The director of a dog food company has been given a suspended prison sentence after a teenage boy severed and lost his finger on his first day working at the firm. Company director Gary Pitchford was given a six-month custodial sentence, which was suspended for a period of 12 months. The new starter, who was … read more
A Norfolk woodworking company has been fined £25,000 for failing to control its employees’ exposure to wood dust. A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspection of The Joinery Yard Limited at Sweet Briar Road industrial estate, Norwich in November 2019 identified failings in the company’s control measures to prevent exposure of their employees to wood … read more
A bird farm in Leeds has been fined £26,680 after a fire in a rearing shed resulted in serious injuries to one of its employees. The incident happened at Yorkshire Game Farm, in Woodlesford, on 6th May 2020. The employee suffered second and third degree burns, and was kept in an induced coma at Pinderfields … read more
Three companies have been fined a total of £600,000 after an engineer was fatally electrocuted while repairing an appliance in a hospital kitchen. Craig Stocker, working for Serviceline (part of AFE Group), died on 13 December 2017 while fixing a macerator (food waste disposal unit) at Bishops Wood Hospital, operated by BMI Healthcare (now known … read more
Registration deadline for existing high-rise residential building in England has now passed Over 13,000 dutyholders have started or completed their application Registration is a legal duty brought in by the Building Safety Act 2022, following the Grenfell fire The Building Safety Regulator’s new regulatory regime has moved further ahead in its vital registration programme of … read more