A Cheshire property developer has been sentenced after putting the lives of its workers at risk, by allowing them to work in an unsupported excavation.
Daily archives: Friday, March 30, 2012
Animal feed firm sentenced over finger loss
Friday, March 30, 2012
A Lancashire animal feed firm has been sentenced after an employee lost one of his fingers in machinery.
Schindler fined after engineer is crushed to death at Heathrow
Friday, March 30, 2012
Lift manufacturer Schindler Ltd has been fined £300,000 for safety failings after an employee was crushed to death while installing a passenger lift at Heathrow Airport.
Cleaning firm fined over porter’s death at Bolton hospital
Friday, March 30, 2012
A national cleaning company has been fined £175,000 after a hospital porter was killed by an industrial waste compactor in Bolton.
One in five construction sites fail safety checks
Friday, March 30, 2012
Nearly one in five construction sites failed safety checks during a national initiative to improve construction site safety – a slight improvement on previous years.
HSE and MHRA working arrangements
Friday, March 30, 2012
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have today published a working arrangements agreement. The aim of this agreement is to describe and promote effective working arrangements between HSE and MHRA.
Local Authority Safety Reps eBulletin
Friday, March 30, 2012
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