news£300k fine after worker’s arm severed
A CLINICAL waste disposal company has been fined £300k after one of its workers severed his arm from the elbow down while unblocking machinery in Swindon.
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newsPoor traffic management leads to crushing
AN ESSEX-based waste and recycling company has been fined £400,000 after an employee was seriously injured after being struck by a mobile shredder at its site in Basildon.
newsUnsafe roof work lands fine
A CONSTRUCTION company and a director have been fined after workers lives were put at risk with unsafe roof work in central London.
newsUnsafe extension put family at risk
A YORKSHIRE-based building company and its director have been sentenced after botched building work on a home extension compromised gas safety and put the lives of a homeowner and her two children at risk.
newsTelehandler driver sentenced over death of colleague
A SELF-employed telehandler driver has been sentenced after he reversed over his colleague on a construction site in Cheshire, causing fatal injuries.
newsBricklayer hospitalised after roof collapse fall
AN OLDHAM-based construction company has been fined after a bricklayer was hospitalised for a month when the floor he was working on collapsed.
newsManufacturer prosecuted again after worker’s hand crushed
A PLASTIC packaging manufacturer has been fined for the second time in less than a year after a worker suffered a severe crush injury when their hand was drawn into the rollers of a laminating machine at its site in Telford.
newsUnregistered gas installer sentenced for illegal gas work
AN UNREGISTERED gas fitter has been sentenced after carrying out illegal gas work at two houses in Hampshire, leaving the properties in a condition that could have endangered lives.
newsHSE appoints new non-executive director
A NEW non-executive director has been appointed to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Board by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
newsContractor fined after worker fell through fragile roof
A NORTH-East building contractor has been sentenced after a bricklayer broke his back after falling through a barn roof in Northumberland.
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