Nine People Lose Their Lives in Just Twelve Weeks
During twelve weeks between June and September 2012 nine people have died while working in the waste and recycling industry. This dramatic rise in deaths has resulted in a warning from the Health and Safety Executive to improve safety for all workers that work in these areas. Half of the nine people who have died …Read the Full Post
£500,000 Fine for Large Steel Company
Tata have been fined £500,000 after they breached the Health and Safety Regulations which resulted in the death of one of their workers. The large global steel firm were investigated by the Health and Safety Executive after the 49 year old man, Kevin Downey, was working on a blast furnace. He went to check a …Read the Full Post
Failure to Comply With Improvement Notices Results in Huge Fine
When you are handed an Improvement Notice from the Health and Safety Executive you must take immediate action. One company was recently prosecuted after they failed to make the necessary changes they were given after a series of inspections between 2008 and 2010. Euticals Ltd, who were previously trading as Archimica Ltd, specialise in manufacturing …Read the Full Post
Concerned Neighbour Reports Dangerous Working Conditions
A landscape gardener was reported by a concerned neighbour who witnessed some very dangerous working conditions. The gardener, John Holland, was felling a tree for a customer along with one of his employees. Each of the men were using chainsaws on the tree and they were wearing everyday work clothes rather than the expected safety …Read the Full Post
Fall from Height Results in Serious Injuries
Another case involving fall from heights has brought attention once more to the importance of onsite safety. Two workers were seriously injured when they fell from a platform they were working on while employed by a vehicle engineering firm. The two men who have asked to remain anonymous were working with six other employees who …Read the Full Post
Worker Killed by Slabs in Tragic Accident
A father of four was killed while working for an Essex based granite manufacturer in April 2008. Martin Rice was unloading a vehicle which had delivered stone slabs to the warehouse. Mr Rice was moving the slabs over to A-frames to be stored when the accident happened. He was lowering a load which weight around …Read the Full Post
No Excuses for Falls from Height
A manufacturing company have been fined for breaching Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act and Regulation 5(1) of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations. The Health and Safety Executive prosecuted the Derbyshire firm Storetec Limited, and one of their directors after an incident at Sawpit Lane Industrial Estate in 2009. Two …Read the Full Post
Cardiff Employee Seriously Severs Finger at Work
An unguarded drill was being worked on by a young worker when he severed his fingertips. Vaughn Thomas was working for MIB Manufacturing Ltd in Cardiff in April 2011. The firm creates steel frames and panels which are used within the building industry. 21 year old Mr Thomas was given the responsibility of tightening the …Read the Full Post
Introduction to the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations
The PUWER are in place to reduce the risks to anyone working with or near to equipment such as machinery. Work equipment needs to be controlled and monitored to help reduce the risk of injuries or death and therefore these regulations must be followed otherwise you can face prosecution. The Regulations help to control the …Read the Full Post