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Fine after driver’s arm amputated during Kent delivery

HSE — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:30:15 +0000

A stone company has been fined after a delivery driver had to have his left arm amputated when slabs, weighing 220 kilograms each, fell on him.

HSE prosecuted Colin Parker (Masonry) Ltd following an incident on Bedlam Court Lane in Minster, Ramsgate. The company pleaded guilty to breaching Sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.

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Packaging firm fined £1,000 after worker injured

HSE — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:01:10 +0000

HSE is highlighting the importance of managing health and safety risks effectively after a worker suffered a fractured wrist at a Gateshead packaging firm.

Integrated Packaging Ltd, of Dukesway South, Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead, was yesterday (5 November) fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £2,374.25 in costs and a £15 victim surcharge after pleading guilty to a breach of health and safety legislation at Gateshead Magistrates’ Court.

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Rice company fined £140,000 after employee is killed by machine

HSE — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:30:43 +0000

A rice manufacturing company has been fined £140,000 for health and safety breaches after one of its employees died when his leg became entangled in a machine.

HSE prosecuted Veetee Rice Ltd of Medway City Estate in Rochester, Kent. The company was sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court today.

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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.

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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.

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Landlord fined for failing to protect tenant

HSE — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:00:39 +0000

HSE is warning landlords to be extra vigilant in ensuring the properties they own contain safe gas appliances that are correctly checked and certified.

It follows the sentencing today (28 October) of a landlord from Addingham, Ilkley, who was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £1,500 costs for breaching Regulation 36(3) of the Gas Safety (Installations and Use) Regulations 1998 and of contravening a previous improvement notice.

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Primary care trust fined after patient falls 4 metres from window

HSE — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:30:17 +0000

North East Essex Primary Care Trust was today fined £10,000 and ordered to pay costs of £4,972 after a vulnerable and partially-sighted patient it was responsible for fell 4.3 metres from a first floor window at Clacton & District Hospital.

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HSE urges employers to keep those working at height safe

HSE — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:30:25 +0000

HSE has today prosecuted a Lincoln firm after one of its workers fell four metres from a roof, breaking eight ribs and sustaining a back injury.

James Theaker, 50, from Lincoln was employed to clean windows at Lincoln College, when the incident happened on 4 November 2008. Mr Theaker had climbed onto a flat roof at the college to clean the windows of a neighbouring building, when he over reached and fell.

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Companies fined after workers exposed to asbestos

HSE — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:30:05 +0000

Two businesses and a company director have been fined after workers in Manchester were exposed to potentially deadly asbestos fibres.

The prosecution by HSE comes just days before the launch of a national £1.2 million campaign to increase awareness about asbestos among tradespeople.

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HSE warning to sole traders after labourer killed by a falling steel joist

HSE — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:45:57 +0000

A London-based plumber has been fined following the death of a labourer in Essex. HSE brought the case after Ajet Krasniqi, 24, died when he was hit on the head by a reinforced steel joist in Buckhurst Hill, Essex.

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Lifeguard fined after father-of-three drowns

HSE — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:30:39 +0000

A lifeguard who failed to notice a father-of-three lifeless at the bottom of a Walsall swimming pool was yesterday (26/10) convicted at Wolverhampton Crown Court.

Father-of-three Adrian Miles, 48, had gone swimming at the University of Wolverhampton pool on the Walsall Campus, as part of his recovery from a rugby injury. He got into difficulties, but one of the lifeguards on duty was distracted for a prolonged period while supervising the pool and failed to spot him lying at the bottom.

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Explosion death prompts £85,000 fine for father and son engineering firm

HSE — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:10:21 +0000

A father and son engineering company in Devon have been fined at total of £85,000 after pleading guilty to health and safety offences following an explosion that killed an employee.

HSE brought the case after breaches by R J Bateman (Engineering) Limited, of High Street, Midsomer Norton, Bath and by its two directors, father Richard Bateman and son John Bateman.

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Grangemouth company fined after worker gets 3,300-volt electric shock

HSE — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:00:19 +0000

A Grangemouth-based company has been fined for breaching health and safety law after a worker was burned by live power cables. HSE prosecuted refinery and petrochemical company Ineos Manufacturing Scotland Ltd for failing to ensure a safe system of work was in place before undertaking excavation work near live electrical cables.

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Fraudulent papers and broken back lead to prosecution of 21-year old

HSE — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:15:24 +0000

HSE today reminded operators of telescopic fork lift trucks to ensure they are operated correctly after a 21-year-old fork lift truck driver was prosecuted following a serious accident in which a banksman suffered a broken back and ankle.

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HSE warns demolition firms after employee breaks his spine in fall

HSE — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:50:57 +0000

A Norwich employer has today been fined £7,500 after one of his workers broke his spine in a fall at the former RAF Watton site in Norfolk. HSE prosecuted Tim Philpott, trading as Philpott Demolition and Recycling, of Spinney Close, Long Stratton, Norwich, for his role in the incident on 20 April 2007.

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Explosives firm fined £10,000 after employee loses fingers

HSE — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:45:27 +0000

An explosives firm has been fined a total of £10,000 after one of its employees was seriously injured in Fife, Scotland. Orica UK Ltd was prosecuted and pleaded guilty to two breaches of health and safety legislation following the accident at the Muirside site.

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South West businesses urged to cut deaths and injuries caused by lorries

HSE — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:00:33 +0000

HSE is launching a new campaign in Devon and Cornwall to reduce the number of people killed and injured by delivery vehicles in the two counties.

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HSE warns building firms after worker is seriously injured in fall

HSE — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:30:04 +0000

HSE is urging employers to ensure their workers are protected when working at height after a man fell from the first floor of a building he was working on, suffering life-threatening injuries.

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Safety warning after Lancashire workers get 11,000-volt shock

HSE — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:00:53 +0000

Outdoor workers in Lancashire are being urged to take extra care near overhead electricity lines after two men suffered 11,000-volt electric shocks and burns.

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