blogSafer delivery equals a safe workplace
Nicki Stewart looks at the active role of the employer in creating a safe workplace.
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newsApprentice’s arm dragged around machine roller
A fabric company in Macclesfield has been fined after a teenage apprentice suffered severe injuries when his left arm was dragged around a machine roller.
newsHSE to host twitter chat for small businesses
The Health and Safety Executive’s Small Business Advisor Barbara Hockey will take part in a live Twitter-chat on Thursday 5 June to answer questions on the health and safety of small businesses.
newsQuilt and pillow firm in court over worker’s injuries
A Middleton company has been fined after a worker suffered severe injuries when his right hand was trapped in a moving machine.
newsFirm fined after fragile roof light fall
A Glasgow company has been fined for safety failings after a worker narrowly escaped major injury after falling five metres through a fragile roof light.
newsFirms fined for child’s death in electric sliding gate
A Swansea installation firm and a Cardiff maintenance company have been sentenced for serious safety failings after a five-year-old girl was crushed to death by an electric gate.
newsConstruction site inspections to focus on health
Poor working conditions likely to lead to ill health on building sites will be targeted this month as part of HSE efforts to reduce death, injury and ill health in the industry.
newsWigan firm in court over HGV danger
A Wigan firm which produces animal bedding has been fined after allowing its employees to stand on the top of lorry trailers without safety measures in place to prevent a fall.
newsFirm fined after worker crushed by toppling fan
A Hertfordshire engineering firm has been fined for safety failings after a toppling fan unit crushed a worker as it was being manoeuvred into a ground floor plant room at a Surrey development.
newsCatering company in court over gas blast
An Aberdeen-based catering supply company has been fined after three people were seriously injured in a gas explosion in a hotel kitchen in Auchenblae. The three – a barmaid, customer and a worker – were caught in the blast at the Drumtochty Arms in Market Square on 7 January 2009, which happened as work was underway on the premises’ gas system.
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