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Posted 8 years ago
Industry expert takes up new worker engagement role at HSE
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Bob Egan has accepted a key role with the offshore industry safety regulator, HSE’s Energy Division. Bob will be Energy Divisions Head of Workforce Engagement on a two year secondment from global oilfield services company, Petrofac. Bob is a pipe fitter by trade and during his 23 years working offshore has been heavily involved in […]
Posted 8 years ago
Worker’s serious injuries after arms entangled in machine
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A worker’s arms were entangled in a high-powered lathe, causing serious injuries, because safety systems on the machine had been defeated. Brendan Hayes, 32, broke bones in his left arm and both wrists after they were entangled in a prop shaft he was polishing at Propbrook Engineering Limited. An investigation by the Health and Safety […]
Posted 8 years ago
Firm fined after a man fell through fragile roof onto concrete
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A construction company was fined after a worker fell through a roof three metres onto a concrete floor below. On Friday 3 July, Reading Magistrates’ Court heard how Barski Developments Limited had been contracted to refurbish a number of industrial units at Slough Business Park in the autumn of 2013. The work included cleaning and […]
Posted 8 years ago
Worker’s serious injuries after arms entangled in machine
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A worker’s arms were entangled in a high-powered lathe, causing serious injuries, because safety systems on the machine had been defeated. Brendan Hayes, 32, broke bones in his left arm and both wrists after they were entangled in a prop shaft he was polishing at Propbrook Engineering Limited. An investigation by the Health and Safety […]
Posted 8 years ago
Firm fined after a man fell through fragile roof onto concrete
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A construction company was fined after a worker fell through a roof three metres onto a concrete floor below. On Friday 3 July, Reading Magistrates’ Court heard how Barski Developments Limited had been contracted to refurbish a number of industrial units at Slough Business Park in the autumn of 2013. The work included cleaning and […]
Posted 8 years ago
Demolition firm fined after worker lost his life
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Building contractor, Euro Dismantling Solutions Limited was fined for safety failings after a man lost his life during demolition works. Bristol Crown Court heard how demolition work was taking place at former Cadburys Somerdale factory, near Bristol on 9 November 2011 when 31-year-old James Stacey drove a mini digger out of a fourth floor opening. […]
Posted 8 years ago
Demolition firm fined after worker lost his life
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Building contractor, Euro Dismantling Solutions Limited was fined for safety failings after a man lost his life during demolition works. Bristol Crown Court heard how demolition work was taking place at former Cadburys Somerdale factory, near Bristol on 9 November 2011 when 31-year-old James Stacey drove a mini digger out of a fourth floor opening. […]
Posted 8 years ago
Window firm fined for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The unsatisfactory approach to workers’ safety shown by a north east London firm led to a young employee having a thumb and three fingers severed, a court has heard. Walthamstow-based Maple Windows Co Ltd failed to ensure employees were using a powered saw in the right way. It also failed to properly supervise them. On […]
Posted 8 years ago
Window firm fined for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The unsatisfactory approach to workers’ safety shown by a north east London firm led to a young employee having a thumb and three fingers severed, a court has heard. Walthamstow-based Maple Windows Co Ltd failed to ensure employees were using a powered saw in the right way. It also failed to properly supervise them. On […]
Posted 8 years ago
HSE releases annual workplace fatalities
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Provisional annual data for work-related fatal accidents in Great Britain’s workplaces shows small change from previous years, sustaining a long term trend that has seen the rate of fatalities more than halve over the last 20 years. Provisional annual data released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reveals 142 workers were fatally injured at […]
Posted 8 years ago
HSE releases annual workplace fatalities
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Provisional annual data for work-related fatal accidents in Great Britain’s workplaces shows small change from previous years, sustaining a long term trend that has seen the rate of fatalities more than halve over the last 20 years. Provisional annual data released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reveals 142 workers were fatally injured at […]
Posted 8 years ago
Leeds firm in court after worker hit by crane
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A metal finishing company has been fined after a worker was seriously injured. Leeds Magistrates’ Court heard that an employee of Leeds Galvanising & Powder Coating Hire Ltd broke two ribs, fractured his pelvis and punctured a lung after the incident in March 2014 at the city’s Albion Business Park. The injured man was one of […]
Posted 8 years ago
Leeds firm in court after worker hit by crane
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A metal finishing company has been fined after a worker was seriously injured. Leeds Magistrates’ Court heard that an employee of Leeds Galvanising & Powder Coating Hire Ltd broke two ribs, fractured his pelvis and punctured a lung after the incident in March 2014 at the city’s Albion Business Park. The injured man was one of […]
Posted 8 years ago
Staffordshire Company sentenced over cooker death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Staffordshire animal rendering and food waste recycling company has been fined £660,000 after a worker died as he tried to fix an industrial cooker. Self-employed contractor Mark Bullock, 50, of Milton, Stoke on Trent, was carrying out repairs inside the cooker at John Pointon & Sons Ltd when the incident happened on 5 November […]
Posted 8 years ago
Building firm fined for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A building firm has been fined for serious safety failings after a worker was injured when his fingers were cut in the moving parts of a flip over saw. George Warren Heath, then aged 19, an employee of the firm, suffered injuries to three fingers, one being amputated at the middle joint, and another was […]
Posted 8 years ago
Chemical company fined for acid fumes exposure
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Chemical processing company, Airdale Chemical Company Ltd, was fined after people at a neighbouring company were exposed to Nitric acid fumes. On 29 April 2014, employees from Joda Freight were exposed to the chemical fumes during transfer of the substance from a road tanker into a storage vessel. The fumes escaped through a vent situated […]
Posted 8 years ago
Norfolk chemical site fined after contractor suffered electrical burns
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Chemical site operator, Bayer Crop Science Limited and an on-site electrical contractor Holmes E & M Services Ltd have been fined after an employee suffered electrical burns. Norwich Crown Court heard that on 30 July 2012, Stephen Moore, a 29-year-old employee of Holmes E & M Services was working at the site to install a […]
Posted 8 years ago
Staffordshire Company sentenced over cooker death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Staffordshire animal rendering and food waste recycling company has been fined £660,000 after a worker died as he tried to fix an industrial cooker. Self-employed contractor Mark Bullock, 50, of Milton, Stoke on Trent, was carrying out repairs inside the cooker at John Pointon & Sons Ltd when the incident happened on 5 November […]
Posted 8 years ago
Building firm fined for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A building firm has been fined for serious safety failings after a worker was injured when his fingers were cut in the moving parts of a flip over saw. George Warren Heath, then aged 19, an employee of the firm, suffered injuries to three fingers, one being amputated at the middle joint, and another was […]
Posted 8 years ago
Chemical company fined for acid fumes exposure
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Chemical processing company, Airedale Chemical Company Ltd, was fined after people at a neighbouring company were exposed to Nitric acid fumes. On 29 April 2014, employees from Joda Freight were exposed to the chemical fumes during transfer of the substance from a road tanker into a storage vessel. The fumes escaped through a vent situated […]
