newsLivestock market prosecuted after employee attacked
A LIVESTOCK market partnership has been prosecuted after an employee was attacked by a horned bull prior to auction.
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newsCommercial printing fined after employees injured
A COMMERCIAL printing company has been sentenced for safety breaches after two employees were injured in separate incidents involving a printing press and a palletising machine.
newsCare home resident dies following lift fall
A LIFT maintenance company has been sentenced and a care home owner cautioned after a resident and care worker plunged four metres to the basement in a faulty lift at a residential care home.
news£500k fine following liquid petroleum gas leak
THE OPERATOR of the UK’s largest oil refinery has been fined for health and safety breaches after a leak of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) was discovered by a worker cycling home at the end of their shift.
articleStaying ALIVE
Steve Dunning explains how remembering a simple acronym can help safeguard workers, reduce potential liability and ultimately save lives.
articleTest for danger
Maintaining the safety of electrical equipment in the workplace requires duty holders to take a robust approach to portable appliance testing (PAT), says Nathan Barwell.
news£300k fine for dangerous quarry blasting operation
BREEDON TRADING Ltd has been fined for safety breaches after a fly rock projection event occurred during the use of explosives.
newsUnannounced inspection finds inadequate health and safety
A NATIONAL construction company has been fined after an unannounced inspection by Health and Safety Executive inspectors found poor welfare standards, dangerous electrical systems and inadequate health and safety provision on site.
news£90k fine for repeated breaches
A COMPANY based in Knowsley, which manufactures perimeter protection products, has been fined after repeated breaches of health and safety law over a period of eighteen months, including contravention of an Improvement Notice.
news£180k fine after worker crushed between vehicles
A WASTE management and skip hire company has been fined after a worker suffered multiple injuries when he was struck by a reversing vehicle.
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