Manufacturer 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.
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.
A BAKED goods manufacturer has been fined £333,333 after a worker suffered multiple fractures, including a broken arm when it became entangled in a sausage roll conveyor line.
A SPRING and stampings manufacturing company has been fined £40k after an employee fractured twelve ribs during a lifting operation in Worcestershire.
A CLINICAL waste disposal company has been fined £300k after one of its workers severed his arm from the elbow down while unblocking machinery in Swindon.
AN ESSEX-based waste and recycling company has been fined £400,000 after an employee was seriously injured after being struck by a mobile shredder at its site in Basildon.
A CULTURE of underreporting is masking the full extent of workplace injuries in UK agriculture, according to new research from IOSH.
DURING THE FIFA World Cup in Miami, Florida, the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department deployed Blackline Safety’s connected EXO area monitors to help protect spectators, athletes and event staff throughout matches and related festivities.
THE HEALTH and Safety Executive (HSE) continues to support Farm Safety Week, with new figures for 2025/26 revealing that children and older workers remain disproportionately at risk on Britain’s farms. Agriculture remains the industry with the highest rate of work-related fatalities.
A BIOMASS company in Glasgow has been fined a six-figure sum after a worker lost parts of three fingers in machinery at the Daldowie Fuel Plant.
A ROAD planing contractor in Leicestershire has been fined £92,450 after an employee’s leg became entangled in a road milling machine and had to be amputated.
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