Three South East firms have been ordered to pay a total of £685,787.31 in fines and costs for serious safety breaches after a plumber died and six other workers were seriously injured by a barrage of flying gas cylinders.
Leeds engineering firm sentenced after death of worker
A specialist engineering company in Leeds has been ordered to pay £377,500 in fines and costs after protracted safety failings led to the death of a worker from fatal head injuries caused by a powered valve.
Leeds engineering firm sentenced after death of worker
A specialist engineering company in Leeds has been ordered to pay £375,000 in fines and costs after protracted safety failings led to the death of a worker from fatal head injuries caused by a powered valve.
Birmingham builders fined for illegal asbestos removal
Two self-employed builders from Birmingham have been sentenced for exposing householders, as well as themselves, to asbestos.
Dorset contractor in court for neglecting safety risks
An agricultural engineering contractor has been fined for exposing workers to serious risk after an employee fell four metres through the fragile roof of a farm building in Dorset.
Workers exposed to asbestos during refurbishment work
The owner of a cladding installation business has been fined after he exposed workers to a potentially fatal risk from airborne asbestos fibres at a house in Bedfordshire.
Fatalities in construction down
The number of fatal injuries in the construction industry has fallen, according to new figures from the Health and Safety Executive.
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Fatalities down in construction
The number of fatal injuries in the construction industry has fallen, according to new figures from the Health and Safety Executive.
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Lamps containing krypton-85: Certificate of Exemption No 1 of 2013
For functional reasons some types of lamps contain the radioactive gas krypton-85 (Kr-85). This guidance is aimed at employers involved in the handling, use, holding, storage, transport or disposal of these lamps in limited quantities.
New figures show fall in fatal injuries to workers
The number of workers killed in Britain last year has fallen, official statistics published today show. Provisional data released by HSE reveals that 148 workers were fatally injured between April 2012 and March 2013, compared with 172 in the previous year.