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COMPANY FINED AFTER EMPLOYEE SUFFERED DEGLOVING INJURY
A manufacturer of swimming pool covers has been fined after a worker suffered a degloving injury when his hand got caught between two power driven rollers of an extruder machine. Brighton...
COACH COMPANY SENTENCED AFTER FATAL INCIDENT
A Lancashire man was sentenced after a father-of-three was fatally crushed while working underneath a double decker bus. Crewe Magistrates’ Court heard how on 14 June 2017, Wayne Lannon, a...
MANUFACTURER FINED AFTER WORKER INJURED
Nichol McKay Limited, manufacturer of engineering products and components, has been fined after a profile shed supervisor was struck by a bucket and its contents. Ayr Sheriff Court heard that, on 4...
COMPANY SENTENCED FOLLOWING SERIOUS INCIDENT IN SEWER
A water and wastewater company has been fined following an incident in which three workers were carried along a sewer following the collapse of a 150-year-old sewer gate. On 29 August 2017, three...
COUNCIL FINED £1.4M AFTER CHILD SUFFERS LIFE-CHANGING INJURY
Hampshire County Council has been fined after a six-year-old girl playing on an unsecured street bollard suffered a life-changing head injury. Bournemouth Crown Court heard how, on 28 December...
H&S COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK TO IMPROVE STANDARDS
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has revealed further details about the 69 competencies in its updated framework for the OSH profession. Expectations of professionals...
BIOSERVICES COMPANY FINED FOR BIOLOGICAL AGENT BREACH
A bio-sciences company has been sentenced for being in possession of high hazard infectious biological material without a licence. Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard that in September...
COMPANY FINED AFTER WORKERS SUFFER BURN INJURIES
An industrial roof and cladding company has been fined after failing to protect its self-employed workers from the risk of a cable strike explosion or electrocution whilst carrying out repairs at...
FRS CELEBRATES 15TH ANNIVERSARY
A man with two near-death experiences was inspired to set up his own business – a health and safety consultancy, which is now celebrating its 15th anniversary. Martyn Weeks, 52, of FRS in...
COMPANY DIRECTOR ALLOWED 'UNSAFE CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL’
The director of a waste transfer company was found guilty and banned from being a company director after knowingly exposing employees to serious unsafe working conditions. Preston Crown Court...
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