A business partner has been fined after a schoolboy, doing casual weekend work at a poultry and farm shop, lost a finger after suffering a crush injury whilst collecting split Read more
Month: December 2017
Workers hospitalised after lack of training to use cleaning agents
A hotel and its management company have been sentenced after two incidents where workers were exposed to strong chemicals used for cleaning. Read more
HSE fails to follow its own control measures!
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued itself with its first Crown Censure for failing to follow its own control measures, after a hydrogen pressure test at its Buxt Read more
Lack of safety netting results in a fall, a fine and suspended sentence
The managing director of a solar panel company has received a suspended prison sentence and the company has been fined, following an incident where a worker was seriously inju Read more
Worker’s hand amputated due to safety failures
A manufacturing company failed to ensure that effective measures were taken to prevent access to dangerous parts of their machinery, resulting in a worker’s hands being crushe Read more