After breaching numerous health and safety regulations the managing director of a fuel tank manufacturing business has been banned from directing any company for five years.
With surprising speed the coalition government announced a review of Health and Safety Legislation but what do they intend and what can they achieve?
There have been a number of high profile failures of tower cranes recently prompting the HSE to introduce “The Notification of Conventional Tower Crane Regulations 2010” which came into force on 6th April 2010.
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