newsIN 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.
newsPLYMOUTH CITY Council has been fined £200,000 after its failures led to employees developing hand arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) and carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).
newsTHE 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.
newsAPPEARING 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.
newsA MANUFACTURING company has been fined after a dad was drawn into a machine and broke his arm in two places.
newsA 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.
newsSERIOUS HEALTH and safety breaches were found by inspectors at 20 hand car wash businesses in West Sussex and Kent.
newsCHELMSFORD 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.
newsA GARDEN supplies company owner has been jailed and the firm has been fined £700,000 after a worker was crushed to death by a robotic packing arm.
productTHE SCHMERSAL Group has expanded its range of optoelectronic protective devices with a series of safety light curtains/grids in Ex design.
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