A company has been fined after failing to protect its self-employed workers from the risk of a cable strike explosion or electrocution. Coventry Magistrates’ Court was told that, two self-employed workers received serious burns to their hands whilst using a drill to attach a pre-fabricated cowling to a cable tray at AVL Powertrain, Viggen Way, […]
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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