This British Safety Council half-day conference will provide an update on important health and safety issues affecting employers in Scotland and the north of England. Thistle Glasgow, 26 September 2012.
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A sand and gravel supplier has been fined for safety failings after an employee had three tendons in his hand severed.
May 22nd, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
A component engineering company in Cheltenham has been fined after an employee suffered head injuries on a machine that had a safety mechanism deliberately disabled.
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Noise induced hearing loss is irreversible damage to the ears caused by exposure to high levels of noise. These recordings demonstrate how hearing is gradually lost over a working life.
May 21st, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
A waste management and recycling company has been fined for safety failings after a worker lost most of his arm on an unguarded conveyor system at a Kent quarry.
May 18th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
A Grimsby haulage company has been sentenced for safety failings after a worker was killed when a row of steel coils ‘collapsed like dominos’ trapping him under their five-tonne weight.
May 17th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
An adhesive tape manufacturer has been prosecuted after a 19-year-old agency worker severed his thumb in machinery at a factory in Wellingborough.
May 16th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
A Bradford textile firm has been sentenced for safety failures after a worker was left with a long-term hand injury after only a month in the job.
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An Ystrad Mynach recycling firm has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a yard foreman was crushed to death.
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Two Leicestershire companies have been fined after a worker was killed when a lorry overturned onto his vehicle.
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Two Leicestershire companies have been fined after a worker was killed when a lorry overturned onto his vehicle.
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A construction firm has been sentenced for safety failings after a roofer was badly injured in a fall from scaffolding at a house in Trafford.
May 11th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
A construction firm has been sentenced for safety failings after a roofer was badly injured in a fall from scaffolding at a house in Trafford.
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The operator of a Sheffield dental practice has been fined for safety failings after a receptionist fell more than three metres through a roof light while spending her lunch break on the flat roof of the surgery.
May 11th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
The operator of a Sheffield dental practice has been fined for safety failings after a receptionist fell more than three metres through a roof light while spending her lunch break on the flat roof of the surgery.
May 11th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
A landlord has been fined after a self-employed builder died while replacing a roof on a property in Middlesex.
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A Stoke-on-Trent timber company has been fined after an employee lost his finger while operating a circular saw.
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A printing company based in Waltham Forest has been fined for safety failings after two workers were burned in a flash fire when vapours from a flammable cleaning fluid ignited in a print room.
May 10th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
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 …
May 10th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
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.
May 9th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments