newsMultiple safety failings on house build site
AN IRVINE-based construction company and its director have been sentenced after multiple health and safety failings, giving rise to significant risk, were found on a house build site in Irvine.
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productCompact and versatile pull-wire switch
THE SCHMERSAL Group has launched a new pull-wire switch that can be used as a signal generator to start machines, open electrically operated guard doors and gates and as a light switch in lift shafts.
newsCompanies fined after employee fractures leg at reservoir
A CONTRACTOR and a water management company have been fined after a worker was injured when he was hit by a 1.5 tonne water valve.
newsWorkers exposed to HAVS risk
METALS FABRICATION company MTL Advanced Limited has been sentenced for health breaches after several workers were diagnosed with hand arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) or carpal tunnel syndrome.
newsThirty employees diagnosed with HAVS
A GLASS and glazing company which installs and repairs glass windscreens and side windows to buses, coaches, motor homes and trains, has been fined for failing to adequately control the risk to its employees from using vibrating tools.
newsWorker injured during excavation work
A CONSTRUCTION company and its groundworks contractor have been fined after unsafe excavation work left a worker with serious burns to his hand and arm.
newsSawmill fined after worker’s finger is severed
A SAWMILL has been fined after a worker injured his finger when his hand came into contact with the moving parts of a machine.
news£530k after worker injures hand in lathe
A UK manufacturer of brick products, Ibstock Brick Ltd, has been fined for safety breaches after a worker’s hand was entangled and wrapped around the rotating shaft on a lathe.
articleStaying ALIVE
Steve Dunning explains how remembering a simple acronym can help safeguard workers, reduce potential liability and ultimately save lives.
articleTest for danger
Maintaining the safety of electrical equipment in the workplace requires duty holders to take a robust approach to portable appliance testing (PAT), says Nathan Barwell.
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