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newsExplosion seriously injured two employees
A COMPANY which produces electricity from food waste by anaerobic digestion, has been fined more than £300k after an explosion caused two employees to suffer life changing injuries.
newsResearch shows rise in incidents during the holidays
ECOONLINE RELEASES new data highlighting ‘holiday hazards’ faced by workers during the festive period.
newsNEBOSH invests £80k to support miners
NEBOSH HAS invested £80,000 in a project to tackle one of the world’s most dangerous occupations: artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM).
newsCouncil fined after walker killed by falling tree
CHESHIRE EAST Council has been fined £500,000 after ‘the most amazing man’ was killed by a falling tree.
newsNearly half of workplace harm goes unreported
A GLOBAL safety charity is calling for more regular, tailored health and safety training and better reporting tools after discovering that nearly one in five (18%) workers have experienced harm at work globally.
newsSchool trust fined after pupil loses finger in door
A SCHOOL trust in Surrey has been fined after part of a five-year-old pupil’s finger was amputated after it was crushed in a door.
articlePractitioner viewpoint – October 2024
We have recently passed the 25th anniversary of the Ladbrook Road rail crash, where many lives were lost and hundreds were injured. Louise Ward looks at what’s changed since the accident.
news£900k fine as residents put at risk of deadly disease
A COMPANY has been fined following an outbreak of legionella at its sheltered housing accommodation in Birkenhead, putting vulnerable residents at risk of contracting Legionnaires’ disease.
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