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newsFine after overturned truck traps employee
A CONSTRUCTION company was fined after a driver was trapped when a dumper truck overturned at a site in Liskeard, Cornwall.
newsDouble prosecution after construction worker fatally crushed
A COMPANY director and project manager were sentenced after an untrained and unsupervised worker was killed when the forward tipping dumper truck he was operating overturned.
newsMore funds needed to remove unsafe cladding
THE BRITISH Safety Council supports the call by the House of Commons Housing Committee that the Government must protect leaseholders from having to pay towards removing flammable cladding from their homes.
news£850,000 fine after reversing lorry kills traffic marshal
CONSTRUCTION LOGISTICS provider, Wilson James Limited, has been fined following a fatal incident where one of their traffic marshals, Kiril Karadzhov, was fatally injured by a reversing lorry.
newsNetwork Rail fined following ORR investigation
FOLLOWING AN investigation by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), Scotland’s Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service has prosecuted Network Rail for allowing trains to travel at more than 100mph over a badly storm damaged viaduct.
productTemporary barriers now a key tool in Covid management
AS THE Coronavirus pandemic rolls into its third quarter, smart companies are becoming increasingly adept at handling the crisis from a business perspective.
productFree safety and security support for site managers during lockdown
CONSTRUCTION SITES may be able to stay open during the second lockdown but consistent measures must be taken to ensure site workers are protected and to minimise the risk of spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19) infection.
newsEmployer fatally injured at recycling company
ENVA SCOTLAND Limited has been fined following an incident where a 28-year-old employee, Martin Kane, was fatally injured while cleaning a mobile shredder.
newsIrish farmer fined after contractor’s death
AT CORK Circuit Court, Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin imposed a fine of €10,000 on a Cork farmer following a guilty plea to a breach of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005.
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