News and Prosecutions
Unguarded guillotine severed four fingers
12 January 2010
Plastics recycling firm Centriforce Products' failure to fit guards led to a worker losing four fingers trying to unblock a machine, a court has heard.
Tower scaffold death costs EDF Energy £180k
28 August 2009
Major power provider EDF Energy has been fined £160,000 after a maintenance contractor died dismantling a tower scaffold when he stumbled over the edge and fell five metres.
Worker fell through asbestos roof
20 August 2009
A Wiltshire building company must pay £17,500 after an employee fell through a roof during demolition work.
Falling rads injured two
12 August 2009
An incident in which more than 100 radiators fell onto two workers has led Doncaster-based heating and air conditioning supplier 4Ls Products to a £15,000 fine. Michael Debenham suffered two…
Bus station cleaner dismissed for short-cut
11 August 2009
Preston City Council has dismissed an appeal by a council employee who was dismissed for crossing a bus station concourse.
Articles
Only human
1 May 2009
Early in the morning of 22 May 2006, a senior lifeguard at a Total Fitness gym in the Wirral mistakenly added chlorine granules to an acid tank rather than the…
Site specifics: respiratory protection
6 April 2009
Bridget Leathley picks the best sites on the web for guidance on protection against dust and fumes.
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