Awarding success: Winners of the Risk Reduction Through Design Award 2024 announced
In a bid to highlight workplace health solutions, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has unveiled its 2024 ‘Risk Reduction Through Design’ awards winners, celebrating design changes that mitigate the risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in the workplace.
The ‘Risk Reduction Through Design’ award 2023/24, sponsored by HSE and the
Company and director fined after workers exposed to asbestos
A company and its director have been sentenced after workers were exposed to asbestos and its potential harmful effects.
Inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) visited Eye Track Limited’s site in Stretford, Manchester, and found an uncontrolled spread of asbestos containing materials around the premises.
Company fined after agency worker injured using unguarded machine
A packaging manufacturer has been fined for safety breaches after a worker received severe hand injuries at a factory in Yorkshire.
On 15 June 2020 an agency worker injured their fingers when using a table saw without a guard at Loadhog Limited’s site at Hawke Street, Sheffield.
The worker, who was operating...Read More »
Farming business fined for multiple health and safety risks
A farming business that refused an offer to take part in a course on farm safety has been fined following a subsequent site visit from Britain’s workplace regulator.
Seymour Stevens Limited operate a beef and arable farm in Faversham, Kent.
To help farmers understand what they need to do to comply with...Read More »
Drinks company fined after employee loses finger in bottling machinery
A drinks company has been fined £14,000 after a man’s finger was amputated after being caught in bottling machinery.
Daniel Richardson, then 32, assisted a colleague who was encountering problems with a bottle capping machine at the plant in Wigston, Leicestershire on 17 January 2022.
Mr Richardson, from Leicester, was able to...Read More »