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.
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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.
newsWorker fatally crushed by excavator attachment
A COMPANY in Kent has been fined £175k following the death of an employee.
productAirBench debuts AirTower air cleaning system
AIRBENCH HAS launched its AirTower AT range, an air cleaning system for large halls.
productHow ‘Thorough’ is your farm machinery inspection?
IF YOUR farm uses lifting equipment, as the owner/employer you’re legally required to arrange a LOLER inspection at least once a year to ensure the lifting components (forks, boom, mast, chains etc) are safe and fit for purpose.
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