newsWatchdog probe lands roofing firm in court
An Oldham roofing firm and company director have appeared in court after being filmed breaking the law by the BBC’s Watchdog programme.
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newsReversing cameras could have prevented serious injury
A Devon company has been fined after a man was seriously injured by a reversing vehicle at a recycling centre in Exeter.
newsWorker buried alive after safety failings
A Dorset construction firm has been prosecuted for serious safety failings after a worker was buried under a large quantity of fallen earth at a building site in Poole.
newsHSE overhauls work at height guidance
An overhaul of guidance on working at height is being launched today, as part of the Government’s long-term economic plan to abolish or improve outdated or over-complicated regulations which waste businesses’ time and money.
newsFitting firm fined over severe head injury
A Bedfordshire fitting company has been fined for safety failings after a worker sustained a serious head injury in a preventable fall from a temporary scaffolding platform in Kensington.
newsLogistics firm fined £250,000 over worker fall death
A logistics firm has been fined £250,000 after a worker was killed when he fell through a warehouse roof in Wythenshawe. Michael Sweet, 48, from Stockport, was cleaning out the guttering at Aramex (UK) Ltd on the Ringway Trading Estate near Manchester Airport on 12 December 2011 when he stepped on a fragile panel and fell to the concrete floor below.
newsWidnes firm sentenced over tipper truck death
A Widnes-based manufacturer has been fined £100,000 after a worker was crushed to death when a tipper truck overturned.
newsPlastics recycler fined after worker’s arm injury
One of the country’s largest plastic recycling plants, based in north Nottinghamshire, has been fined after a worker suffered a broken arm when it became caught in machinery.
newsFirm fined after worker seriously injured by falling guttering
An Aberdeen-based demolition firm has been fined for safety failings after a worker was seriously injured by falling cast iron guttering.
newsContractors in court over worker’s roof plunge
A Cardiff building contractor has been fined for breaking safety legislation after a young worker broke his back in a seven-metre fall through an unprotected hole in a roof.
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