Chorley pub landlords prosecuted for failing to protect employees
The managers of a Chorley pub have been sentenced after they failed to buy insurance to protect their employees.
Archive for September 23rd, 2011
Building company fined after construction worker seriously injured by falling stone
A 56-year-old self-employed construction worker suffered a serious head injury and permanent personality changes after a 10kg stone fell nearly three metres hitting him on the head at a building site in Abbots Leigh, near Bristol.
Safety alert – Preventing inrushes at underground mines
The purpose of this safety alert is to remind owners and managers of producing mines of the precautions to be taken against inrushes and request owners confirm that appropriate measures to protect against inrush are in place at their mines.
Electricity at work FAQs – Which is safer Alternating Current or Direct Current?
Alternating Current (AC) and Direct Current (DC) have slightly different effects on the human body, but both are dangerous above a certain voltage.
