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Company fined for asbestos failings - December 9, 2009 A company has been fined for failing to carry out proper risk assessments for the presence of asbestos before a major office refurbishment in Merthyr Tydfil.Employees and contractors were put at risk when work started on the refurbishment without an [read more...] Welsh Assembly Government Signs Health and Safety Pledge - December 9, 2009 Five people in Wales died as a result of work-related incidents in 2008/09, and more than 1600 suffered major injuries at work.Over the same period, 1.5 million working days were lost in Wales due to workplace injury and work-related ill-health. First [read more...] Forklift operator fined for death of colleague - December 8, 2009 A forklift truck driver whose actions contributed to the death of a colleague has today been fined £1,500 and ordered to pay costs of £1,000.The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Andrew Mason, of Sutton in Craven, following the incident [read more...] GBP50000 fine after man crushed to death by scrapyard claw - December 2, 2009 The death of a man crushed by a scrapyard grab claw has prompted a prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and a £50,000 fine.James Huntley & Sons Ltd of Sholing, Southampton, pleaded guilty to breaching section 3(1) of [read more...] Unsafe scaffolding leads to prosecution and fine - December 1, 2009 An eagle-eyed safety inspector was lied to after he stopped to investigate unsafe scaffolding he was driving past, a court heard.Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector Steve Woods was driving past the Coach & Horses Inn in Billinghay, Lincolnshire, on [read more...] Scaffolder fined after worker fell 10 metres through roof - December 1, 2009 A scaffolding business was fined for health and safety breaches after a worker fell more than 10 metres through a roof. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Mark Wilson, trading as MWS Scaffolding Services, in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, after [read more...] Fatal scaffold collapse prompts GBP126000 fine - December 1, 2009 Two construction firms involved in a major scaffolding collapse at Milton Keynes have been ordered to pay a total of £126,000 for their role in the incident which left one man dead and two others seriously injured.John Robinson, and his [read more...] Property developer fined GBP10000 for putting workers at risk - December 1, 2009 A London property developer and landlord has been fined £10,000 at City of London Magistrates Court after workers on two of his developments were put at risk.The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Lahrie Mohamed of South Woodford, London, after [read more...] Employer without compulsory insurance fined GBP1000 - December 1, 2009 A Cambridgeshire retailer has been fined £1,000 for failing to have compulsory insurance to protect his employees.The case has prompted the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to remind all employers about the need for insurance and warn that it will [read more...] Company fined after wall collapses on Wigan worker - December 1, 2009 A construction company in Leigh has been ordered to pay £11,517 after one of its workers was seriously injured when a wall collapsed on him in Wigan.The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Hughes Brothers Building & Joinery Ltd following [read more...] |
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