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‘Unsafe’ Swindon equipment hire company fined

HSE — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:30:51 +0000

A Swindon-based equipment hire company has been fined for continuing unsafe working practices and ignoring safety warnings from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

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.

Recycling firm fined after worker crushed to death

HSE — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:26:28 +0000

An Ystrad Mynach recycling firm has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a yard foreman was crushed to death.

Company fined after worker’s finger severed by saw

HSE — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:00:26 +0000

A Stoke-on-Trent timber company has been fined after an employee lost his finger while operating a circular saw.

Welding health and safety – The three most common types of accident

HSE — Thu, 10 May 2012 07:40:07 +0000

Each year over 1000 work related accidents to welders are reported to the HSE, around 300 of these accidents will be classified as major injuries such as fractures and amputations. The three most common types of accidents reported are; Manual handling related, Slip and trips and Being hit by a moving or falling object.

Totton director fined after worker suffers burns

HSE — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:20:03 +0000

The director of a Totton company has been fined after an employee suffered burns while cutting the top off an unused propane gas tank at the director’s home.

Fruit company failed to protect injured worker

HSE — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:30:38 +0000

A horticultural business in Southampton has been prosecuted for safety failings after a worker injured his hand on an unguarded machine.

Bolton pallet factory convicted after fingers severed

HSE — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:00:07 +0000

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.

Church Broughton man fined after worker seriously injured

HSE — Tue, 01 May 2012 09:46:49 +0000

A Church Broughton man has been fined after an employee suffered life-changing injuries when his quad bike overturned at a farm in Derbyshire.

Global brick making firm fined after worker crushed

HSE — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:30:53 +0000

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.

St Helens steel firm fined over worker’s injuries

HSE — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:45:26 +0000

A St Helens steel manufacturer has been sentenced after a worker suffered serious injuries to his left hand when it was pulled into machinery.

Veolia fined after agency worker sustained serious burns

HSE — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:10:01 +0000

Waste management provider Veolia Environmental Services has been fined after an agency worker was seriously burned by hot ash at an incineration depot in Deptford.

Company prosecuted after worker suffers electric shock

HSE — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:15:20 +0000

A coating and treatment company with premises in Swavesey, Cambridgeshire has been fined for safety failings after an employee suffered an electric shock.

Building contractor fined after carpenter’s fingers severed

HSE — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:00:59 +0000

A Tower Hamlets-based building contractor has been fined after a worker’s hand was severely injured by an unguarded power tool.

Workers’ injuries lead to fines for two Derbyshire companies

HSE — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:00:29 +0000

Two companies have been fined following separate incidents at a Derbyshire lead smelting works. The first happened on 19 August 2009 when an employee suffered severe burns following an explosion at the site. The second incident happened on 7 May 2010 when an employee of Key Engineering (Chesterfield) Ltd was investigating a fault on an overhead travelling crane. The 27-year-old worker, who has also asked not to be named, was on the crane gantry while testing it.

Animal feed firm sentenced over finger loss

HSE — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:00:36 +0000

A Lancashire animal feed firm has been sentenced after an employee lost one of his fingers in machinery.

Demolition firm fined after man’s arm is severed

HSE — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:45:00 +0000

A West Midlands firm has been fined after a teenage worker’s arm was amputated after being crushed during the demolition of old Grand Cinema in Ramsey town centre in Cambridgeshire.

Dorset dairy company fined after worker’s arm crushed

HSE — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:45:05 +0000

A Dorset dairy has been prosecuted after an employee was injured when his arm was pulled into a slurry separator.

Worker lost arm in unguarded farm machinery

HSE — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:50:23 +0000

A worker employed to clear out an industrial chicken shed lost his arm after it became trapped in unguarded machinery.

Man loses finger at Birmingham factory

HSE — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:00:07 +0000

A Birmingham engineering company has been fined after a man’s finger was severed in a tube bending machine.