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Fine for West Yorkshire firm after printer crushed to death

HSE — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:30:32 +0000

A retail marketing company has been ordered to pay £118,500 in fines and costs for serious safety failings after a worker at its Wakefield printing site was crushed to death.

Healthcare provider fined after worker injury

HSE — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:00:41 +0000

A private healthcare provider managing a hospital in Ipswich has been fined for safety failings after an employee suffered a fractured kneecap.

Judith Hackitt’s ‘Risk Assessment’ – Myth busting

HSE — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:30:31 +0000

HSE Chair Judith Hackitt discusses people’s views of what health and safety is.

Construction firm fined after worker’s narrow escape

HSE — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:00:40 +0000

A construction worker defied death after falling four metres from the cage of a 20-tonnes cherry-picker into the path of a moving bus, which then pushed him another 15 metres along the Euston Road.

Seven survive concrete collapse at John Moores University

HSE — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:00:57 +0000

Seven construction workers were lucky to survive when more than 250 tonnes of wet concrete collapsed at Liverpool John Moores University, a court has been told.

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.

Printing company fined £112,500 over death of worker

HSE — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:00:39 +0000

One of the UK’s leading printing groups has been fined £112,500 at Peterborough Crown Court today after a maintenance engineer was crushed to death in a printing press.

Safety chief teams up with teacher to prove red tape is no challenge

HSE — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:00:11 +0000

The head of Britain’s safety watchdog has paid a visit to a Welsh school to see an award-winning teacher prove that it is possible to inject excitement into education – without falling foul of red tape.

Mersey shipbuilding firm sentenced over welder death

HSE — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:00:05 +0000

A Merseyside shipbuilding firm has been fined £120,000 over the death of a welder who became trapped while driving a forklift truck.

Vehicle repair firm in court over Manchester roof death

HSE — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:45:49 +0000

A vehicle repair firm has been sentenced over the death of a man who fell through a fragile garage roof in Manchester.

Woodworking: Working with machinery – stake pointing on a circular saw

HSE — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:00:33 +0000

Woodworking is the only industry where machinery accidents cause more injuries than slips and trips. This example illustrates safe practice when stake pointing on a circular saw.

St Helens man sentenced over gas explosion

HSE — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:00:33 +0000

The Managing Director of a St Helens gas supply firm has appeared in court after he and an employee suffered multiple burns in an explosion.

Safety chief uses high-hazard visit to distinguish real health and safety from the nonsense

HSE — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:41:00 +0000

The Chair of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has used a visit to a Cheshire oil refinery to highlight a shining example of a proper approach to health and safety.

Death at Hampstead site leads to prosecution

HSE — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:11 +0000

A construction company and director have been fined following the death of a worker at a site in Hampstead.

Major construction firm fined more than £100k after death

HSE — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:16:21 +0000

A 23-year-old Keighley man died from massive crush injuries when his head became trapped in the jaws of a grab machine being wrongly used to move a pallet of cement bags.

Hampshire firm fined over death of delivery driver

HSE — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:30:04 +0000

A Hampshire lift manufacturer has been prosecuted after a lorry driver was killed while delivering goods to its factory in Romsey.

Firm fined after workers put at risk

HSE — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:00:51 +0000

A construction firm and its company secretary have been fined after construction workers were put at risk during the refurbishment of its offices in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.

Liverpool businessman fined £112k over roof fall death

HSE — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:30:56 +0000

A Liverpool businessman has been fined £112,000 after a labourer died following a fall from the roof of an industrial unit, just months after another worker was injured in a fall at the same site.

Lancashire roofer caught on camera risking lives

HSE — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:23:17 +0000

A Lancashire roofer has been prosecuted after he and two employees were spotted on a shop roof without any protection to stop them falling.