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.
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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.
newsEmployee attaching safety signs crushed to death
A COMPANY in Hertfordshire has been fined after an employee was crushed to death.
newsBakery company fined £400k after employee’s leg amputated
A FOOD manufacturing company on the Wirral has been fined £400,000 after one of its employees had to have her leg amputated.
newsMetal processing firm in the dock after employee injured
A METAL processing company has been fined £12,000 after an employee sustained life changing injuries at an incident at a premises in the Oldbury in the West Midlands.
productWet filtration bench for flammable dusts
AIRBENCH HAS released an upgraded version of its WB wet filtration bench, with final H13 HEPA grade filtration.
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