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Harrier LLC, a photo processing, printing and gift manufacturing business based in Newton Abbot has been sentenced after a worker suffered serious injuries when his hand was caught in machinery. Exeter Magistrates’ Court heard that on 19 January 2017, 44-year-old agency worker Neil Williams was working on a corner rounding machine at a site in …

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A farming business has been fined after one of its employees fell from a trailer and was crushed to death by a concrete beam that fell with him.   Folkestone Magistrates’ Court heard that on 13 March 2018, Trevor ‘Ted’ Elson of A.A. Clifton Limited, Burmarsh, was working with other employees to move six-metre-long concrete …

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A company providing a range of airline ground support services has been fined after an employee fell from a height of more than two metres.   Luton Magistrates’ Court heard that on 24 December 2016 Rebecca Smith of Menzies Aviation (UK) Limited was injured during the loading of luggage onto an aircraft during an aircraft …

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A roofing company has been fined after a worker suffered serious back injuries when he fell from a ladder whilst transporting a bucket full of broken tiles. Folkestone Magistrates’ Court heard that on 2 October 2018, AU Roofing and Building Ltd workers were working on a roof in Elmes Avenue, Ramsgate, Kent where they were …

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A principal contractor has been fined after repeatedly failing to provide minimum welfare facilities at a construction site in Burton on Trent. Newcastle-under-Lyme Magistrates’ Court heard that, for a period up to August 2018, Mr Jevgenijs Sondors of J S Services failed to provide minimum welfare facilities for workers on the site of a residential …

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