newsMillion pound fine after refuse worker dies
A REFUSE collection company has been fined £1m after a worker was run over and killed.
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newsFarm safety survey from HSENI
HSENI AND the Farm Safety Partnership (FSP) have launched a survey on Farm Safety aimed at raising farm safety awareness and protecting the lives and livelihoods of local farmers. Farm businesses have been randomly selected to participate in the survey to ensure a representative coverage.
newsFine after apprentice injured on bending machine
AN ENGINEERING company has been fined after an apprentice suffered serious hand injuries when he was drawn into machinery.
newsFine after child injured on farm
A FARMING partnership from Devon has been sentenced after a young boy suffered a serious leg injury while travelling in an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) on farmland.
newsProtect employees from cancer-causing fumes
IOSH IS urging employers to ensure workers are protected from cancer-causing welding fumes as enforcement of raised control standards takes effect.
newsQuarry worker injured in unguarded machine
A QUARRY operator has today been fined after they failed to keep fixed guards in place on moving machinery, causing serious injuries to an employee’s arm.
newsDouble prosecution following death of child
TWO COMPANIES have been sentenced following the death of a five-year-old girl who became trapped while using a lift at her home in Weymouth.
newsFarm Safety Partnership launches campaign
THE FARM Safety Partnership (FSP) has launched its safety campaign for 2019, working towards its target of halving farm fatalities by the end of 2023.
productWake-up call on workplace vibration
In late 2018, Network Rail carried out a review of their Hand-Arm Vibration risk controls. The firm already had robust processes in place, but was keen to develop best practice – so they issued operators with Curotec’s new Q2 personal vibration monitor. And what happened next was a revelation.
newsProtect Irish farmers’ lives
IOSH HAS called for a ‘continued drive’ to protect Irish farmers, despite a fall in work-related fatalities in Ireland in 2018.
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