newsExperienced employee partially severs two fingers
A WELSHPOOL manufacturing company has been fined £100,000 after one of its employees partially severed two fingers while trying to find a fault in a machine.
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newsTata Steel fined after worker suffers brain damage
TATA STEEL UK has been fined £120,000 after a worker suffered serious head injuries after being hit in the face with a scaffold pole, causing him to fall backwards.
newsEmployer jailed after farm fatality
IN CLONMEL Circuit Court, Judge John Martin handed down a 12 month prison sentence on an employer who had earlier pleaded guilty to charges in breach of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007.
newsCouncil fined after failing to protect workers
PLYMOUTH CITY Council has been fined £200,000 after its failures led to employees developing hand arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) and carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).
newsElectrocuted boy’s mother calls for improvements
THE MOTHER of a seven-year-old boy who died after being electrocuted in a pub beer garden is urging the hospitality sector to make sure their outdoor electrical equipment is safe.
newsFarmer sentenced after death of niece
APPEARING AT Coleraine Crown court, Mr Derek Nummy was fined £15,000. In addition a forfeiture order was granted in respect of the JCB loading shovel involved in the incident.
newsBroken arm forces dad out of work
A MANUFACTURING company has been fined after a dad was drawn into a machine and broke his arm in two places.
newsCompany fined after worker’s fingers sliced off
A VAPE liquid manufacturing company in Manchester has been fined after a worker lost two fingers and a thumb while clearing a blockage in a packaging machine.
newsFailings found at hand car wash firms
SERIOUS HEALTH and safety breaches were found by inspectors at 20 hand car wash businesses in West Sussex and Kent.
newsCouncil fined after waste collection fatality
CHELMSFORD CITY Council has been fined £80,000 for waste collection safety failures, after a father-of-three died when he was struck by a bin lorry.
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