Monthly Archives: November 2011

A probe has been launched after a passenger’s iPhone mysteriously caught fire on-board a plane as it came into land. The Apple iPhone 4 model started smoking and glowing red before self-combusting on the Australia’s Regional Express Flight ZL319 destined … Continue reading →

CRS has gathered together for the interest of our readers details of some recent HSE prosecutions and enforcement actions in the construction sector. We have also provided links to associated sources of information under each heading for reference by our … Continue reading →

Corporate Risk Systems Limited (CRS) welcomes the findings of the Löfstedt Review into UK health and safety legislation which was published this week [Download full report HERE].  The review – called ‘Reclaiming health and safety for all: An independent review … Continue reading →

A prosecution is being brought against Network Rail over the deaths of two teenage girls heading out on a Christmas shopping trip in December 2005. Olivia Bazlinton, 14, and Charlotte Thompson, 13, died when they were hit by an express … Continue reading →

A problem was highlighted with a North Sea helicopter a week before it crashed killing 16 people, according to an accident report published this week. Operators had planned to replace the main rotor gearbox of the Eurocopter Super Puma a … Continue reading →

Three fire service managers have been bailed until next year after appearing in court charged in connection with the deaths of four colleagues in a Warwickshire blaze. Station Manager Timothy Woodward and Watch Managers Paul Simmons and Adrian Ashley have … Continue reading →

Corporate Risk Systems Limited (CRS) raises concerns today over rising work-related deaths, suggesting the figures could be a delayed effect of the recession and ‘belt-tightening’. Health and Safety Executive (HSE) annual statistics show that from April 2010 to March 2011, … Continue reading →

A soon to-be-published-report looking at ways of slashing the £60 billion cost of poor health among workers will state the rules around sick leave and GPs signing patients off work should change. The director for health and work, Dame Carol … Continue reading →

A California man has been ordered to spend five years behind bars – the longest prison term ever handed down by a California federal judge in a hazardous waste case – for illegally storing toxic and explosive hazardous waste in … Continue reading →