £1,317 in costs after a toddler was injured at a park.
To better address the damaging impact of workplace illnesses and injuries, the HSE recently formed the Workplace Health Expert Committee (WHEC).
Employee safety is a chief concern for any business.
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) is a law that requires employers to regulate and monitor potentially hazardous substances.
As has been well documented in press, on 2nd June this year, The Smiler – a steel rollercoaster featuring a world-record 14 inversions at Staffordshire’s Alton Towers theme park – was carrying 16 passengers and travelling at 32 km/h when it struck an empty, stationary carriage, injuring 11 riders—four of whom required serious medical attention.