Principal Designer & CDM Consultants from the South West

Civil engineering company R M Contractors Limited (RMC), and a contractor working on behalf of tree surgery company Complete Tree Services (CTS) have been sentenced after a member of the public was injured by fencing wire. Redditch Magistrates’ Court heard a member of the public was in her garden, when she ... Read More

Collaton Safety are currently undertaking site inspections on a new Unite student accommodation building in Durham. This 363 bed site is a particularly interesting project as it involved the demolition of part of an existing hospital dating back to 1853. The site is currently being run by Bowmer & Kirkland.

G&S Roofing Ltd has been fined for safety failings related to working at height in August 2016. Numerous concerns were raised by members of the public about work being carried out by the company, which twice ignored written advice to address the issue of working at height in an unsafe manner. Brighton ... Read More

A worker operating a foot pedal saw came into contact with the rotating blade, suffering a severed hand and wrist which needed surgical intervention to reattach. Birmingham Magistrates’ Court heard that an investigation by the HSE into the 2016 incident found that Pipework Engineering Services Limited (PESL) had failed to install ... Read More

When we talk about health and safety at work, with particular emphasis on understanding the importance of it, conversation quickly turns to the ‘human’ element behind it. For instance, our thoughts are dominated by statistics like these (taken from the HSE website): 3 million working people ... Read More

UK companies paid £6.1 million in health and safety fines in 2016. That’s a rise of 148% on fines paid in 2015, according to BLM’s health and safety tracker. The insurance law and risk law firm, BLM, has found that the average pay-out had risen to £211,000 – four times the ... Read More

Two roofing contractors have been fined after the HSE investigated hazardous working conditions where men were seen working on a roof without edge protection. MKM Fabrications Ltd had been employed as the principal contractor to carry out a roof replacement on one of the buildings at Valley Mills, Millgate, Delph, Oldham ... Read More

The principal contractor of a large construction project in London has been fined £185k after the death of 31-year-old sub-contractor Richard Laco. Southwark Crown Court heard that Richard had been contracted by CMF Ltd to work on the Frances Crick Institute project but was fatally crushed on 6 November 2013 by ... Read More

Collaton Safety would like to express their congratulations to team member Jennifer McPherson (formerly Gittins) who got married to Jodie on Saturday. We wish the new Mr & Mrs McPherson all the best for the future.