newsFine after ground worker has leg amputated
HOVINGTON LIMITED was sentenced today for safety breaches after a worker was struck by a falling piece of plant machinery while working on a construction site in Rotherham.
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productSafety sensor with cost-saving features
THE SCHMERSAL Group has further developed its compact RSS260 safety sensor and equipped it with new software.
newsSister companies fined for inadequate machinery guards
TWO SISTER companies based in Grantham, Lincolnshire that manufacture cardboard items, and a company that manufactures flat-bed die cutting (FBDC) machines have all been sentenced after a worker sustained serious injuries to his left hand.
newsFarm worker suffered multiple fractures
W GIBSON & Son was sentenced for safety breaches after a self-employed farm worker fell approximately three metres from a 360-excavator vehicle.
productMaking sense of machinery safety
TECHNOLOGIES IN transition and ever more efficient production and automation concepts demand intelligent safety solutions. Increasingly complex products and changes in the standards’ and legal world all make it necessary to update knowledge continually and constantly.
newsEngineering company fined after employee scalped
AN ENGINEERING company has been fined after one of its employees suffered scalping injuries when her hair became entangled in a pillar drill.
news£333K fine after worker suffers electrical burns
A VERTICAL farming, glasshouses and energy company has been sentenced after a worker came into contact with an 11kV overhead power line.
productBrandsafe delivers safety for pizza chain
IMPACT PROTECTION equipment from Brandsafe is improving safety at an international pizza chain’s supply chain hub in Scotland.
newsWorker’s hand severed in roller press
A MANUFACTURER of thermal and acoustic insulation panels has been fined after a worker’s hand was severed in a roller press at their site in Burton-on-Trent.
newsRepeated machinery safeguard failure lands fine
A FOOD manufacturing company has been sentenced after repeated failures to maintain safety devices on its food processing machinery.
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