Safety News
More NEBOSH Success for RCES Clients
Yet another batch of impressive NEBOSH examination results following in house training from RCES.
Date: 30-01-2012
THREE GENERATIONS CHALLENGE THREE PEAKS
RCES team attempt to complete Three Peaks Challenge within 24 hours to raise money for Action Medical Research. Would you like to add your support?
Date: 30-01-2012
Chartered Safety Practitioner Slams Cameron
David, Just listen before you put the boot into Health and Safety. Then try aiming your boot at the inexperienced and unqualified "safety experts" that are giving health and safety a bad name.
Date: 17-01-2012
NEBOSH DISTINCTIONS EVERYWHERE
Once again delegates attending the NEBOSH General Certificate achieve superb results after training with RCES (UK) Ltd. Congratulations to the delegates at West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Date: 06-01-2012
Choose RCES (UK) Ltd to Deliver the NEBOSH General Certificate to your team
RCES (UK) Ltd are now taking bookings to deliver the NEBOSH General Certificate course for 2012. Why Choose RCES (UK) Ltd? Because Your Team Deserves Quality Training From The Very Best!!
Date: 09-12-2011
Be An Early Winner In Olympic Year, Book Your NEBOSH Construction Course in Cardiff NOW!
Make your New Years Resolution early and book your place on the NEBOSH Certificate in Construction Health and Safety Course to be held in Cardiff.
Date: 17-11-2011
Looking for a NEBOSH National General Certificate course?
BOOK YOUR PLACE TODAY for a NEBOSH National General Certificate course presented in Bristol and Cardiff.
Date: 10-11-2011
Quality Training, Competitive Pricing, Superb Results
Latest NEBOSH results – 14 candidates – 10 Distinctions – 4 Credits
Date: 25-10-2011
NEBOSH Award in Health and Safety at Work
RCES (UK) Ltd RECEIVE ACCREDITATION FOR NEBOSH LEVEL 2 AWARD IN HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK
Date: 25-10-2011
£8,000 Fine for Keeping Staff in the Dark
A dangerous substance stored in an unlit cupboard
Date: 25-10-2011
RCES (UK) Ltd Awarded Training Contract
RCES (UK) have been successful in our tender and been awarded a contract with Cardiff Council
Date: 26-08-2011
Book Your Health and Safety Course With Risk Control Training - You Know That Your Team Deserves It
Risk Control Training, a division of RCES (UK) Ltd provide high quality health and safety training, in house, on your premises. Our highly qualified trainers ensure that the training experience is interesting, exciting and worthwhile.
Date: 25-08-2011
Middle Managers Accused Of Hiding Unpopular Decisions Behind Health and Safety Regulations
Chris Grayling, Employment Minister said that an epidemic of excuses wrongly citing health and safety is needlessly curtailing people’s personal freedoms.
Date: 25-08-2011
Inadequate Fire Risk Assessment lands Assessor in Jail
A hotel manager and an external fire risk assessor have both been imprisoned for 8 months for fire safety offences.
Date: 13-07-2011
Workplace Deaths Up 16%.
Workplace deaths have risen by 16%, rather alarming considering the planned reduction of workplace inspections. Reconsider Now!!
Date: 30-06-2011
Do You Need More Information on Mesothelioma?
We at RCES (UK) Ltd recommend that you visit ASBESTOS.COM for extensive information relating to Mesothelioma.
Date: 26-05-2011
Chemical Company Released of £150,000 In Fines After Releasing 340 Tonnes Of Hazardous Solvent
A chemical company has been fined £150,000 after a tank collapsed at its facility in East Sussex and released 340 tonnes of hazardous solvent.
Date: 26-05-2011
RCES Scientific Director on OSHCR Register
RCES (UK) Ltd, Scientific Director, Sarah Fuller is listed on the new Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register (OSHCR).
Date: 06-04-2011
Risk Analyst INCENSED with Cameron's "Common Sense" Approach to Safety
RCES executive director, Gordon Fuller has attacked David Camerons "common sense" approach to Safety, saying "I've spent 20 years correcting the common sense approach to accidents."
Date: 29-03-2011
RCES (UK) Ltd, Executive Director on OSHCR Register
RCES (UK) Ltd, Executive Director, Gordon Fuller is listed on the new Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register (OSHCR).
