Chemicals firm fined following explosion
A solvents manufacturer has been fined following an explosion at its factory in the Scottish Borders.
The blast at Rathburn Chemicals in Walkerburn on 10 January 2020 resulted in a laboratory, which was part of the factory, being demolished.
It was likely caused by excessive pentane vapour, generated by the company’s distillation...Read More »
Manufacturing company fined as worker suffers six bone fractures
A manufacturing company has been fined after an employee broke his arm while operating machinery at its site in Warwickshire.
Andrew Elson, from Rugby, suffered multiple fractures to the ulna and radius bones in his right arm while working at Screening Consultancy and Supplies Ltd on 25 November 2022.
Manufacturing company fined as worker suffers six bone fractures
A manufacturing company has been fined after an employee broke his arm while operating machinery at its site in Warwickshire.
Andrew Elson, from Rugby, suffered multiple fractures to the ulna and radius bones in his right arm while working at Screening Consultancy and Supplies Ltd on 25 November 2022.
Company fined after ‘loving’ grandad dies from fall
A grandfather died after falling through a hole in his own bathroom that had been left by workers.
Kenneth Armitage landed on the kitchen floor below, in an incident his daughter Suzy said “should never have happened.”
The bathroom in Mr Armitage’s house on Whitestone Drive in Huntington, York had been getting...Read More »
Construction firm fined as worker loses life and another injured
A company has been sentenced after a 62-year-old worker fell 10 metres to the ground and died during the construction of a new university facility.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated the fall and subsequently prosecuted Balfour Beatty, with the firm fined £285,000 on Monday 16 September.
Igor Malka and a...Read More »