newsManufacturer fined after conveyor injury
A MERSEYSIDE animal‑feed manufacturer has been sentenced after a maintenance engineer suffered severe, life‑changing injuries when his arm was drawn into an unguarded conveyor.
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newsManufacturer 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.
productExplosion-proof emergency stop device
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.
productNew emergency stop buttons
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.
productSafe position monitoring
THE NEW sensor PRO safety limit switches (series SLS) from Wieland provide safe position monitoring in virtually any industrial application.
newsTile manufacturer employee seriously injured
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.
newsFine after casual worker sustains injuries
A COMPANY has been fined after a farm worker’s arm was pulled into potato grading machine.
newsFirm fined after horrific foot injury
A FIRM has been fined more than £32,000 after a worker suffered a serious foot injury while working in a Shaw warehouse.
productEmergency stop switches
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.
productOne switch platform, multiple applications
Schmersal Group will demonstrate its new HDS switchgear for heavy industry at bauma 2019.
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