Fine after 16-year-old cut with chainsaw
A TREE surgeon has been fined £10,000 after his 16-year-old employee was left with a life changing injury after being cut in a chainsaw accident.
A TREE surgeon has been fined £10,000 after his 16-year-old employee was left with a life changing injury after being cut in a chainsaw accident.
A COMPANY has been fined after a worker suffered serious injuries following an explosion at its factory.
A COMPANY has been fined after an employee was struck by an excavator and fatally crushed.
A FARMING company has been fined after two employees injured their fingers while trying to replace a part on farming machinery.
A COMPANY has been fined after a worker was fatally electrocuted while operating a lorry mounted crane.
A LIVERPOOL sports nutrition product supplier has been fined after an employee had three fingers of their right hand severed whilst cleaning a screw conveyor.
HARBRO LIMITED has been fined after an employee’s hand became entangled in a ‘Superbruiser’ mixing machine.
A RECYCLING company has been fined after an employee fell through a moving conveyor belt sustaining serious crush injuries to his right leg at the Accoil Paper Recycling Limited plant in Erith.
LOCK OUT Tag out is a key tool in the control of hazardous energy and is used in a wide range of industry sectors to prevent accidents.
THE SCHMERSAL Group has expanded its range of switches for heavy industry to include explosion-proof variants suitable for use in areas at risk of explosion.
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