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City of Bristol College has been ordered to pay £32,000 in fines and costs after a tutor was badly burned when a bottle of concentrated nitric acid exploded on his desk. Read the full story.
There appears to be a great deal of confusion regarding confined spaces among a user's client base. Click here to help.
After much debate, the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act finally came into force last Sunday. Brush up on your knowledge here.
On a final note, HSW editor Louis Wustemann has just blogged on today’s news of Ofwat’s fining Severn Trent Water for £38.5 million and how the seriousness of fiddling your customer satisfaction figures compares with responsibility for a death at work.
Best wishes,
Kellie Mundell
Community Editor
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