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Posted on Tuesday September 1st, 2009 at 04:30 in training, risk assessment, ppe, hse, prosecutions, health and safety at work act
A Lincolnshire based company has been ordered to pay £42,631 after a worker was seriously injured after he was struck by a trailer.Peter Borley of Limagrain UK Ltd endured serious back and chest injuries at the firm's Woolpit Business Park site afte...
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Posted on Tuesday September 1st, 2009 at 04:30 in near miss, hse, oil rigs, lifting equipment
An investigation has commenced after a giant winch broke free and was dragged across the deck of an offshore platform.The incident occurred while oil workers were testing the lifting equipment. The winch was lifting a heavy piece of equipment when i...
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Posted on Tuesday September 1st, 2009 at 04:30 in construction, excavations, hse, prosecutions, health and safety at work act, work at height regulations, construction (design and management) regulations 2007
A construction firm has been fined £8,500 plus costs of £9,526 after continuing to work on an unsafe excavation even though they had been served a prohibition notice.JAS Truscott & Son Ltd. was refurbishing a house in Belgravia, London, and was...
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Posted on Thursday August 27th, 2009 at 04:30 in fire, welding equipment, explosion, hse, prosecutions, provision and use of work equipment regulations (puwer)
A motor engineer working beneath a vehicle suffered serious burns after a cracked hose caught fire.The accident happened on 16th July 2008 at A1 Rewinds Ltd. in Aston, Birmingham when Mr Harjit Singh Matharu, an electrical fitter at the company was t...
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Posted on Thursday August 27th, 2009 at 04:30 in small business, construction, department for business, enterprise and regulatory reform (berr), pre-qualification assessments (pqs), safety schemes in procurement forum (ssip)
May 2009 saw the official launch of a body whose aim is to reduce the burden on construction firms created by health and safety pre-qualification questionnaires. Its website was unveiled which contains comprehensive information for clients, consultan...
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Posted on Thursday August 27th, 2009 at 04:30 in risk assessment, prosecutions, safeguards, health and safety at work act, safe system of work
A general operative at a factory received serious injuries while cleaning an unguarded machine. Wayne Lello, who was working at Swancote Foods Ltd in Telford, was cleaning a conveyor-fed potato processing machine, when his hand came into contact wit...
Eye injuries are a significant cause of lost working days throughout the world, particularly within the manufacturing industry. There are two main reasons why eye injuries would occur at work – not wearing any eye protection or more commonly because of wearing the wrong type of, or inadequate eye protection.
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