Monday 18 July 2011
Thursday 23 June 2011
Thursday 9 June 2011
Tuesday 7 June 2011
Tuesday 31 May 2011
Thursday 26 May 2011
Wednesday 25 May 2011
Tuesday 24 May 2011
Outdated work method led to serious hand injury at Cardiff steel works | shp
Outdated work method led to serious hand injury at Cardiff steel works | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH www.safetyisthekey.co.uk
Massive fine for chemical firm following serious spill | shp
Massive fine for chemical firm following serious spill | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH www.safetyisthekey.co.uk
Tuesday 17 May 2011
Scaffold company faked method statement following fatality | shp
Scaffold company faked method statement following fatality | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH www.safetyisthekey.co.uk
Cinema collapsed into dual carriageway during demolition | shp
Cinema collapsed into dual carriageway during demolition | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH www.safetyisthekey.co.uk
Wednesday 11 May 2011
Shabbir Halai CMIOSH makes it onto OSHCR!
What is the OSHCR register designed to do?
The Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register (OSHCR) is a first step
to addressing some of the problems identified by the Common Sense, Common
Safety Report. Many businesses develop in-house competence to manage their
health and safety risks and do not need to use health and safety consultants.
Others, however, may need some additional help. Employers that use OSHCR can
have confidence that consultants on the register have:
• A status recognised by the professional bodies participating in the scheme;
• Assessed experience and qualifications;
• Demonstrated adequate continuing professional development;
• A commitment to abiding by their code of conduct;
• A commitment to providing sensible and proportionate advice; and
• Appropriate insurance.
Shabbir Halai CMIOSH has been vetted and approved for inclusion on the new OSHCR
The Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register (OSHCR) is a first step
to addressing some of the problems identified by the Common Sense, Common
Safety Report. Many businesses develop in-house competence to manage their
health and safety risks and do not need to use health and safety consultants.
Others, however, may need some additional help. Employers that use OSHCR can
have confidence that consultants on the register have:
• A status recognised by the professional bodies participating in the scheme;
• Assessed experience and qualifications;
• Demonstrated adequate continuing professional development;
• A commitment to abiding by their code of conduct;
• A commitment to providing sensible and proportionate advice; and
• Appropriate insurance.
Shabbir Halai CMIOSH has been vetted and approved for inclusion on the new OSHCR
Tuesday 10 May 2011
Landlord put profit before safety | shp
Landlord put profit before safety | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH Safety is the Key
Charge dropped against hotel-fire consultant | shp
Charge dropped against hotel-fire consultant | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH Safety is the Key
Monday 9 May 2011
Vibration-risk oversight discovered after RIDDOR follow-up | shp
Vibration-risk oversight discovered after RIDDOR follow-up | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH www.safetyisthekey.co.uk.
New guidance to help fill stress void | shp
New guidance to help fill stress void | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH www.safetyisthekey.co.uk.
Saturday 30 April 2011
Protests against safety cuts planned for Workers' Memorial Day | shp
Protests against safety cuts planned for Workers' Memorial Day | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH Safetyisthekey.co.uk
Thursday 28 April 2011
Tuesday 5 April 2011
Monday 4 April 2011
Tuesday 29 March 2011
Golf-resort guest died from Legionnaires’ Disease | shp
Golf-resort guest died from Legionnaires’ Disease | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH www.safetyisthekey.co.uk
Thursday 24 March 2011
Forty-five workers exposed to asbestos during Topshop renovations | shp
Forty-five workers exposed to asbestos during Topshop renovations | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH Safety is the Key
Forty-five workers exposed to asbestos during Topshop renovations | shp
Forty-five workers exposed to asbestos during Topshop renovations | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH Safety is the Key
Huge fine for vehicle manufacturer for forklift fatality | shp
Huge fine for vehicle manufacturer for forklift fatality | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH Safety is the Key Croydon
Pensioner crushed in scaffold collapse | shp
Pensioner crushed in scaffold collapse | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH Safety is the Key
Tuesday 22 March 2011
Government wields axe over safety inspections | shp
Government wields axe over safety inspections | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH Safety is the Key
Agencies face accusations of defying PPE rules | shp
Agencies face accusations of defying PPE rules | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH Safety is the Key
Monday 21 March 2011
Tuesday 15 March 2011
Acid dissolved plumber's PPE | shp
Acid dissolved plumber's PPE | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH Safety is the Key Croydon
Thursday 10 March 2011
Safety deficiencies exposed by cadet’s death | shp
Safety deficiencies exposed by cadet’s death | shp www.safetyisthekey.co.uk Shabbir Halai CMIOSH
Saturday 5 March 2011
Defence lab admits failings over scientist’s death | shp
Defence lab admits failings over scientist’s death | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH www.safetyisthekey.co.uk
Friday 4 March 2011
Manslaughter charges to be brought against fire-service bosses | shp
