Category: Floor Safety

GROUND CONTROL

Paul Hambidge, founder of flooring retailer and manufacturer Factory Direct Flooring, considers the key factors when selecting safety flooring for a work environment. Simply put, businesses...

FEATURE

FLYBE FINED FOR UNSAFE PASSENGER LIFT

International airline Flybe Ltd has been sentenced after an investigation into a worker falling into a lift shaft at Exeter Airport uncovered health and safety failings. Exeter Magistrates’...

IN THE COURTS

STANDARDS

TESCO FINED Â£700K AFTER PENSIONER BREAKS HIP

Tesco, the UK’s largest supermarket chain, has landed a fine in excess of £700,000 after a 91-year-old pensioner slipped at its Hemel Hempstead store and broke his hip. On Monday 6...

IN THE COURTS

Charity fined after care home resident dies in fall

CHARITY FINED AFTER CARE HOME RESIDENTâ€™S FATAL FALL

Nazareth Care Charitable Trust, a registered charity, has been fined after an elderly resident of one of its care homes was fatally injured when she fell down a set of stairs. Edinburgh Sheriff...

Company Prosecuted After Workerâ€™s Leg Crushed by Machinery

A packaging manufacturing company was sentenced after a worker was injured by an automated transfer vehicle. Teesside Magistrates’ Court heard that on 5 September 2017, the employee of Saica...

Events company fined after worker injury

An event management company has been fined for failing to ensure the safety of employees during the lifting and moving of a 14-foot-wide park home chassis. Coventry Magistrates’ Court heard...

EVENTS

Solar panel company prosecuted after worker falls through skylight

A solar panel company has been fined after a worker fell through a skylight during the installation of solar panels on a farm workshop in East Sussex. Brighton Magistrates Court heard how, on the...

TRUMAX FINED AFTER EMPLOYEE FALLS FROM HEIGHT

Construction company Trumax Building Ltd has been sentenced for safety breaches. On 18th May 2018 an employee under the age of 18 was working on the first floor of a house being built at a...

Fine for Construction company after worker suffered carbon monoxide poisoning

Fine for Construction company after worker suffered CO poisoning

Construction company Construction 360 Ltd was sentenced for safety breaches after a worker collapsed and lost consciousness while working at the site of King Asia Foods Ltd, Middle Bank, Sheffield. ...

CONSTRUCTION