A worker could have been killed when metal grating gave way under his feet at a tissue factory in Lancaster, a court has heard.
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Unregistered gas fitter prosecuted for dangerous boiler installation
Friday, May 24, 2013
A Bridgwater man has been prosecuted for illegal and unsafe gas work while falsely claiming to be on the Gas Safe Register.
Plumber prosecuted for illegal gas work after couple burned in explosion
Friday, May 24, 2013
A Lincolnshire plumber has been prosecuted for carrying out illegal gas work after a couple suffered severe burns in a major explosion at their home.
HSE Jobs – Sales and Marketing Director, HSL
Friday, May 24, 2013
This is a high-potential role that calls for an inspiring leader who can motivate and support our sales team to achieve outstanding commercial results.
The business benefits of health and safety – London, 5 June 2013
Friday, May 24, 2013
Full day conference by the British Safety Council on the business benefits of health and safety, including the launch of a literature review on business benefits and a keynote address by Mark Hoban MP, Minister for Employment, DWP.
Case 174 – Custard pie fight is cancelled
Friday, May 24, 2013
A custard pie fight at a local event has been cancelled because the event organisers could not get insurance on the basis that the activity is too dangerous.
RR963 – Exposure to hexavalent chromium, nickel and cadmium compounds in the electroplating industry
Friday, May 24, 2013
This research was conducted by HSE in partnership with the Surface Engineering Association (SEA). The aim was to investigate whether repeat Biological Monitoring (BM) over a period of time could be used to help drive sustainable improvements in exposure control.
Four metre fall lands company in court
Thursday, May 23, 2013
A construction company based in South East London has been prosecuted for a serious safety breach after a roofing worker plunged four metres through a badly-protected skylight.
Company sentenced for exposing worker to deadly fumes
Thursday, May 23, 2013
A bath restoration company has been fined for safety failings after a worker died from inhaling toxic fumes in the bathroom of a South West London flat.
Companies prosecuted after roof collapsed on worker
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Two West Midlands companies have been fined for safety failings after the six-tonne roof of a timber-framed classroom collapsed on a worker, leaving him seriously injured.
Lewisham Homes in court after woman breaks jaw
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Lewisham Council’s homes provider has been fined after a meter reader broke her jaw and smashed most of her teeth in a fall into an unprotected flood pit cellar beneath a block of flats.
Bedford company in court over worker’s broken leg
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
A nationwide removals firm has been fined for safety failings after a worker broke his leg whilst moving machinery at a site in Bedford.
Joinery firm in court over worker’s severed finger
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
A Dagenham-based firm has been sentenced after a worker severed a finger and seriously injured two others on a badly-guarded cutting block capable of 10,000 cuts per minute.
Unsafe gas work leads to fine for kitchen installer
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
A Staffordshire kitchen fitter has been fined after he carried out illegal gas work and put families’ lives at risk.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Understand and improve your organisation’s Safety Culture
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Collective failures led to death of worker
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
A County Durham man has been jailed and a Tyneside firm and one of its directors fined after a demolition worker fell to his death from a cherry picker that was knocked over by a falling roof beam.
BAE Systems sentenced for death of worker
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Global defence company BAE Systems has been ordered to pay almost £350,000 in fines and costs after a worker died when he was crushed by the 145-tonnes weight of a metal press at its East Yorkshire plant.
RR962 – Survey of noise emission and risk information supplied with a range of work machinery
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Previous work has shown that noise emission data provided by manufacturers can be of variable quality and based on standards that no longer exist. The aim of the project was to assess the suitability of information on noise emission required under the Supply of Machinery and Noise Emission Regulations.
Judith Hackitt’s ‘Risk Assessment’ – No regrets
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
HSE Chair Judith Hackitt on taking up the role of President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers and whether she would still choose to be a chemical engineer if applying to go to university today.
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