Dorset Firm Receives Fine after Employee Injured by Fork Lift Truck
On October 17th 2011 a Dorset Company received a fine after being prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive. The fine came as a result of one of their workers being injured while working on the Verplas Ltd site in Dorset back in 2010. Kelvin Davey, a lorry driver, was hit by a fork lift …Read the Full Post
Suspended Prison Sentence after Worker Falls from Height
An unfortunate death of a worker has led to his friend and the contractor of the job to a suspended prison sentence. The self-employed roofer asked a friend to help him with a job replacing a flat roof. The roof was to be placed on a double garage on a house in Chelmsford, Essex. Steve …Read the Full Post
Saw Injures Worker- Timber Firm Fined for Breaching Laws
A timber company were held responsible for the injuries sustained by one of their teenage workers back in 2009. The young man, aged just 18 years old when the accident occurred. Lewis Maker was operating a panel saw to cut a piece of board. As he was holding the board with his hand it was …Read the Full Post
Driver Suffocated By Straw Bale
A delivery driver was suffocated after a huge straw bale weighing 700kg fell onto him at a renewable energy plant. The accident occurred at the Elean Power Station which is located in Cambridgeshire. The driver, Gary Darnell, was delivering a batch of straw bales to the biomass plant. As the bales were being removed from …Read the Full Post
Health and Safety Training
How can you fulfil all of your health and safety obligations and provide a safe environment for you and your staff? Well, health and safety training is one of the easiest and most affordable ways to achieve just that. It allows you or any one of your staff members to learn the latest rules and …Read the Full Post