newsHSE warns employers against delaying action
THE HEALTH and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a campaign urging employers to assess workplace noise and vibration risks and take action before workers suffer permanent ill health.
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newsAggregates firm fined £24k after fatal conveyor crush
Gill Aggregates Limited, which operates a site in Dagenham, East London, has been fined £24k after one of its workers was drawn into machinery and suffered fatal crush injuries.
productSafety for charging infrastructure
PUBLIC CHARGING infrastructure requires reliable protection against transient overvoltages. According to IEC 60364-7-722 / DIN VDE 0100-722, charging points must be protected directly within the final circuit.
newsTwo workers scalded during factory maintenance
A MAJOR food manufacturing company has been fined £594k following an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), after an employee and their colleague suffered scald injuries when they were carrying out maintenance work on steam pipework in the company’s factory in Melton Mowbray.
newsManufacturer fined after conveyor injury
A MERSEYSIDE animal‑feed manufacturer has been sentenced after a maintenance engineer suffered severe, life‑changing injuries when his arm was drawn into an unguarded conveyor.
newsFarmer fined after ATV overturn kills employee
FOLLOWING THE death of a farm employee in Monmouthshire after an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) he was a passenger in overturned, the owner of the farm, Allen Roberts, has been fined £5,500.
news£333k penalty after worker injured in conveyor
A BAKED goods manufacturer has been fined £333,333 after a worker suffered multiple fractures, including a broken arm when it became entangled in a sausage roll conveyor line.
newsLandmark moment for safe digging industry
SAFE DIGGING searches exceeded 4 million for the first time last year, with more people than ever prioritising health and safety before putting a spade in the ground.
newsWorker fractures twelve ribs in pillar drill incident
A SPRING and stampings manufacturing company has been fined £40k after an employee fractured twelve ribs during a lifting operation in Worcestershire.
news£300k penalty after worker’s arm severed
A CLINICAL waste disposal company has been fined £300k after one of its workers severed his arm from the elbow down while unblocking machinery in Swindon.
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