Manslaughter charges to be brought against fire-service bosses | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH www.safetyisthekey.co.uk
Tuesday 1 March 2011
Engineer maimed during second day at new job | shp
Engineer maimed during second day at new job | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH www.safetyisthekey.co.uk
Thursday 24 February 2011
EU orders UK to tighten asbestos laws | shp
EU orders UK to tighten asbestos laws | shp For once, good news from the EU on H&S Regulations. Shabbir Halai CMIOSH http://www.safetyisthekey.co.uk/Asbestos---the-Hidden-Killer.html
Thursday 17 February 2011
First corporate-manslaughter conviction delivers £385,000 penalty | shp
First corporate-manslaughter conviction delivers £385,000 penalty | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH www.safetyisthekey.co.uk
Tuesday 15 February 2011
Builder blames employees for safety failings | shp
Builder blames employees for safety failings | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH www.safetyisthekey.co.uk
Contractor had part of skull removed after suffering electric shock | shp
Contractor had part of skull removed after suffering electric shock | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH www.safetyisthekey.co.uk
Worker prosecuted for train-station fatality | shp
Worker prosecuted for train-station fatality | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH www.safetyisthekey.co.uk
Monday 14 February 2011
Visit to accident blackspot - IOSH
Visit to accident blackspot - IOSH www.safetyisthekey.co.uk Shabbir Halai CMIOSH
Thursday 10 February 2011
Tuesday 8 February 2011
Thursday 3 February 2011
Have your say on amending RIDDOR | shp
Have your say on amending RIDDOR | shp Shabbir Halai CMIOSH www.sasfetyisthekey.co.uk
Wednesday 2 February 2011
Tuesday 11 January 2011
Tuesday 4 January 2011
IOSH 10 - A vision of health and safety from the top | shp
IOSH 10 - A vision of health and safety from the top | shp Shabbir Halai Safety is the Key
Thursday 2 December 2010
http://www.bnicroydon.co.uk/meeting-notes/meeting-01-12-2010-bni-meeting-on-twitter-worlds-first.html
http://www.bnicroydon.co.uk/meeting-notes/meeting-01-12-2010-bni-meeting-on-twitter-worlds-first.html
Tuesday 30 November 2010
Thursday 25 November 2010
Tuesday 16 November 2010
Monday 15 November 2010
Friday 12 November 2010
A busy busy BNI Wednesday with visitors! Read this... http://www.bnicroydon.co.uk/content/view/165/246/
A busy busy BNI Wednesday with visitors! Read this... http://www.bnicroydon.co.uk/content/view/165/246/
Shabbir Halai
Safety is the Key
Health and safety consultant, Croydon
Shabbir Halai
Safety is the Key
Health and safety consultant, Croydon
Thursday 11 November 2010
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Thursday 4 November 2010
Tuesday 2 November 2010
Worker snaps wrist after glove tangled in drill
Worker snaps wrist after glove tangled in drill
29 October 2010
HSE Press Release:
A Cardiff manufacturing firm has been fined after a worker broke his wrist when his glove became entangled in an unguarded drill.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Elmatic (Cardiff) Ltd following the incident at its factory in Wentloog Road, Rumney on 11 March 2009.
Cardiff Magistrates' Court heard that 21-year-old employee Lee Baker had been asked to drill holes in metal boxes despite not usually working with the drill and having no formal training on how to use it.
The pillar drill Mr Baker was using did not have an appropriate guard fitted and when positioning one of the components for drilling his glove became tangled. He fractured his wrist in two places and needed to have plates inserted.
HSE had previously taken formal action against the company, in 2002 and 2009, to ensure that drills were adequately guarded.
Elmatic (Cardiff) Ltd, registered to Wyndham Crescent, Canton, Cardiff, pleaded guilty to a charge under Regulation 11 of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. They were fined £8,000 and ordered to pay £6,691.45 costs.
HSE inspector Hugh Emment said:
"HSE has warned this company before about not providing suitable guards on drills of this type, and while they did initially heed these warnings, the safety standards were not maintained.
"Mr Baker had not been trained to use this drill, nor had he been told about the dangers of wearing gloves while using drills. This is a well known risk in the manufacturing industry, and it resulted in a serious injury to Mr Baker."
In March 2002, Elmatic (Cardiff) Ltd received an immediate prohibition notice relating to the use and guarding of three pillar drills, and this was followed by written advice from an HSE inspector. During the investigation in to the incident on 11 March 2009 the company received an immediate prohibition notice, on 24 April 2009, for failures relating to guarding on a pillar drill and deficiencies in operator training.
29 October 2010
HSE Press Release:
A Cardiff manufacturing firm has been fined after a worker broke his wrist when his glove became entangled in an unguarded drill.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Elmatic (Cardiff) Ltd following the incident at its factory in Wentloog Road, Rumney on 11 March 2009.
Cardiff Magistrates' Court heard that 21-year-old employee Lee Baker had been asked to drill holes in metal boxes despite not usually working with the drill and having no formal training on how to use it.
The pillar drill Mr Baker was using did not have an appropriate guard fitted and when positioning one of the components for drilling his glove became tangled. He fractured his wrist in two places and needed to have plates inserted.
HSE had previously taken formal action against the company, in 2002 and 2009, to ensure that drills were adequately guarded.
Elmatic (Cardiff) Ltd, registered to Wyndham Crescent, Canton, Cardiff, pleaded guilty to a charge under Regulation 11 of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. They were fined £8,000 and ordered to pay £6,691.45 costs.
