28 April Health and Safety Failings – School governors fined after pupil’s shot-put injury School governors fined after pupil’s shot-put injury Key Facts: A school’s governing body have been prosecuted for ‘substantial’ safety breaches after a pupil was hit by a shot-put during PE lesson. The pupil was struck on the back of the head by a shot-put thrown by another student during a multi-sports lesson. His life-threatening injuries … Read More
12 February Health and Safety in Schools and Academies – Conference speech I have delivered Health and Safety presentations at two conferences organised for Schools and Academies and I have been ask to deliver similar talks at two further conferences. It is important that Health and safety in schools and academies is managed well. At each conference, I delivered two talks: one aimed at schools and the other … Read More
16 August Tragic School Meal Food Poisoning Disaster Reveals Widespread Government Food Safety Issues Background A tragedy felt the world over as at least 23 Indian students, all less than twelve years old, died as a result of poor food safety and storage practices. The Mid-Day Meal Scheme has been long heralded as the largest and most successful program of it’s type in the world, with over 120 million … Read More
17 October Finger guards, do you need to install them? It is established practice to install finger guards on doors where vulnerable adults or young children use your premises. But how do they prevent accidents, and when should they be fitted? When a door closes into its frame, there are a number of points where fingers may become trapped, these include the latch, the hinge … Read More