newsFines for failed fire safety at student flats
THREE COMPANIES have been ordered to pay fines totalling £670,000 after admitting fire safety failings at a building used for student accommodation in Leeds.
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newsContractors in dock after worker dies in Camden explosion
MATERIALS MOVEMENT Ltd and P J Labour Services Ltd have been fined after a worker was killed in an explosion at a demolition site.
newsWorker trapped by fallen paper bale
A WASTE management and packing company has been fined after a worker was struck by a falling bale of compacted waste paper.
newsTyre company director nailed for fire safety failings
THE DIRECTOR of a scrap tyre yard has been handed a suspended prison sentence for a series of fire safety offences after an emergency fire door was nailed shut in a building where workers were living.
productThe growth of SF6 and suitable monitoring solutions
THE RECENT drive for electrification has led to a dramatic increase in the use of Sulphur Hexafluoride (SF6). A dielectric gas, SF6 is used to prevent short circuits and catastrophic incidents within the electrical industry.
productApp makes workplaces more accessible
Humanforce has launched the first workforce management solution app to be fully compliant with accessibility recommendations, making the workplace more inclusive for people with disabilities and an ageing population.
newsNew measures to improve building safety standards
THE SLOW pace of improving building safety standards will not be tolerated, the Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick warned on 20 January 2020.
newsHoarder sentenced for flouting tyre storage laws
A MAN who ran illegal waste sites – dangerously hoarding hundreds of tonnes of waste tyres – has been handed a 12 month suspended prison sentence.
newsHotel fined for fire safety failures
A STRATFORD hotel and its owner have been ordered to pay a total of £45,000 for “serious and systemic” fire safety failures which “put staff and guests at risk”.
newsConstruction company fined £500,000 for demolition death
A CONSTRUCTION company was fined half a million pounds after a father-of-two was killed when a re-enforced concrete slab collapsed underneath him during a demolition project.
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