newsFood processing company sentenced
A COMPANY has been fined £20,000 after an employee’s arm was drawn into machinery and seriously injured.
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newsMetalworkers raise health and safety concerns
MORE THAN one in three (36%) metalworking professionals do not feel that health and safety is a top priority within their company, and over a quarter (28%) are worried about their safety at work, according to new research from power tools and accessories manufacturer, FEIN.
newsFines after engineer electrocuted in hospital kitchen
THREE COMPANIES have been fined a total of £600,000 after an engineer was fatally electrocuted while repairing an appliance in a hospital kitchen.
newsYoung worker severs fingers
A HEREFORDSHIRE catering and retail butchers has been fined after a teenage worker severed three fingers and partially a fourth while operating machinery that hadn’t been suitably guarded.
productWet downdraught bench for flammable dusts
AIRBENCH HAS launched a new range of wet filtered downdraught benches.
news£1.275m fine after contractor crushed to death
A COMPANY in Birmingham has been fined £1,275,000 after a 26-year-old man was crushed to death during maintenance work at Mountsorrel Quarry in Leicestershire.
newsWorkers injured by explosion
A MANUFACTURING company in West Yorkshire has been fined £200,000 after workers were injured by an explosion.
newsPrinting company in the dock after worker’s hand crushed
A COMMERCIAL printing company has been fined £100,000 after an employee’s hand was crushed by a laminating machine.
articleRaising the alarm
Accidents involving workers and moving vehicles have increased at an alarming rate. Advances in technology can alert workers to dangers and provide a level of protection in hazardous areas. Jacqui McLaughlin looks at the benefits of proximity warning systems.
newsLocal authority fined for failings that led to injury
SOUTH LANARKSHIRE Council has been fined £90,000 for health and safety failings which left a worker with severe injuries.
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