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An Essex based plumber has been sentenced after carrying out unsafe and unregistered gas work in Brentwood, Essex. Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard that during November 2016 Josh Pitman, trading as Pitman Plumbing, installed a new Worcester Bosch Combi boiler and pipework in one property, and relocated a Baxi Duo-tec boiler and associated pipework in another, …

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A farm has been fined after an employee fell from height whilst loading a straw spreader as part of the daily bedding up operation for the farm’s animals. Leicester Magistrates’ Court heard that on 14 July 2018, an employee of A Kirkham & Son, received injuries and subsequently died in hospital from those injuries, whilst …

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A building company has been fined after a roof worker fell about three and a half metres through an unprotected skylight opening. Coventry Magistrates’ Court heard that on 6 June 2018 a self-employed person working for Hamblett Building Services Limited at a site off Waverley Road in Kenilworth was injured when he fell through an …

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Masher Brothers Limited was sentenced after a trainee worker suffered life-changing injuries when his hand was caught in a rip saw. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard that on 20 February 2018, a 20-year-old employee was working with a colleague on the rip saw at the company’s site in Lewisham, London, being shown how to cut timber …

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A contract furnishing company was sentenced today after a worker suffered multiple injuries when sheeting collapsed on to him from a stack. Teesside Magistrates’ Court heard that on 10 September 2018, Conor Nicholson, a 19-year-old apprentice employed by Thomson Contracts Limited, was working with a colleague to retrieve a single 3m x 1.2m MDF sheet …

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