news£200k fine after employees trapped in machinery
A WASTE recycling firm, its director and site manager have been sentenced after an employee died and a second employee was seriously injured when they became trapped inside machinery.
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newsEmployee suffers multiple fractures at metal supplier
A METAL supplier has been fined after an employee suffered multiple fractures to the hand and wrist when he was polishing a metal bar with a manual metalworking lathe.
newsWaste and recycling company fined for failings
A SOUTHPORT waste and recycling company has been fined after an employee sustained serious injuries to his arm when it became entangled in the automatic roof sheeting mechanism of a visiting articulated truck.
newsSuspended sentence after butcher’s apprentice loses fingers
THE MANAGING director of a Worle butchers has been given a suspended prison sentence for breaching health and safety.
productSensorless standstill detection of drive systems
THE SSW303HV is the Schmersal Group’s latest sensorless standstill monitor, offering a significant improvement over its AZR and FWS series predecessors.
newsWorker’s hand caught in metalworking lathe
AN ENGINEERING company has been fined after a worker’s hand was caught in a metalworking lathe resulting in serious injuries to his hand and arm.
newsFine after engineer has crushed arm amputated
LITTLEBOROUGH-BASED company Ken Mills Engineering Ltd has been fined for safety breaches after a 48-year-old worker suffered a life-threatening injury.
productNew online shop for machine safety
THE SCHMERSAL Group now offers its customers in UK and Ireland a new webshop selling components for functional machine safety.
newsNestle fined £640,000 after worker traps arm
Nestlé UK Ltd was sentenced for breaching health and safety regulations after an employee was dragged into a machine on the production line of their Albion Mills site in Halifax.
newsProsecution after agency worker amputates fingers
A FOOD company specialising in dairy products has been prosecuted after an agency worker suffered severe injuries when their fingers were caught in machinery.
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