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newsWorker dies at Portsmouth ship scrapping yard
A ship building and repair company, Diverse Ventures, has been fined following the death of a worker who was hit by a mooring rope.
newsConstruction worker crushed by excavator on school demolition site
A construction company was sentenced today after a worker suffered crush injuries when he was hit and then run over by an excavator.
newsWarning for employers as new illegal working offences Act comes into force
Provisions of the Immigration Act 2016 will be brought into force on 12 July 2016 which will increase the penalties on employers who employ illegal migrants, allow earnings to be recovered from illegal workers and make it a criminal offence for illegal migrants to undertake employment.
newsEngineering worker suffers life changing injuries
Engineering firm, Point Engineering (Hull) was sentenced today for safety breaches after a marine hatch and frame weighting more than 500 kilograms fell forward seriously injuring an employee and narrowly missing another person.
newsNew minister for health and safety
Penny Mordaunt MP has been appointed as Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work with responsibility for oversight of HSE.
newsA schedule for exit negotiations is key to workers’ wellbeing and safety
The British Safety Council and the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM) have joined together to urge the government to publish a schedule and structure for exit negotiations so that employers can develop plans which will assure safety, health and wellbeing of their workforce in the short to medium term.
productPPE specialist identified as ‘inspiration’
Supertouch, a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and workwear specialist, has been identified as one of London Stock Exchange’s 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain.
newsProducers of Star Wars plead guilty to failing to protect workers
Foodles Production (UK) Ltd has pleaded guilty to failing to protect actors and workers following an incident in which actor Harrison Ford was seriously injured during the filming of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
newsFirm sentenced after worker’s arm severed
A Bristol based manufacturer of concrete products has been fined after a worker’s arm was torn off when it was pulled into the rotating tail pulley of a conveyor belt.
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