“I knew he was dead” – neighbour recalls Land Rover horror
HSE has guidance on working safely under motor vehicles being repaired and has also issued a safety alert for air suspension systems on vehicles.
A Dorset man who found his friend and neighbour crushed to death under a car has urged mechanics and car enthusiasts not to cut corners.
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Mechanics warned of the life-threatening dangers of working under vehicles
- Twenty-one workers in motor vehicle repair industry killed in last five years, HSE figures show.
- More than half of these deaths (13) were caused when work took place under a vehicle that wasn’t properly supported.
- Mechanics urged to challenge “this will only take me a minute” culture.
- Classic Motor Cars Ltd supports HSE’s...Read More »
Bupa Care Homes fined £400k after falling tree crushes child
A care home provider has been fined £400k after an eight-year-old girl suffered catastrophic injuries when a tree fell on her.
Bupa Care Homes (CFHCare) Limited pleaded guilty after it failed to provide a system to manage trees on its site at Oak Lodge Care Home in Bitterne, Southampton.
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Wine company fined £800k after HGV driver killed at Salford depot
A wine and drinks supplier has been fined after a visiting HGV driver was killed after being hit by a forklift truck at its depot in Salford.
John Fitzpatrick was waiting for his trailer to be loaded at Kingsland Drinks Ltd in Irlam on 19 August 2020 when tragedy struck. The...Read More »
Building firm fined for multiple failings that included workers being lifted by a digger
A building firm has been fined for a catalogue of health and safety failings that included two builders being lifted into the air by a digger.
A photograph caught the moment a pair of workers stood in the bucket of a digger to fit a stone into the top of a...Read More »