productForklift attachment manufacturer celebrates 50 years
FOUNDED IN 1974, Contact Attachments has been a reliable provider of manual handling solutions for companies worldwide for 50 years.
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newsDirector sentenced following serious injuries to worker
FOLLOWING AN investigation by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI), the director of a County Down based construction company, Peter O’Hare, has been fined at Craigavon Crown Court after a worker sustained serious injuries.
articleAddressing manual handling’s blind spot
INDUSTRY MAY have overhauled practices around manual handling, but critical blind spots that could compromise workplace and worker safety remain, says Richard Cutler.
newsHousing company in the dock following fatal crush incident
A HOUSING company has been fined more than £300k after a driver was crushed to death by falling concrete blocks at a construction site in South Lanarkshire.
newsConstruction company fined following HGV driver fatality
A NOTTINGHAMSHIRE-based engineering and groundworks contractor has been fined £233,000 for safety breaches after a 52-year old HGV driver was struck and killed by the mast of a piling rig at a house build site in Annan, Dumfries and Galloway.
newsDirector prosecuted after MEWP operator crushed to death
A COMPANY director has been given a suspended prison sentence after an employee lost his life at a site in St Helens.
productNew proximity warning system for forklift safety
R-LINK’S PROXIMITY Warning System can protect your teams from dangerous proximity to small vehicles, including forklift operations, using the latest ultrawide band (UWB) technology for rapid and accurate detection.
newsFarming partnership sentenced as hay bales crush dad
A FARMING partnership in Surrey has been fined £36k after a young father was seriously injured.
newsCompanies fined as worker injured at Pirelli factory
THREE COMPANIES have been fined after a lift truck engineer was seriously injured while working at Pirelli Tyres’ factory in Carlisle.
newsDouble glazing company boss avoids jail
THE DIRECTOR of a Croydon-based double glazing company has avoided an immediate spell behind bars following the death a man described as “an anchor” by his devastated wife.
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