Unannounced visit by Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found failures. The company had failed to protect workers from exposure to wood dust. They also failed to maintain electrical installations. A joinery firm in Middlesbrough has been fined £10,000 after an unannounced visit by Britain’s workplace regulator found multiple health and safety breaches. Inspectors from the […] read more
Antony Clifton was suspended by the Gas Safe Register – but carried out illegal and unsafe work anyway. People encouraged to check the Gas Safe Register. A rogue gas fitter from Norfolk has been jailed after carrying out unsafe gas work at a residential property while suspended from the Gas Safe Register. Antony Clifton, from […] read more
Director’s family left with ‘mixed emotions’. No risk assessment or safe system of work in place at time. HSE guidance on safe use of transport is available A textile manufacturer has been fined £220,000 after one of its directors was killed by a reversing HGV in Rochdale. Daniel Ames was a director of The British […] read more
CCTV stills show the scene moments before the incident. Company failed to property managed vehicle movements on site. HSE guidance is available. A company in the West Midlands that reclaims and processes textiles has been fined £300,000 after one of its workers was hit by a telehandler. The man, now 42, suffered serious injuries […] read more
Apprentice injured in luxury hotel renovation HSE guidance on working with machinery is available Doctors managed to successfully reattach the thumb of a teenage apprentice after it had been severed off by a rotating blade. The then 18-year-old resumed his apprenticeship with another firm following the procedure. He was employed as an apprentice joiner […] read more