Electrical safety boost at asphalt plant
GUARANTEEING ELECTRICAL safety around industrial sites is essential. Additionally, valuable production time is often lost when power to equipment has failed, or switchgear requires a reset after an overload.
GUARANTEEING ELECTRICAL safety around industrial sites is essential. Additionally, valuable production time is often lost when power to equipment has failed, or switchgear requires a reset after an overload.
FOLLOWING AN investigation by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI), a company director of a gas heating company has been fined at Belfast Magistrates Court in connection with the installation of gas boilers at five residential properties across Northern Ireland.
NETWORK RAIL has been fined £1.2million following the death of a grandad who was crushed while carrying out maintenance work.
A MAN was crushed to death while working in a garage when a flatbed holding a tipper van released and crushed him while he was working underneath the vehicle.
A MANUFACTURING company has been fined after a worker became entangled in a machine and has been left paralysed from the chest down.
ONCE IN a while, a product will come along whose performance will drive a change in standards across entire industries. Like stainless steel. Or concrete. Or a trench cover which is over 80% lighter than the cast iron traditionally used, eliminating the need for costly specialised lifting equipment and the accompanying health and safety hazards.
A BLACKPOOL clothing firm has been fined £40,000 after a man was seriously injured when he was hit by a forklift truck.
DAVID LLOYD Leisure Club pled guilty to charges against the Health and Safety at Work Act following the death of a toddler and has been fined £2.55 million and ordered to pay £258,355.80 in costs at Leeds Crown Court.
TRANSPORT FOR London (TfL) and Tram Operations Limited (TOL) have been fined a total of £14m at the Central Criminal Court (the Old Bailey) in London following an investigation and prosecution by industry regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).
IN ITS 2023 health and safety report, the Office of Rail and Road says Network Rail must ensure it delivers the changes needed to address the risks of climate change, and, along with the rest of the industry, continue to improve the management of the health of its workers.
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