Date: 29-03-2011
Hornets March on to Plate Final
Congratulations to Newquay Hornets Under 13's on their exceptional performance in semi final victory
Date: 08-03-2011
Company Sentenced in First Corporate Manslaughter Case
Company fined £385,000 over the death of junior geologist.
Date: 02-03-2011
Hornets Success in Triangular Fixture
RCES (UK) Ltd's favourite rugby team, Newquay Hornets Under 13's, show top form in matches with teams from St Austall and Bude
Date: 22-02-2011
Unannounced HSE Visits to Keep Construction Sites on Their Toes
Construction sites across the country are being visited as part of an intensive inspection initiative aimed at reducing death and injury in one of Britain's most dangerous industries.
Date: 21-02-2011
RCES Shirt Sponsors to Newquay Hornets
RCES are the new shirt sponsors for Newquay Hornets Under 13 rugby team.
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Date: 21-02-2011
Lack of Health and Safety Training Costs Quarry owner over £13,000
Quarry owner fined after employee breaks leg in two places
Date: 03-02-2011
Worker Loses Fingers, Company Loses £7,000
Worker suffers serious injury on his first day
Date: 20-01-2011
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL FROM RCES
RCES (UK) Ltd wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
A good time to plan your health and safety training for 2011
Date: 07-01-2011
IIRSM Publish Safety on Safari Acticle
The Safety on Safari acticle written by RCES (UK) Ltd MD, Gordon Fuller, has been published in the latest issue of IIRSM Magazine.
Date: 21-12-2010
Pharmaceutical Company Hit With £100,000 COSHH
Breach of COSHH Regulations result in heavy fine.
Date: 21-12-2010
Safety on Safari
Gordon Fuller MSc CMIOSH FIIRSM FRSPH RMaPS M.Inst.CS MIAII AI(EXP)E explains how he managed the risk of man and beast in a modern day stand-off.
Date: 21-12-2010
£440,000 in fines after workers death
Two companies and a manager have been fined a total of £440,000 after a worker suffered 90 per cent burns and died, when the aerosol canisters he was crushing caught fire.
Date: 20-12-2010
Fitter suffers multiple injuries and burns
Company fined after fitter sustains multiple injuries
Date: 20-12-2010
Proprietor gets £10,000 fine. Roofer gets a broken back
A roofing contractor has fractured his back after falling through a rooflight.
Date: 20-12-2010
Worker Killed in Crane Incident
Cranee Operator killed in dredging accident
Date: 09-12-2010
Snow on Roofs Put Farmers at Risk
The National Farmers Union advises farmers to clear snow from roofs only where it is safe to do so and no risk to anyone.
Date: 09-12-2010
Worker Injured in Fork Lift Accident
No Safe System of Work Results in Fine for Aircraft Company
Date: 09-12-2010
Another Construction Company Falls Foul of Work at Height Regulations
Retro Future 2000 Ltd have been prosecuted over major safety concerns at a construction site at Kings Dock in Liverpool city centre.
Date: 30-11-2010
Workers Fall Drops Company in Court
Company fined after workers fall
Date: 29-11-2010
Breach of Work at Height Regulations Land Roofing Company in Court
Inadequately planned work puts workers and others in danger
Date: 29-11-2010
Breach of CDM Regulations costs two companies £35,220
Two companies were fined a total of £23,000 with total costs of £12,220 for breaches of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 at Portsmouth Crown Court.
Date: 29-11-2010
Food company not so PUWER
An item of equipment was switched on by an employee whilst another worker was inside it.
Date: 22-11-2010
CDM Regulations Breach costs Company £33, 523 in Fines and Costs
Company admits breaching r.37(3) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007
Date: 22-11-2010
Building Owner arrested after house collapse.
Over 60 people have been killed after a building collapse in India
Date: 18-11-2010
Two Killed in South African Mining Accidents
Two workers have been reported killed in separate mining incidents in South Africa
Date: 18-11-2010
Poundstretcher stretched to a further £55,000 in Fines.
