SAFETY UK & AWARD WINNERS

Safety Trolley Systems (STS) won the Design and Innovation Award at the BBC Tomorrow's World International Invention Fair 1999 for a revolutionary new trolley they designed which is a completely new approach to lifting and moving heavy items.  The first model produced is specifically designed to handle drums of up to 210kg in weight and it is selling extremely well in the oil industry.  Safety UK are now working with STS to develop different trolley ranges including one for the transporting of beer barrels that will be very popular amongst draymen; other adaptations will see a trolley capable of negotiating stairs, handling compressed gas bottles and packages of varying weights and dimensions.

HSE TO NAME AND SHAME
The Health and Safety Executive has announced that from January 2000 it will name and shame companies which breach health and safety legislation. The names of companies and individuals that have been convicted for health and safety offences will published and also listed on the internet.

COMPANY PAYS OUT £190,000 COMPENSATION
A company was ordered to pay a factory worker over £190,000 in compensation after she suffered repetative strain injury (RSI) while working on a pizza production line.

BUILDING DEVELOPER JAILED
A building developer was sentenced to four months in jail after a court heard that he failed to comply with the requirements of an improvement notice issued by the Health and Safety Executive.

CALL FOR TOUGHER FINES
The British Safety Council and Trades Union Congress have published a joint report calling for tougher fines to be imposed for breaches of health and safety law to 'act as a more effective deterrent for employers.....and more accurately reflect public disquiet at the level of injuries and illness at work.

NEW FOOD HYGIENE COURSE
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health will be launching a new stand-alone refresher training qualification early in the New Year designed for holders of the Basic Food Hygiene Certificate.  The new course will allow candidates to ad updated information to the sound foundation of knowledge they will already have.

NEW FOOD HANDLING REGULATIONS
The majority of gloves sold for food handling are now in breach of new regulations!