A gorilla that escaped from its enclosure at London Zoo drank five litres of undiluted blackcurrant squash before being returned to his den, a report has found. Kumbuka, a western lowland silverback, made an “opportunistic” exit through unlocked doors, London Zoo added. The zoo said the gorilla got into a secure keepers’ area on discovery...
HSE construction inspectors will be carrying out unannounced visits to sites where refurbishment projects or repair works are underway. This year the Initiative is being undertaken as a series of two week inspections across the country, beginning 3 October 2016 ending 4 November 2016. During this period inspectors will ensure high-risk activities, particularly those affecting...
A man who was trapped under a lorry in a collision at Jaguar Land Rover’s plant in Solihull has died. The incident happened on Monday 26th September at the firm’s base off Lode Lane. The company have confirmed that the man who died was an employee with one of their suppliers. According to workers, he was...
WA Management has recently welcomed Alice Fennell to the team. She is fresh out of university and ready to climb the ladder to being a Health and Safety Consultant! As you can imagine this is quite an undertaking, and one that she has decided to document, so you can all experience this journey as well! Here...
Isaac Asimov gave us the basic rules of good robot behaviour: don’t harm humans, obey orders and protect yourself. Now the British Standards Institute has issued a more official version aimed at helping designers create ethically sound robots. The document, BS8611 Robots and robotic devices, is written in the dry language of a health and safety manual, but the...
A fire extinguisher test in a bank’s data centre has gone wrong in an “unprecedented” manner, causing its cash machines, online banking operations and website to go offline. For much of Saturday, ING’s Romanian customers could not access their money. The bank said the discharge of its gas-based fire suppression system had caused”unexpected” damage to...
The race to be first in self-driving cars has shifted up a gear after Volvo and Uber announced they were joining forces to develop autonomous vehicles. The Swedish manufacturer and app-based ride-sharing company are together investing $300m in a project to develop “base vehicles” that will be built by Volvo and then purchased by Uber. Each company will then...
A distillery in Oldbury has been fined after an employee was engulfed in flames in a fire that destroyed the warehouse and its contents. Wolverhampton Crown Court heard how ethyl acetate, a highly flammable liquid, was being transferred from a bulk storage tank into an intermediate bulk container when an employee was engulfed in flames...
A School in Canterbury, has been fined for safety failings at a summer activity camp after a seven-year-old boy had to be given CPR after coming into difficulty during a swimming lesson. Canterbury Crown Court heard how the boy was at a summer activity camp run by St Edmunds School and was taking part in a...
One crew member has died and four others have been injured in an accident on the Harmony of the Seas, the world’s biggest cruise ship. The 42-year-old Filipino crew member died when a lifeboat, with five crew, became detached from the fifth deck during a safety exercise. It fell 10m (33ft) into the water. Two...