Farm worker’s death leads to prosecution over exposure to toxic gases
A Dorset farm owner and his two businesses have been fined for serious safety failings after a 29 year-old worker died following exposure to toxic gases. Dorchester Crown Court heard today (23 Feb)...
View ArticleConstruction Dust – Industry Survey Report
Over 500 UK construction workers a year die from lung cancer caused by silica, with construction dust also causing other serious lung diseases like asthma, silicosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary...
View ArticleBasement building in London faces safety scrutiny
A two-day inspection initiative of basement projects in high-value London boroughs is to be carried out by the Health and Safety Executive next week. (w/c 9 March). Construction inspectors will be...
View ArticleFirms prosecuted after worker loses left leg
A Tameside factory worker had to have part of his left leg amputated after he was struck by an 850kg metal frame being delivered to a plant in Glossop, a court has heard. Two firms have been ordered to...
View ArticleFirms sentenced after airport worker breaks leg
Two firms have been prosecuted after a worker suffered a broken leg when he deliberately steered his ride-on cleaning machine into a balustrade when the brakes failed in order to avoid hitting...
View ArticleCourt for Essex firm involved in fire
An Essex firm has been fined for neglecting chemical safety after a fire involving a brazier and a drum of thinners led to safety breaches being uncovered at its Rainham site. CLB Refridgeration Ltd,...
View ArticleFarm director gets fine after dangerous work at height
The director of a Shropshire dairy farm has been prosecuted after he failed to protect both himself and others while working at height. Shutt and Mansell Ltd director Phillip Mansell, 49, and a...
View ArticleInsulation firm fined £500,000 over pensioner’s carbon monoxide death
A pensioner from Middleton died from carbon monoxide poisoning just hours after the flue on her gas boiler was blocked with cavity wall insulation, a court has heard. HIS Energy Ltd was prosecuted by...
View ArticleGov’t last ditch self employed exemption revision abolishes prescribed list
Labour peers have ended their opposition to plans to exempt some self employed people from the Health and Safety at Work (HSW) Act after the government said it intended “to produce a set of regulations...
View ArticleBuilder fined after sacks of rubble thrown from building window
A Coalville construction firm working in Leicester has been sentenced after workers were spotted throwing sacks of rubble from a building project opposite a police station.
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