newsFine after worker falls through fragile roof
TWO COMPANIES, P.D.R. Construction Limited and Metcalfe Roofing & Building Services Limited, have been fined after a worker fell through a fragile mesh roof while carrying out work at height.
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newsWooden bearer causes fatal injury to employee
AN ENGINEERING company has been fined following the death of an employee who was struck on the head by a wooden bearer in the yard of a fabrication workshop.
newsContractor to blame after fatal ladder fall
AN ABERDEEN based roofing contractor has been fined after an employee fell to his death from a ladder while exiting a scaffold at Jute Street in the city.
newsChild struck by timber plank at construction site
A SELF-employed builder has today been given a suspended jail sentence after a three-year-old girl suffered severe head injuries when a length of timber fell on her whilst being hoisted up the outside of a scaffold.
newsWorker killed by gantry crane
A SUPERCONDUCTING electromagnet company, Tesla Engineering Ltd, has been sentenced after a worker was fatally hit and crushed by an overhead gantry crane.
newsThree new appointments to HSE board
THE SECRETARY of State for the Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed three non-executive director Board appointments to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
news£800K fine following excavator crush injury
A CONSTRUCTION company has been fined more than £800,000 after a worker suffered three fractured vertebrae when he was hit on the head by a large expanded polystyrene block when it slipped from an excavator bucket.
newsValero Energy fined £5m after fatal explosion
VALERO ENERGY UK Ltd and B&A Contracts Ltd have been fined after an explosion killed four workers and seriously injured another at an oil refinery in Pembrokeshire in 2011.
newsVital Information on Lone Working
LONE WORKERS should be at no greater risk than other employees according to The Health and Safety Executive guidance.
newsUnsafe asbestos removal leads to fine
A CONSTRUCTION company and its director have been fined after failing to ensure the safe removal of asbestos during demolition work.
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