An employee has been fined after an apprentice sustained serious injuries when he fell from a potato box lifted by a forklift truck. Peterborough Magistrates’ Court heard how, Mr Francis Yardy used a forklift truck with an attached potato box to lift an apprentice electrician to a height of four metres to carry out electrical […]
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Broadcast August 2019
This month our H&S Advisor, Andrew Mellor, looks at Legionnaires’ Disease – who’s at risk, how to avoid it, what measures you must put in place and how we can help. Then Stefan Atkinson, our HR Advisor, talks about disabilities in the workplace and covers the support available to help you avoid discrimination and conform […]
£1m fine for waste and recycling company for gross H&S breaches, leading to worker’s death
A refuse collection company has today been fined £1m after a worker was run over and killed. Canterbury Crown Court heard how Veolia ES (UK) Limited’s employee Mr John Head suffered fatal injuries when he was run over by a reversing refuse collection vehicle (RCV) whilst he was walking across the yard, at the Ross […]
Engineering company fined after apprentice injured on bending machine
An engineering company has been fined after an apprentice suffered serious hand injuries when he was drawn into machinery. Cannock Magistrates’ Court heard how the 19-year-old apprentice was forming a piece of sheet metal into a radius using a three-roll bending machine. He was wearing gloves when his hand was drawn in by the in-running […]
£300k fine for construction company after worker dies in fall from height
A London-based construction company was today sentenced for safety breaches after a worker was killed. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard how a Formation Construction Limited employee was using a concrete breaker at Tech West House, Warple Way in Acton to make an opening for a stairwell when he fell 7.5 metres, sustaining fatal head injuries. An […]