Catering and leisure

The owners and operators of the Holiday Inn Hotel in Hemel Hempstead have been ordered to pay almost £160,000 after the wooden staircase that a wedding party was standing on for a group photograph collapsed beneath them.

The travel and tourism industry has been hit harder than most by the pandemic, writes Steve Smethurst. How is IOSH supporting the sector as it plans for an uncertain future?

A SCUBA equipment supply company has been fined £9,300 and ordered to pay £11,000 costs after providing a diving school with contaminated air that led to children being taken so ill during a training session that one ended up in an induced coma.

The cinema chain has been prosecuted for ‘a complete lack of risk assessment’ after a man was crushed to death by a faulty reclining chair.

A civil claim for damages was upheld, with a 60% reduction due to the deceased’s contributory negligence.

IOSH and the World Travel and Tourism Council have produced guidance to support organisations in the travel and tourism sector in implementing health and hygiene protocols.

Unions and HSE leaders clashed over the enforcement of COVID guidance at work last week – IOSH magazine was there to report on it.

There is no prospect of payment as the former theme park operator is in administration.

A luxury hotel in Scotland has been prosecuted after a night porter placed ash in a plastic bag, igniting a huge fire that killed two guests.

Scientists put on three music events on the same day to investigate the risks posed by mass inside events during the pandemic