Company fined as worker has leg amputated
A company that grows mushrooms has been fined after an employee’s leg became trapped in a machine and was later amputated.
Luka Ilic’s right leg was caught by the rotating blades of a mushroom filling machine and became stuck in the device’s moving parts on 16 October 2019.
He was part of...Read More »
Company fined after HSE inspection finds wood dust failures
A company has been fined after an inspection by Britain’s workplace regulator found workers were being exposed to excessive levels of wood dust.
Breathing in wood dust excessively can cause asthma and nasal cancer.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) visited Target Furniture Limited’s workshop on Studland Road in Kingsthorpe, Northampton on...Read More »
Company fined after worker crushed to death
A company in Doncaster has been fined after an employee was killed when a mixer wagon fell onto him.
The 52-year-old man was fatally crushed by the vehicle at Booth Mixer Hire Limited’s site at Bankend Quarry on 9 December 2019.
He had been replacing the wagon’s two front wheels when it...Read More »
April is Stress Awareness Month: tackle stress in the workplace with five steps in five weeks
This April, Britain’s bosses are being invited to follow five simple steps to prevent and reduce stress in their workplace.
The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) Working Minds campaign has called on employers to support workers mental health during Stress Awareness Month.
Liz Goodwill, head of the work-related stress and mental health...Read More »
Tobacco firm fined £32,000 following machinery failures
An Ipswich-based tobacco manufacturer has been fined £32,000 after failing to put measures in place to prevent access to the rotating blades of a ribbon blade mixer.
Whole-body access was possible for employees using the machine, which presented a risk of serious personal injury from an employee coming into contact with...Read More »