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‘Unsafe’ Swindon equipment hire company fined

HSE — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:30:51 +0000

A Swindon-based equipment hire company has been fined for continuing unsafe working practices and ignoring safety warnings from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

Carriage of Dangerous Goods – Prohibition Notices December 2011

HSE — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:25:09 +0000

Carriage of Dangerous Goods – ‘Prohibition Notices issued by Police or Vehicle, Operator Services Agency (VOSA) or Department for Transport’ for December 2012.

One in five construction sites fail safety checks

HSE — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:00:29 +0000

Nearly one in five construction sites failed safety checks during a national initiative to improve construction site safety – a slight improvement on previous years.

Widnes firm fined over employee’s fall injuries

HSE — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:00:27 +0000

A Cheshire worker could have been killed when he fell from the top of a chemical storage tank, a court has heard.

New date for health and safety cost recovery scheme

HSE — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:00:56 +0000

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today announced that its cost recovery scheme, Fee for Intervention, is going ahead but will now not start in April 2012.

Carriage of Dangerous Goods Prohibition Notices – November 2011

HSE — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:00:32 +0000

Carriage of Dangerous Goods Prohibition Notices issued by Police, Vehicle & Operator Services Agency (VOSA) or Department for Transport during November 2011, are now available.

Lancaster landlord sentenced for putting lives at risk

HSE — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:40:08 +0000

A landlord in Lancaster has been sentenced for putting the lives of a family at risk by failing to arrange an annual gas safety check.

Countryside firm sentenced over strimmer death

HSE — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:20:01 +0000

A countryside management firm has been sentenced over the death of a father-of-four in Barrow-in-Furness, who was struck by a piece of metal that flew off a strimmer at high speed.

Roofing company fined over foreman’s fall

HSE — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:40:25 +0000

A Southampton-based roofing company has been prosecuted after a worker suffered serious injuries, including brain damage, when he fell from a roof.

Poor construction site management lands firm in court

HSE — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:36:49 +0000

An Edgware-based construction company and its director have been fined after carrying out unsafe demolition and construction work at a house in Surrey.

Two Leeds firms in court over worker’s crush injuries

HSE — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:30:48 +0000

A construction worker had both legs broken when a 22-tonne excavator reversed over him on a building site in Leeds, a court has heard.

Council fined after worker loses arm in wood chipper

HSE — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:26:26 +0000

Durham County Council has been prosecuted for safety failings after a grounds-man’s arm was severed in a wood chipper machine.

Failure to identify asbestos put workers at risk

HSE — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:34:34 +0000

A Cardiff company has been fined for putting the health of demolition workers at risk after a building survey failed to identify the presence of asbestos.

Worker suffers multiple fractures at international paper firm

HSE — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:35:01 +0000

An international supplier of paper and packaging has been fined after an employee suffered breaks to his arm and ribs in machinery at a Lincolnshire factory.

Fines after workers exposed to asbestos

HSE — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:00:14 +0000

An Ammanford-based knitwear company and a cladding firm site foreman have been fined for putting workers and visitors at risk of exposure to asbestos.

Worker seriously burned after cutting through 11,000 volt cable in Worcester

HSE — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:15:15 +0000

Two companies have been fined after a demolition worker was engulfed in flames when he cut through a live 11,000 volt cable at an electricity substation in Worcester.

Film company fined after cameraman hurt on set

HSE — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:55:25 +0000

A production company has been fined after a cameraman fell more than three metres from the set of a forthcoming major film, when he fell through an opening in the floor.

London manufacturer fined for major safety breaches

HSE — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:30:23 +0000

A manufacturing company based in Uxbridge has been fined for a series of health and safety breaches which put its employees at risk.

Leading horse trainer in court after worker’s fall

HSE — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:10:04 +0000

The owner of racing stables in North Yorkshire has been prosecuted after a yard worker fell more than three metres through a skylight in a stable block.

HSE clampdown to improve construction site safety in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire

HSE — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:40:30 +0000

Construction sites in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire are being put under the safety spotlight as part of an intensive inspection initiative aimed at reducing death and injury. Between now and 16 March, inspectors from the Health & Safety Executive will be visiting sites where refurbishment or repair works are being carried out.