Corporate Manslaughter case should prompt action

Three company directors from Lion Steel Equipment Ltd in Hyde have recently been charged under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act – a harsh reminder to all company directors of the need to ensure that they are meeting their health and safety obligations.

Roger Bibbings, RoSPA’s occupational safety adviser, suggests: “This case should certainly make less safety conscious firms - both large and small - sit up and think”

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