HSE inspections target woodworking businesses to tackle occupational lung disease
Ventilation, protective equipment and appropriate guarding are some of the measures businesses should consider as Britain’s workplace regulator is carrying out inspections to protect the respiratory health of workers.
From April, health and safety inspectors across Great Britain will be visiting business within woodworking industries such as sawmilling, manufacture of composite...Read More »
Company fined after worker died following fall from shipping container
A transport and haulage company was sentenced after a worker died after falling from the rear of a transport shipping container.
Newcastle Magistrates’ Court heard that on 27 June 2018, J R Adams (Newcastle) Limited employee Keith Robson was involved in the task of unloading goods from the transport shipping container,...Read More »
Farmer fined after worker becomes entangled in potato harvester
A farmer has been sentenced after a worker suffered multiple injuries after becoming entangled in the contra-rotating rollers of a potato harvester.
Folkestone Magistrates’ Court heard that on 21 August 2020, the worker was involved in unblocking the potato harvester at a farm in Kent when he stepped down on...Read More »
Principal contractor sentenced for unsafe excavation work
A principal contractor has been sentenced after he was found to have supervised unsafe excavation work at a site in Denton, which put workers in danger and rendered the neighbouring property unstable.
Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how between 2019 and 2020 Mustapha Matib had employed several groundworkers to excavate land at...Read More »
Livestock auction mart fined after fatal incident involving a dairy bull
A livestock auction mart has been fined after an employee was fatally injured when he was struck by a dairy bull he was helping to load it on to a lorry.
Preston Magistrates’ Court heard that on 25 August 2017, the employee was helping to move a bull and four cows...Read More »