Teenage worker injured on dumper
A FARMER has been fined £8k after a teenage worker suffered serious head injuries when a six-tonne dumper he was driving overturned.
A FARMER has been fined £8k after a teenage worker suffered serious head injuries when a six-tonne dumper he was driving overturned.
A COMPANY has been fined after a worker’s hand was pulled into a large drill causing serious injury.
TO ENSURE that your workers aren’t getting dangerously close to moving vehicles, equipment, or restricted areas, employers must adopt modern proximity warning systems that can accurately and reliably monitor your workers’ behaviour, and alert them to dangers in real-time.
A GREATER Manchester company has been fined £180k after a female employee lost her hand after it was dragged into a machine.
THE TERM “industrial automation” refers to the use of autonomous devices to monitor and control industrial operations automatically, with little or no human intervention.
IN ITS new Industry product segment, rescue equipment manufacturer, Weber Rescue Systems, offers customised hydraulic solutions for industrial applications.
A CONSTRUCTION company has been fined £146k after a joiner was crushed and killed by a 20-tonne excavator.
A FOOD production company has been fined £858,000 after an employee had his arm amputated after becoming entangled in an industrial food mixer.
A COMPANY in Scunthorpe has been fined £70,000 after a 26-year-old employee’s scalp and an ear were ripped off after his hair got stuck in a machine.
AN AGRICULTURAL firm has been fined after an employee lost a finger when his hand became trapped in a machine.
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