Health and Safety Executive

Category: Manufacturing

Steel firm in court over employee’s injuries

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

A Preston steel firm has appeared in court after a working platform slid off the forks of a forklift truck and struck one of its employees.

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Bolton pallet factory convicted after fingers severed

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

A Bolton pallet manufacturer has been convicted for health and safety offences after a factory worker’s fingers were cut off by a rotating saw.

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Global brick making firm fined after worker crushed

Monday, April 30, 2012

A multinational brick making company has been fined after a worker suffered serious injuries when he was crushed on a conveyor belt at its Worcestershire factory.

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Carlisle boss fined after ignoring fire warnings

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

The owner of a pallet manufacturing firm has appeared in court after he allowed fires to be repeatedly lit at his premises next to gas storage sites in Carlisle.

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Widnes firm fined over employee’s fall injuries

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

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

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Manufacturing: Rubber industry – case studies

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

These are real case studies and show the consequences to employees if there is inadequate health and safety in place. They also show that once a solution has been found, in addition to controlling the risk there can be other significant benefits for a company.

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Manufacturer fined after hydraulic press crushes Stranraer worker’s arm

Thursday, March 22, 2012

A machinery manufacturer has been fined after its hydraulic press crushed a Stranraer worker’s arm which was later amputated.

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Mersey shipbuilding firm sentenced over welder death

Thursday, March 22, 2012

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

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Warwickshire company fined after worker loses fingers

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

A Warwickshire components manufacturer has been fined after a man’s hand was badly crushed in a power press.

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Futon firm prosecuted after worker falls through fragile roof light

Thursday, March 15, 2012

A Tottenham Hale futon manufacturer has been prosecuted after a worker fell through a fragile roof light during poorly-managed maintenance work.

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Plastics manufacturing – Machine safety

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Information sheets relating to the safe use of different types of plastic manufacturing machines have been produced. These will help you to make sure you have the right safeguards in place to protect your workers.

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Window and door manufacturer fined after worker killed

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

A firm specialising in the manufacture of wooden doors and windows has been fined for safety failings after a worker died at its Leyton premises.

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Bedding firm in court after worker’s fingers severed

Friday, March 9, 2012

A Liverpool bedding firm has been prosecuted after one of its employees had three fingers and a thumb cut off in machinery.

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London manufacturer fined for major safety breaches

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

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

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Nanotechnology – What are nanomaterials?

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Nanotechnology involves the creation and/or manipulation of materials at the nanometre (nm) scale. One nanometre is 10-9 m or one millionth of a millimetre. Nanoparticles are also manufactured or produced as a by-product of many long standing processes, such as fires, diesel engines and high energy manufacturing processing such as welding or grinding.

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Cheshire manufacturer sentenced over finger loss

Friday, February 17, 2012

A Macclesfield firm has appeared in court after one of its employees lost two fingers in machinery.

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Automotive component manufacturer fined after worker loses fingers

Friday, February 17, 2012

A firm specialising in manufacturing rubber components for the automotive industry has been prosecuted after a worker suffered disabling hand injuries.

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Dorset firm fined after worker’s arm was crushed in machinery

Thursday, February 16, 2012

A man had his arm crushed while trying to feed metal sheeting through machinery, Bournemouth Crown Court heard today.

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Man’s fingertip sliced off at stoke factory

Monday, February 6, 2012

An air conditioning manufacturer has been fined after a man’s fingertip was cut off by a circular saw at the company’s factory in Stoke-on-Trent.

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International fencing firm prosecuted for serious safety failings

Friday, February 3, 2012

An international fencing manufacturer has been fined after a worker suffered severe injuries to his left arm at a production plant in Sheffield.

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