newsHSE showcases latest scientific research achievements
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its sixth annual Science Report highlighting the year’s achievements in science and engineering research.
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newsEngineering firm fined after worker loses legs in explosion
A Worcestershire engineering firm has been fined after a worker lost both his legs in a factory blast. 51-year-old Clive Dainty, from Kidderminster, was working at Filtration Service Engineering Ltd on 8 December 2011 when a 335-litre vessel exploded as it was being pressure tested.
newsBus manufacturer in court over safety failings
A major international bus and coach manufacturer has been sentenced after a worker was injured at its Sheffield plant after falling from a poorly-guarded gantry.
newsConstruction firm fined after worker killed in dangerous lifting operation
A London firm has been ordered to pay more than £250,000 in fines and costs for safety failings after a worker was killed by a large concrete beam during a dangerous lifting operation in strong winds at a hospital construction site in Essex.
newsDairy factory fined after workers scalded
A Chester-based dairy firm has been fined £54,000 after two employees were badly scalded when hot water escaped from the top of a 600 litre tank.
newsHSE reminds SMEs health and safety doesn’t need to be costly or complicated
Speaking on the first day of The Health & Safety Event, which took place at the NEC in Birmingham from the 11th to 13th March, HSE policy director Jane Willis encouraged businesses to focus their resources on real risks rather than waste time and money on unnecessary safety measures.
newsSafety failings at Debenhams lands scaffolding company in court
A Hertfordshire scaffolding firm has been fined for a catalogue of safety failings – including throwing and catching metal fittings over the heads of shoppers – as they erected two scaffolds outside the Oxford branch of Debenhams.
newsStaffordshire firm prosecuted after worker fractures skull
A Staffordshire company that makes copper products for the power industry has been fined after a worker suffered life-changing injuries when he was hit on the head by a metal peg.
newsContractor fined after worker is crushed by falling steelwork
A plant hire and dismantling company has been sentenced for safety failings after a worker suffered life changing injuries when steelwork he was dismantling collapsed on top of him.
newsCEVA Logistics prosecuted after workers hit by overhead crane
A logistics company, which operates world-wide, has been prosecuted after two Margate employees were left badly injured when they were knocked nearly five metres to the ground.
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