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.
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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.
articleSafe foot forward
For many years there has been a lot of confusion surrounding the electrical properties of footwear which are identified by the various markings found on footwear. Lloyd Preston gives an overview of the properties offered and their suitability to certain end uses.
articleTake control
Theo Simon discusses the industries most prone to causing these conditions and how to control HAV exposure levels in the workplace.
productNew modules for safe, efficient signal evaluation
SCHMERSAL LAUNCHES two new safety modules: the safety relay module SRB-E-302ST and the output expansion SRB-E-402EM, which are efficient and space-saving solutions for safe signal evaluation.
newsFine after worker severed finger
ROYSTON LEAD Limited have been sentenced for safety breaches after a worker’s hand became trapped in a stamping machine.
newsConcrete supplier fined after tyre explosion fatality
A CONCRETE supplier has been fined after an agency worker contracted to work at its site suffered fatal injuries following a tyre explosion.
newsFine after 16-year-old cut with chainsaw
A TREE surgeon has been fined £10,000 after his 16-year-old employee was left with a life changing injury after being cut in a chainsaw accident.
newsCompany failed to manage vibration exposure
A COMPANY that manufactures and sells medical devices for the healthcare industry has been fined for failing to adequately control the risk to its employees from exposure to vibration when using vibrating tools. .
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