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Worker Was Failed by Employers – Injured Hand Could Have Been Avoided
A labourer working for a company in Southampton suffered a serious injury to his hands after an accident at work. Edmund Skweres was working on a machine which did not have the proper safety guards in place. His employers, the horticultural business A E Roberts, were investigated after the incident by the Health and Safety …Read the Full Post
Dangers on the Farm – Employee Fined after Accident
Working in agriculture comes with high health and safety risks. Quad bikes are often used to cover large areas of land in short time periods, much faster than tractors, but they come with dangers. Over tipping is easy especially on bumpy terrain when moving at speed. When a worker in Church Broughton was seriously injured …Read the Full Post
Do You Do Everything Possible to Prevent Accidents with Vehicles?
Vehicles in the workplace can pose deadly threats to your employees. This can be seen when looking at one of the prosecution cases brought by the Health and Safety Executive this week. A company was fined after one of their employees was hit by a heavy goods vehicle at work. The firm, Corrugated Case Company …Read the Full Post
Tree Felling Accident Costs Employee His Life
A task felling trees went horribly wrong when Christopher Fox was stood on a tractor being used to try and control the position the tree fell. Unfortunately the tree took an unexpected direction. This led to the trunk hitting the tractor which them over turned. The tractor crushed 60 year old Mr Fox which resulted …Read the Full Post
Workers Lives Put At Risk – Are You Ensuring Your Employees Safety?
As an employer it is down to you to do everything you can to reduce the risks for your employees. This week affirm of dry cleaners based in Bedford have been prosecuted for not following their legal duties. Their employees’ health and safety was jeopardised because the company owners failed to make sure their gas …Read the Full Post
Leicester Firmed Fined After Fall from Height
One of the partners of a Leicestershire food company, Simtom Food Products, has been fined by the Health and Safety Executive this week after a worker was injured in a fall. An unidentified 18 year old man was told to unload some of the barrels which were stored on a shipping container on a HGV …Read the Full Post
How to comply with the Working at Height Regulations
The Work at Height Regulations 2005 needs to be followed by every company in every industry where work is being carried out at height. The regulations are there to reduce the risks of falling and consist of duties which need to be followed. The regulations apply to employers and the self-employed, and they also apply …Read the Full Post
Seven People Lucky to Be Alive After Concrete Collapses at University
Two firms have been fined after seven construction workers narrowly escaped being killed after concrete collapsed at John Moores University in Liverpool. Over 250 tonnes of wet cement caved in when the atrium of the Art and Design Academy was being built. The construction workers suffered from a number of injuries ranging from burns to …Read the Full Post
Health And Safety is Your Business
Too many business owners, particularly owners of smaller businesses, unfortunately assign too little interest or concern to health and safety. Considering and acting upon issues of workplace health and safety is the wisest investment of your time that you can assign to your business and your people who work for you. In the 21st Century there …Read the Full Post
CSCS Card Test – Basic Health and Safety Training for the Construction Industry
The new CSCS card tests has been updated to include some of the important changes which have been introduced for 2012. The CSCS tests have been created to ensure that the Health and Safety standards in the construction industry are maintained and improved in order to reduce the dangers found in this industry. In order …Read the Full Post