Health and Safety Event 10

CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER ACT
September 21st 2009

A Gloucestershire building firm and one of its directors will be the first to be prosecuted under the new corporate manslaughter law. The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 came into effect on 6 April 2008 in order to make it easier to convict large organisations when senior managers have breached their duty of care, resulting in death. Under the new Act, companies could face unlimited fines and other penalties if found guilty of corporate manslaughter.

Peter Eaton and his company, Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings Ltd, have been charged as a result of the death of an employee who was gathering soil samples in a trench which collapsed and killed him.

Kevin Bridges and Zoe Betts of Pinsent Masons LLP will be presenting the first in a series of British Safety Council sponsored seminars at Health and Safety 09, Bolton. The presentation will cover the main elements of the legislation and its impact to date, on corporate and personal liability. It’s more important than ever that health and safety management is at the top of the priority list for all businesses and this seminar will be a timely reminder of the possible consequences if it isn’t.

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BSC ANNOUNCES SPEAKERS AT H&S ‘10 - SOUTH (11th January 2010)

For the second consecutive year, the British Safety Council is continuing its role as Official Educational Partner at Health and Safety ’10 and has secured some of the biggest names in health and safety to lead the seminar programme at the show at Sandown Racecourse on 23rd and 24th February.

From January 2010

ADDRESS CONSTRUCTION FATALITIES & INJURIES (26th August 2009)

British Safety Council introduces construction industry training.

From August 2009

BSC LEADS THE WAY WITH NEW STATE OF THE ART TRAINING FACILITY (9th February 2009)

Officially opened last week by Lord McKenzie, Department of Work and Pensions’ Health and Safety Minister, the £1m new Learning Zone facility at the British Safety Council’s (BSC) headquarters in Hammersmith will offer students an exciting learning experience and provide high quality facilities that will benefit the business community. The BSC’s aim is to make health and safety education accessible in order to save lives and reduce work-related sickness and injury.

From Februuary 2009

BSC WARNS AGAINST MAKING CUTBACKS IN HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT (12th January 2009)

As the recession tightens and businesses across the UK look at ways of reducing costs in order to stay afloat, the British Safety Council (BSC) and a leading lawyer in the field of personal injury have issued a stark warning to business leaders: reducing spend on controlling risks to workplace health and safety could endanger lives and cost companies an average of £30,000 per claim along with significant damage to their reputation.