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HSENI to carry out forklift inspections

THE HEALTH and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) will begin a week long programme of inspections on 14 January 2019, focusing on forklift truck safety within the freight transport sector.

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Two companies fined after worker is crushed

TWO COMPANIES have been sentenced after a structural engineer received serious crush injuries when a bundle of scaffold tubes weighing about one tonne rolled onto his legs while he was visiting a client’s construction site.

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Contractor lifts hefty fine

A PRINCIPAL contractor has been fined £10,000 after an employee of a constituent company sustained severe injuries while carrying out a lifting operation.

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Agency workers at risk warns RTITB

WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS, injuries and fatalities are frequently occurring as employers fail to check the qualifications and training credentials of agency staff working in lift truck operations, warns RTITB.

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