newsTHE HEALTH and Safety Authority (HSA) is carrying out a two week quarry safety inspection campaign, which began on 14 March. The focus of the campaign is on safe machinery operation, machinery guarding and maintenance activities.
newsTHE MOTHER of a four-year-old boy who fell from a farm vehicle and was run over sustaining fatal injuries has called for a change in attitude in agriculture.
newsJ MURPHY Aggregates Ltd, Shaun Murphy and James Duggan have been sentenced at Leeds Crown Court for safety breaches after a worker was struck by a falling excavator.
newsA COMPANY specialising in manufacturing canopies and ventilation ducting has been fined after an employee’s hand was drawn into the rotating parts of a machine, resulting in serious injury.
newsA RECYCLING company has been fined after an employee was injured while clearing a blockage in a waste metal chute.
newsAN EXPORT services company has been fined after an employee suffered serious injuries when his finger came into contact with a saw blade.
newsWITH A recent South Yorkshire inspection campaign drawing to its conclusion, the Health and Safety Executive has found that 65 per cent of businesses visited were in breach of the law.
productTHE SCHMERSAL Group has launched a new pull-wire switch that can be used as a signal generator to start machines, open electrically operated guard doors and gates and as a light switch in lift shafts.
newsA CONTRACTOR and a water management company have been fined after a worker was injured when he was hit by a 1.5 tonne water valve.
newsMETALS FABRICATION company MTL Advanced Limited has been sentenced for health breaches after several workers were diagnosed with hand arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) or carpal tunnel syndrome.
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