New campaign to address trend in chainsaw accidents
A NEW campaign highlighting the critical importance of chainsaw safety has been launched by Lantra, an organisation for careers, skills, and qualifications in the land-based and environment sector.
A NEW campaign highlighting the critical importance of chainsaw safety has been launched by Lantra, an organisation for careers, skills, and qualifications in the land-based and environment sector.
THE JOB industries with the biggest increase in fatalities over the past ten years have now been revealed, and the findings highlight worrying trends in sectors not traditionally viewed as high-risk.
A WORCESTER-based waste and recycling company has been fined £160,000 after a loading shovel bucket fell onto a maintenance worker.
FOLLOWING A joint investigation by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) and Police Service for Northern Ireland (PSNI), a Co Antrim trailer manufacturer has been fined for health and safety offences.
C.K TOOLS continues its commitment to solving industry-wide safety challenges with the launch of the Snip n’ Grip Cable Tie Cutter and Captivator – an innovative new tool designed to reduce the risk of Foreign Object Debris (FOD) in sensitive environments.
A CHEMICAL company has been fined £100k after one of its workers was permanently scarred from burns from a steam hose at a site in Motherwell.
A COUNTY Durham waste management company has been fined after a young employee was run over by an excavator.
A LONDON based grocery supplier has been fined £1million after a worker was killed by a reversing HGV during a delivery in Manchester.
DOCTORS MANAGED to successfully reattach the thumb of a teenage apprentice after it had been severed off by a rotating blade.
A COLLEGE in Nantwich that specialises in outdoor-based careers has been fined £40k after a student’s fingers were severed when his hand came into contact with a mitre saw.
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