Health and Safety Blog » Health and Safety http://ehsservices.ie/blog Keeping Up To Date With Health and Safety Issues Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:57:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Firm fined over baby choke death http://ehsservices.ie/blog/?p=21 http://ehsservices.ie/blog/?p=21#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:00:58 +0000 http://ehsservices.ie/blog/?p=21 A company which ran a  nursery in the UK has been fined £67,000 and told to pay costs of £78,000 after a 10-month-old girl choked to death on a piece of apple.

The company pleaded guilty at Cambridge Crown Court to breaching health and safety legislation at its Cambourne nursery.

Environmental health officers at South Cambridgeshire District Council brought the prosecution after The child died in April 2006. A council spokeswoman said the fine “properly reflects the seriousness of the offences”.

Environmental health officials claimed the company did not have a proper risk system process in place.

the defendant, which does not run the nursery anymore, said it had “put its house in order”.

A company spokesman added prosecutors had not alleged the vicitms death was as a result of any “deficiency” in procedures.

He added: “The company is very sorry for the distress caused to the family. This has deeply affected all of us.”

]]> http://ehsservices.ie/blog/?feed=rss2&p=21 0 Manual Handling Blog http://ehsservices.ie/blog/?p=3 http://ehsservices.ie/blog/?p=3#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:26:04 +0000 http://ehsservices.ie/blog/?p=3 I believe that manual handling training will become part of the national framework of qualifications later this year, requiring FETAC certification. Does anybody know how it will work? Will it work in the same way as the First Aid course or will it be required that the just the trainers are FETAC certified?

]]> http://ehsservices.ie/blog/?feed=rss2&p=3 0 Fire Extinguishers http://ehsservices.ie/blog/?p=4 http://ehsservices.ie/blog/?p=4#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:53:57 +0000 http://ehsservices.ie/blog/?p=4 If you are working in the fire extinguishers industry, have you seen a drop in business since the recession has hit? I have talked to a number of companies and one of the first things they see being hit by cut backs  is Health and Safety and Fire Safety. Have you experienced this?

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