Poundstretcher the national discount chain store has been fined £51,500 and ordered to pay £3,450 costs at Leeds crown court for seven offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Date: 16-11-2010
HSE Statistic report for 2009 / 2010
With 152 workers killed at work, 121, 430 other injuries reported under RIDDOR and 233,000 reportable injuries (according to Labour Force Survey) it only confirms that we cannot be complacent about the health and safety of employees.
Date: 16-11-2010
Construction Chief Appalled by lack of Compliance to Regulations
The Chief Executive of a Construction group is appalled by results of a report revealing a widespread lack of both effective management of health and safety risks and compliance with the CDM Regulations.
Date: 11-11-2010
Warning: Lord Young Syndrome Can Kill
On Thursday 25th October whilst taking part in a panel discussion entitled “Insuring a Safer Future” Lord Young said he wanted to strip away the mystique around Health and Safety.
Date: 01-11-2010
Tell Me Lord Young, What is Common Sense ???????
The Lord Young report is entitled common sense, common safety. Our prime minister demands a return to common sense safety in the workplace. Read on to see common sense in practice!!!!!!!
Date: 28-10-2010
Lord Young Defines Common Sense
Lord Young wants to strip away the mystique around health and safety
Date: 28-10-2010
RCES Back Safety Consultant Accreditation Scheme
RCES MD Gordon Fuller said today that he fully supported the proposed accreditation scheme for safety consultants.
Date: 29-09-2010
Manufacturing company owners in court over crushing incident.
The owners of a manufacturing company appeared in front of magistrates to answer charges relating to an incident in which an employee had his fingers crushed in a hydraulic press.
Date: 07-09-2010
Bricklayer paralysed after crush incident on construction site.
A company has been fined after a bricklayer has been paralysed from the chest down after being crushed at a construction site in Yorkshire
Date: 07-09-2010
44 Tonne Rush Hour Road Block
Two construction companies fined after a 44-tonne piling machine overturned on to a busy main road in Hull.
Date: 17-08-2010
Building Company and Director Fined £15,000
A building company exposed its customers to deadly fumes
Date: 17-08-2010
Principle Contractor Fined £10,000
Company fined after it ignored warnings from the HSE and it’s own safety consultants.
Date: 26-07-2010
WELCOME TO OUR NEW LOOK WEBSITE
We sincerely hope that you will find our new look website both useful and informative and that you remember that RCES (UK) Ltd are the people that make health and safety INTERESTING, EXCITING and WORTHWHILE!
Date: 22-07-2010
Scaffold Collapse Seriously Injures Roofer
Self employed roofer, Stephen Martin plunged nearly 20 feet when a scaffolding platform collapsed.
Date: 20-07-2010
£10 Million Fines and Costs for Buncefield Disaster
Total fines and costs of £10 million were today levied to five companies over the Buncefield disaster
Date: 16-07-2010
Work Related Deaths Down by 31%
The HSE has released figures showing that the number of people killed at work in Britain in 2009 / 2010 is 31% lower than the average figure for the last 5 years. The record low figure of 151 is down from 178 in the previous year.
Date: 07-07-2010
Contractor Jailed after Roof Death
Comet Group Plc contracted Steven Smith, who was director of Wrexham Roof Services Ltd, to clear guttering and replace leaking roof lights at its store in Wrexham. Smith had sub-contracted Paul Alker, 33, to help carry out the repairs.
Date: 07-07-2010
Fireworks Boss Pleads Guilty
The owner of a fireworks display company has pleaded guilty to health and safety and fraud charges following an incident where a display mortar exploded in the face of a trainee.
Date: 07-07-2010
Night Out Ends in Death
A construction company and two of its directors must pay more than £90,000 in penalties following the death of a member of the public at a building site in West Sussex.
Date: 07-07-2010
NEBOSH With Distinction
RCES (UK) Ltd delighted with the performance of the delegates on NEBOSH course.
Date: 30-06-2010
Private Members Bill Introduced on Directors Duties
Labour MP Frank Doran has introduced a Private Members’ Bill to amend the Health and Safety at Work Act and place a positive duty on company directors to ensure health and safety in their
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Date: 09-06-2010
NEBOSH International in Cairo
RCES (UK) Ltd deliver NEBOSH International in Cairo
Date: 28-05-2010
RCES Provide International Trainers
RCES (UK) Ltd provide professional trainers overseas
Date: 28-05-2010