productSchmersal plans to use recycled material in safety switches
THE SCHMERSAL Group is planning to use recycled material in the production of safety switches with plastic housings in future.
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newsTrio sentenced after fairground accident
THREE INDIVIDUALS and a company have been sentenced after a mother-of-eight was catapulted from a fairground ride in Hillingdon, London.
newsCompanies fined as electrician falls and fractures skull
TWO COMPANIES have been sentenced after a worker fell from a scissor lift and fractured his skull, leaving him in an induced coma.
newsAgency worker injured using unguarded machine
A PACKAGING manufacturer has been fined for safety breaches after a worker received severe hand injuries at a factory in Yorkshire.
newsEmployee loses finger in bottling machinery
A DRINKS company has been fined £14,000 after a man’s finger was amputated after being caught in bottling machinery.
newsShipping Services employee loses finger
A COMPANY which provides shipping services, cargo handling and storage has been fined after a worker severed part of his finger while at work.
newsPoll shows building maintenance professionals prioriting safety
OVER TWO-thirds (70%) of maintenance professionals state that staying compliant is the most significant problem in their business, according to a recent poll by SFG20.
newsAviation company fined after worker death
AN AVIATION company has been fined £160k after a man, described by his family as a “legend”, was crushed to death at London Heathrow Airport during the unloading of baggage containers from an aircraft.
newsCompany fined as worker has leg amputated
A MUSHROOM growing company has been fined after an employee’s leg became trapped in a machine and was later amputated.
newsTobacco company in the dock following machinery failures
AN IPSWICH-based tobacco manufacturer has been fined £32,000 after failing to put measures in place to prevent access to the rotating blades of a ribbon blade mixer.
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