newsBuilding firm pays price for fall
A 17 year old labourer’s employer has been prosecuted after he survived a four metre fall through a hole in a loft.
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newsContractors in court after leisure centre roof fall
Two building contractors have been fined after a worker broke his back when he fell four metres from a roof.
newsExploding vessel leads to prosecution
A Kidderminster carpet company and a Surrey based firm have been fined after a large pressure vessel, in which carpet fibres are dyed and processed, exploded, propelling the vessel’s quarter-tonne lid six metres into the air.
newsTimber firm in court after worker’s finger amputated
A Lincolnshire timber company has been fined after an agency worker lost the top of his finger in an unguarded machine.
newsConstruction company fined £100,000 after worker run over by truck
A major construction company has been fined for safety failings after a worker was critically injured when he was run over by a nine tonne dumper truck.
newsNational clampdown targets construction industry’s poor health record
‘Health as well as safety’ will be the message as poor standards and unsafe work on Britain’s building sites are targeted as part of a nationwide drive aimed at reducing ill health, death and injury in the industry.
newsMacclesfield firm in court over worker’s drill injury
A Macclesfield manufacturer has been fined for safety failings after a worker’s hand became entangled around a factory drill.
newsCampaign looks to improve gate safety
Campaigners have declared a period of action in a bid to dramatically improve the safety of automated gates in the UK.
newsFirm prosecuted after worker loses fingertip
A West Midlands fabrications company has been fined after an employee lost the tip of his finger in an unguarded drill.
newsAsbestos: 1.3million at risk?
Tradespeople, including construction workers, carpenters and painters and decorators, could come into contact with deadly asbestos on average more than 100 times a year according to a new survey commissioned by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
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