A takeaway has been fined £10,000 after a worker suffered life-changing injuries when he was burnt by hot oil from a fryer. Yorkshire Fried Chicken, in Beeston, was prosecuted by Leeds City Council’s environmental health team. The worker spent four weeks in a burns unit and needed extensive skin grafts to the left side of […]
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Contractor fined after worker suffers life changing injuries in a van fire
Greenseal Insulation Ltd, a company specialising in spray foam insulation services, have been fined after an inexperienced worker suffered severe burns while attempting to ref Read more
No risk assessments or safe systems of work lead to foundry workers’ burns
A Nottinghamshire foundry has been sentenced after two employees suffered serious burns from an electrical flashover. 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