HSE inspector Hugh Emment said:
"HSE has warned this company before about not providing suitable guards on drills of this type, and while they did initially heed these warnings, the safety standards were not maintained.
"Mr Baker had not been trained to use this drill, nor had he been told about the dangers of wearing gloves while using drills. This is a well known risk in the manufacturing industry, and it resulted in a serious injury to Mr Baker."
In March 2002, Elmatic (Cardiff) Ltd received an immediate prohibition notice relating to the use and guarding of three pillar drills, and this was followed by written advice from an HSE inspector. During the investigation in to the incident on 11 March 2009 the company received an immediate prohibition notice, on 24 April 2009, for failures relating to guarding on a pillar drill and deficiencies in operator training.
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Tuesday 28 September 2010
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If you need a great electrician locally here in Croydon - message me and I will put you in contact with one.
Chicken firm fined after worker skins hand
Chicken firm fined after worker skins hand
A chicken company has been prosecuted after a worker using a carcass "de-skinning" machine tore the skin off the back of his own hand.
The employee was using the machine to skin chickens when his glove became caught and his hand was pulled onto the cutting blade.
Thetford Magistrates’ Court heard today that the skin on the back of his hand, from his knuckles to his wrist, was torn completely away from the underlying tissue in the incident on 24 July 2009.
Crown Chicken Ltd, which processes 365,000 chickens a week at its site on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, pleaded guilty to four breaches of health and safety law, including a separate incident where a second worker’s hand was crushed.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into the first incident found the machine did not have adequate guards, there was no emergency stop button, and the gloves were not suitably protective.
Five months later, on 7 December 2009, another employee severed a finger when his hand was crushed by the lifting mechanism of a forklift truck when he was standing on the forks to access the back of a trailer.
HSE and manufacturer guidance warns it is unsafe to stand on the forks of a forklift truck but the company had not provided a safe way for workers to access the back of the trailers.
HSE inspector, Saffron Turnell, said: "These two incidents resulted in very serious and painful injuries to both men. What is more, both could easily have been avoided if Crown Chicken had taken the correct health and safety precautions.
"The company failed to ensure that simple measures were in place to protect employees using the de-skinning machine. Similarly, the company had no safe method for staff to access the refrigerated trailers.
"Employers must ensure that appropriate health and safety measures are in place and that appropriate equipment is used. HSE will not hesitate to take action against employers failing to comply with the law and putting workers at risk."
Crown Chicken Ltd, of Crown Farm, Weybread, Diss, admitted two breaches of Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 – one breach in relation to each incident. Magistrates fined the firm £4,000 for each charge (total £8,000) and ordered it to pay £5,500 in costs.
A chicken company has been prosecuted after a worker using a carcass "de-skinning" machine tore the skin off the back of his own hand.
The employee was using the machine to skin chickens when his glove became caught and his hand was pulled onto the cutting blade.
Thetford Magistrates’ Court heard today that the skin on the back of his hand, from his knuckles to his wrist, was torn completely away from the underlying tissue in the incident on 24 July 2009.
Crown Chicken Ltd, which processes 365,000 chickens a week at its site on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, pleaded guilty to four breaches of health and safety law, including a separate incident where a second worker’s hand was crushed.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into the first incident found the machine did not have adequate guards, there was no emergency stop button, and the gloves were not suitably protective.
Five months later, on 7 December 2009, another employee severed a finger when his hand was crushed by the lifting mechanism of a forklift truck when he was standing on the forks to access the back of a trailer.
HSE and manufacturer guidance warns it is unsafe to stand on the forks of a forklift truck but the company had not provided a safe way for workers to access the back of the trailers.
HSE inspector, Saffron Turnell, said: "These two incidents resulted in very serious and painful injuries to both men. What is more, both could easily have been avoided if Crown Chicken had taken the correct health and safety precautions.
"The company failed to ensure that simple measures were in place to protect employees using the de-skinning machine. Similarly, the company had no safe method for staff to access the refrigerated trailers.
"Employers must ensure that appropriate health and safety measures are in place and that appropriate equipment is used. HSE will not hesitate to take action against employers failing to comply with the law and putting workers at risk."
Crown Chicken Ltd, of Crown Farm, Weybread, Diss, admitted two breaches of Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 – one breach in relation to each incident. Magistrates fined the firm £4,000 for each charge (total £8,000) and ordered it to pay £5,500 in costs.
Friday 24 September 2010
Need some business advice?
Know anyone that needs some good business advice? Maybe some business coaching to take them to the next level? I know a great Business Coach but hurry as she is retiring next year. Message me for details...
Thursday 23 September 2010
Need a car or a van or a vehicle...
I know a great guy who sell new and used cars - as well as company vans and lease deals. Message me for his details.
Tuesday 21 September 2010
Thursday 16 September 2010
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Tuesday 24 August 2010
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Tuesday 27 July 2010
Visiting Cologne - BNI...
Hello. I am visiting Cologne this Friday 30th July and was wondering if anyone knew how I can contact one of the BNI groups there? I would love to visit a Chapter next week! Thanks
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