newsTrio sentenced after fairground accident
THREE INDIVIDUALS and a company have been sentenced after a mother-of-eight was catapulted from a fairground ride in Hillingdon, London.
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newsCompanies fined as electrician falls and fractures skull
TWO COMPANIES have been sentenced after a worker fell from a scissor lift and fractured his skull, leaving him in an induced coma.
newsAgency worker injured using unguarded machine
A PACKAGING manufacturer has been fined for safety breaches after a worker received severe hand injuries at a factory in Yorkshire.
newsEmployee loses finger in bottling machinery
A DRINKS company has been fined £14,000 after a man’s finger was amputated after being caught in bottling machinery.
newsShipping Services employee loses finger
A COMPANY which provides shipping services, cargo handling and storage has been fined after a worker severed part of his finger while at work.
newsPoll shows building maintenance professionals prioriting safety
OVER TWO-thirds (70%) of maintenance professionals state that staying compliant is the most significant problem in their business, according to a recent poll by SFG20.
newsAviation company fined after worker death
AN AVIATION company has been fined £160k after a man, described by his family as a “legend”, was crushed to death at London Heathrow Airport during the unloading of baggage containers from an aircraft.
newsCompany fined as worker has leg amputated
A MUSHROOM growing company has been fined after an employee’s leg became trapped in a machine and was later amputated.
newsTobacco company in the dock following machinery failures
AN IPSWICH-based tobacco manufacturer has been fined £32,000 after failing to put measures in place to prevent access to the rotating blades of a ribbon blade mixer.
articleExtinguishing danger
Machinery fires can have devastating consequences for the health and wellbeing of staff as well as as huge finiancial costs for the business. Here,
Darren Hugheston-Roberts provides an insight into machinery fire prevention.
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