Manufacturer sentenced after sawmill accident
A LARGE wood manufacturer in Shropshire has been fined £160k after an employee sustained life-changing injuries when working at their Ellesmere premises.
A LARGE wood manufacturer in Shropshire has been fined £160k after an employee sustained life-changing injuries when working at their Ellesmere premises.
THE PURPOSE of the emergency stop device is to avert or prevent existing or impending risks to persons or damage to machines as a result of the behaviour of individuals or an unexpected hazardous event. The emergency stop device is triggered manually by a single action of a single person.
IN TIMES of a shortage of skilled workers, technical devices that can be installed in a time-saving manner and, if possible, without the need for highly qualified personnel, come into their own.
THE NEW sensor PRO safety limit switches (series SLS) from Wieland provide safe position monitoring in virtually any industrial application.
A TILE manufacturing company in Colchester has been fined after a worker was drawn into the in-running nip of a conveyor tail drum and suffered three breaks to his left arm and crush injuries to his forearm.
A COMPANY has been fined after a farm worker’s arm was pulled into potato grading machine.
A FIRM has been fined more than £32,000 after a worker suffered a serious foot injury while working in a Shaw warehouse.
The new large format slam latch from FDB Panel Fittings is a purpose designed unit from Weston Body Hardware for large insulated enclosures such as cold stores or containerised units.
Suitable for use with transport and
conveyor systems, emergency pullwire
switches from .steute include
the ‘Extreme’ range, which has been
specifically developed for use in
challenging environments including
high or low
Foremost Electronics, the specialist distributor of electromechanical components, has introduced nine emergency stop switches from the IDEC e-stop series. The new products include the IDEC XA, X6, XN1E/5E, XN4E, EU2B, FB1W, XW, HW and YW product ranges.
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