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Food manufacturer ordered to pay almost £95,000

HSE — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:31:03 +0000

Food manufacturing firm Tulip Limited has been ordered to pay £94,523 in fines and costs after one of its employees had three fingers crushed in a packing machine.

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Pet food firm fined £100,000

HSE — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:28:46 +0000

A pet food manufacturer has today been fined £100,000 and ordered to pay £28,380.91 costs at Northampton CrownCourt after one of its workers was crushed to death at its Northamptonshire factory.

”Pet food firm fined £100,000 after worker crushed to death

Chemical burns prompt HSE prosecution of Leicestershire firm

HSE — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:23:39 +0000

HSE has warned companies of their duty to protect employees working with chemicals after two workers were burnt at a Leicestershire adhesives factory.

Press release ‘Chemical burns prompt HSE prosecution of Leicestershire firm’

Tate and Lyle fined £270,000

HSE — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:55:23 +0000

Tate and Lyle has been fined more than a quarter of a million pounds following the death of a contractor working on one of its ships.

Tate and Lyle press release

Food manufacturer fined after worker’s fingertips amputated

HSE — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:40:17 +0000

HSE is warning food companies about the need for suitable risk assessments and adequate guarding of machinery after a company was fined today at Oxford Magistrates Court.

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Machinery guarding warning

HSE — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:38:20 +0000

Employers operating machinery need to ensure that risks are fully assessed and that potentially dangerous moving parts are suitably guarded, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has said.

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Crumlin company fined after worker loses parts of fingers in machinery

HSE — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:00:31 +0000

Machinery workings must be guarded to prevent operatives contacting dangerous parts HSE has said. The warning comes after a company was fined for an incident in which a worker lost part of three fingers as he was attempting to clean a probe on a bagging machine at a plastics factory in Crumlin on 13 October 2008.

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HSE fines laundry company after man is crushed by machine

HSE — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:43:11 +0000

HSE is urging laundry companies to ensure that they have safe systems of operation in place and carry out risk assessments after a worker was left in a coma, following an incident at a factory in London.

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Implementation of various directives amending the Placing of Plant Protection Products

HSE — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:45:47 +0000

A table has been added showing the implementation of various directives amending the Placing of Plant Protection Products on the Market Directive 91/414/EC Commission Directive 2009/25/EC of 02 April 2009 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC extending the use of pyraclostrobin as an active substance

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Skin cancer caused by pitch and tar

HSE — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:40:15 +0000

People who work, or have worked, with pitch and tar sometimes get warts. There are several kinds of tar wart, but one of them is cancer and will not go away unless it is treated. It is however, easily cured by prompt treatment.

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ICL explosion - Lord Gill’s Inquiry Report

HSE — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:29:01 +0000

HSE today (16 July 2009) received Lord Gill’s report into the explosion, caused by a leak of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) on 11 May 2004, when nine people died and many more were injured at the ICL Plastics factory in Maryhill, Glasgow.

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Follow safety procedures when operating machinery and drills

HSE — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:36:07 +0000

HSE is warning employers and their staff to be mindful of following the correct safety procedures when operating machinery and drills, following the prosecution of a Black Country firm.

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Firm fined £150,000 after worker’s arm crushed in roller

HSE — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:06:29 +0000

HSE issued a warning today about the risks of operating machinery with inadequate guarding, of poor management of machinery safety and of an over-reliance on training.

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Warning to follow correct safety procedures when operating machinery/drills

HSE — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:35:35 +0000

HSE is warning employers and their staff to be mindful of following the correct safety procedures when operating machinery and drills, following the prosecution of a West Bromwich firm after a worker loses part of their finger whilst operating a pedestal drill..

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Food packaging manufacturer fined after worker’s finger amputated

HSE — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:44:31 +0000

HSE is warning employers not to neglect their duties after a worker suffered a serious injury to his hand at a Gateshead plastics firm.

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Manchester company ignored health and safety rules for eight years

HSE — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:36:04 +0000

Factory owners in Greater Manchester are being urged to put the safety of their staff first after an aerospace engineering company regularly ignored health and safety rules for eight years.

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Pet bedding company fined after migrant worker injured in shredder

HSE — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:47:29 +0000

Companies are being reminded of their duty to protect their workforce, especially workers from other countries, after a migrant worker employed at a pet bedding company suffered serious injuries in a shredder.

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Glass reinforced plastic vessels and tanks

HSE — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:35:53 +0000

HSE has produced this good practice guidance note in consultation with industry. It outlines essential requirements to safeguard against the failure of glass reinforced plastic (GRP) tanks, vessels and scrubbers in service.

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Animal feed company fined after worker falls from height

HSE — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:23:03 +0000

HSE is reminding employers of their duties to the safety of staff following an incident in Kettering where an employee fell six foot and suffered serious injury.

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Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)

HSE — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:35:09 +0000

Using chemicals or other hazardous substances at work can put people’s health at risk, causing diseases including asthma, dermatitis or cancer. COSHH regulations require employers to control substances that can harm workers health.

The COSHH website has been re-launched with lots of additional information.

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