A Wiltshire civil engineering company has been fined after a worker was seriously injured by a reversing tipper truck at a Cheltenham building site
South Yorkshire council in court over care home fall
Doncaster Borough Council has been prosecuted for neglecting safety precautions after an 82-year-old vulnerable woman was injured in a fall at one of their care homes.
Public consultation – changes to COMAH
The Health and Safety Executive is proposing to amend the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 (COMAH) to implement Article 30 of Council Directive 2012/18/EU to categorise heavy fuel oils (HFO) as ‘petroleum products’. This consultation began on 05 September and will end on 18 October 2013.
Case 209 – Double glazing company says ‘no’ to use of super glue for repairs
Window sill could not be repaired using super glue because of health and safety rules.
Nanotechnology Health and Safety – A Practical Approach, HSL, Buxton
This Health and Safety Laboratory course will help you gain an understanding of the techniques and methods available to identify and control exposure to airborne nanomaterials.
Colchester worker in court over illegal gas work
A Colchester-based worker has been ordered to carry out 240 hours of community service and been given a suspended prison sentence for illegally fitting two gas fires and servicing a boiler at homes in the town despite not being registered to work with gas.
House builder and site manager prosecuted after bricklayer’s fatal fall
A Lincolnshire house building company has been fined and a site manager sentenced to community service after a self-employed bricklayer fell to his death from dangerous scaffolding.
Builder prosecuted for dangerous gas work
A builder has been sentenced for illegal and dangerous gas work that posed a serious risk to a Bude pensioner.
Firm sentenced after worker crushed to death
An east London firm has been fined £125,000 after being found guilty of safety failings that led to the death of a worker who was crushed by a falling metal mast at its site in Cambridgeshire.
Company fined for guarding failings after worker severs finger
A Staffordshire furniture company has been fined after an employee severed a finger in an unguarded machine.