Company and director fined after HSE inspectors find unusable toilet
A construction company and its director have been fined after they failed to provide suitable welfare facilities at a construction site in Belsize Park, North London.
East Sussex firm ID8 Design and Build Ltd was in charge of the site on Carlingford Road where the company was carrying out a...Read More »
Exeter farmer fined after teenage worker injured on dumper
A farmer has been fined £8k after a teenage worker suffered serious head injuries when a six-tonne dumper he was driving overturned.
The 19-year-old and his friend, who was just 16, had been paid to move material as part of improvement works at Upper Kingswell Farm in the village of Longdown...Read More »
Health board fined £180,000 after patient dies
A health board has been fined £180,000 after a patient died while being treated at a hospital.
Colin Lloyd, 78, was brought to Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, on 6 February 2019 following a suspected fall at his home and later admitted to the hospital’s surgical ward.
While in hospital, Mr Lloyd suffered from...Read More »
HSE publishes restriction opinion on tattoo and permanent make-up inks
- 60-day consultation on socio-economic analysis opinion also published today.
A detailed analysis on substances that could cause health risks to adults in Britain who get tattoos or permanent make up has been published.
Following a six-month public consultation last year on a restriction proposal for certain hazardous substances in tattoo and...Read More »
Company fined £120,000 after dad fell to his death working on roof
A company has been fined £120,000 after a dad died following a fall from the roof of a building site.
Father-of-one Dennis Vincent, 36, and another worker were using ropes to install a lightning protection system to the front of a Warrington office block being converted into flats.
Mr Vincent, who was...Read More »