A vehicle engineering, design and testing firm has been fined after two employees were injured when they fell from a platform.
Category: Industry
Building sites found putting workers at risk
Monday, July 9, 2012
Almost half of the refurbishment construction projects in and around Stamford Hill in North East London have failed health and safety spot checks.
RR922 – Evidence for exposure and harmful effects of diathermy plumes (surgical smoke): Evidence based literature review
Monday, July 9, 2012
This systematic review was carried out to identify existing evidence about surgical smoke (known as diathermy plume) and the potential harm to health care workers exposed in operating theatres.
Health & Safety Newsletter – Latest issue available online
Monday, July 9, 2012
Subscribe today – free notifications when new Newsletter editions are published. This edition: Pulling the plug on portable appliance testing, Myth Busters Challenge Panel – bursting the health and safety myth bubbles, Legionella investigation update, Dangers lurking on farms – accident case studies….
Stockport firm in court after employee severs fingers
Friday, July 6, 2012
A Stockport engineering firm has been prosecuted after one of its employees lost four fingers on his left hand when they were crushed in machinery.
Care company fined for resident’s fatal fall at Buckfastleigh home
Friday, July 6, 2012
A nursing home failed to ensure the safety of an elderly, blind, wheelchair-bound resident who died after falling down a flight of stairs.
Warehouse workers could have been killed
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Three Wirral employees could have been killed if they had fallen while carrying out work to a warehouse roof in Birkenhead, a court has heard.
Wood Safety Group (WSG)
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Agenda for the meeting of the Wood Safety Group (WSG) on 22 May 2012.
WATCH meeting agenda – 20 June 2012
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Agenda for the Working Group on Action to Control Chemicals (WATCH) meeting on 20 June 2012.
Bacon curing firm fined after worker’s fingers severed
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
A Walsall bacon curing company has been fined after an employee lost three fingers while operating machinery.
Offshore Industry Advisory Committee (OIAC) agenda and minutes – 13 March 2012
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Minutes and agenda from the Offshore Industry Advisory Committee (OIAC) meeting held at Lord Cullen House, Aberdeen on 13 March 2012 now available.
Company sentenced for storage failings after worker is killed by stone slabs
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
An Essex granite manufacturer has been sentenced for safety failings after a worker was crushed to death by stone slabs weighing three tonnes.
Revocation of regulations: Judith Hackitt offers reassurance on safety standards
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Judith Hackitt offers reassurance to TUC’s Brendan Barber, that proposals to revoke a number of sets of health and safety regulations will not result in a lowering of levels of protection required.
Cleaning industry health and safety topics – Window cleaning
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
This page will help you to: identify the risks involved with window cleaning and choose the right access equipment to do the job.
Worker’s injury leads to court case for firm
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
A North Yorkshire firm has been fined after a worker became trapped by the head and neck in a packaging machine at its factory in Whitley Bridge, near Selby.
Have your say on HSE’s Approved Code of Practice review
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has opened a three-month consultation on proposals for the revision, consolidation or withdrawal of its Approved Codes of Practice (ACOPs).
Roof fall lands East Yorkshire farm owner in court
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
An East Yorkshire farm owner has been fined for a serious breach of safety law after a 20-year-old worker suffered severe injuries when he fell 4.5 metres through a roof light.
Council-owned firm fined after worker receives electric shock
Monday, July 2, 2012
Swindon Commercial Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Swindon Borough Council, has been fined after an agency employee received an electric shock whilst securing fencing at a play area.
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