Campaign launched to reduce farm vehicle deaths and injuries
- Vehicle incidents are the number one cause of deaths and serious injuries in British agriculture
- Forty-eight lives lost in farm vehicle incidents in last five years, hundreds injured
- Health and Safety Executive (HSE) launches campaign to reduce injuries and save lives
Vehicles play a vital role in farm work but incidents involving vehicles...Read More »
Construction company and director fined after house partially collapses
A construction company and its director have been fined for health and safety failings after a house partially collapsed in Manchester.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) visited the property on Caxton Road, Fallowfield, on 22 September 2020 after being informed an exterior wall had collapsed during construction work undertaken by...Read More »
Company and its director prosecuted for unsafe removal of asbestos across Great Britain
An asbestos removal company has been convicted and its director given a prison sentence after failing to ensure the safe removal of asbestos.
Asbestos Boss Limited, also known as Asbestos Team and its director, Daniel Luke Cockcroft, advertised as a licensed asbestos removal company and removed licensable material from domestic properties...Read More »
£30k fine for dental supply company after explosion of flammable liquid
A dental supply company has been fined £30k after an explosion of flammable liquid led to a fire at its premises in Halifax.
John Winters & Company Limited pleaded guilty to safety breaches after one of its employees was put at serious risk in the explosion that led to flames ripping...Read More »
Company fined after worker loses parts of fingers
A manufacturing company has been fined after an employee lost parts of two fingers when his hand got caught in a machine producing face masks.
The 55-year-old machine operator was working a night shift for Alpha Solway Limited at the company’s Yew Tree Way site in Warrington, on 22 April 2021.
After...Read More »