newsHospital staff left with life-changing conditions
A COMPANY in York has been fined more than £16k after staff at a hospital were left with life-changing medical conditions after being exposed to ionised hydrogen peroxide.
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newsScaffolder suffers electric shock
A KENT scaffolding company has been fined and its director given a suspended prison sentence after a scaffolder suffered an 11,000-volt electric shock.
newsNHS trust fined after employee found unconscious in manhole
KETTERING GENERAL Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £480k after an employee suffered a brain injury after he was found unconscious in a manhole.
newsCompanies fined after worker killed at bus depot
A NATIONAL bus company and a commercial cleaning firm have been fined after a “much loved young man” was killed at a depot in Hemel Hempstead.
newsOffshore drilling company fined after crane boom collapse
AN OFFSHORE drilling company has been fined after a crane boom collapsed catastrophically.
newsFarming business fined after walker dies in cattle incident
A FARMING business has been fined after a member of the public died after being butted several times by a cow in front of two onlooking grandchildren.
newsOffshore companies fined after grandfather injured
TWO OFFSHORE companies have been fined a combined total of more than £1.2m after an offshore worker’s feet were crushed while walking along a gangway over the North Sea.
newsManufacturer fined after gas asphyxiation
A LEADING tanker manufacturing company has been fined £200,000 after a worker collapsed from gas exposure before the same fate befell a colleague who went to check on him.
newsConstruction company provided inadequate welfare facilities
A CHESHIRE construction company has been fined £5,000 after it failed to provide workers with adequate welfare facilities.
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