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Engineering worker suffers life changing injuries

Published on Monday, July 18th, 2016 by Shirley Cullen

Engineering worker suffers life changing injuries Date: 12 July 2016 Engineering firm, Point Engineering (Hull) Ltd was sentenced today for safety breaches after a marine hatch and frame weighting more than 500 kilograms fell forward seriously injuring an employee and narrowly missing another person. The injured person was preparing the…

Published on Wednesday, June 29th, 2016 by Shirley Cullen

Cargo handling company fined for safety failings after worker injured Date: 28 June 2016 A cargo handling company based in Aberdeen has been fined after a worker suffered serious injury. Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard that North East Stevedoring Company Limited (NESC), a cargo handling company was working at Clipper Quay,…

Published on Tuesday, June 21st, 2016 by Shirley Cullen

Firm fined after three employees overcome by fumes Date: 10 June 2016 A food waste disposal and recycling firm has been fined £250,000 after three employees were overcome by toxic gases, including hydrogen sulphide, and a reduced oxygen atmosphere in an animal waste facility in Stoke-on-Trent. Prosecuting, the Health and…

Food and Drink V5 Released

Published on Tuesday, June 14th, 2016 by Shirley Cullen

All Training Providers will have now received notification that the Food and Drink V5 sector package is now available to download, this will replace all previous versions. The new course has updated case studies and facts, along with videos and group tasks to help keep delegates interacting throughout the course. There will still be…

Young worker killed

Published on Thursday, June 2nd, 2016 by Shirley Cullen

Firm fines £1million after young worker killed by exploding tyre Date: 1 June 2016 A Kent tyre company has been sentenced for safety failings after 21-year-old Matthew Hoare, from Canterbury was killed when a tyre exploded. Canterbury Crown Court heard how Matthew, an employee of Watling Tyre Service Limited of…

Published on Monday, May 23rd, 2016 by Shirley Cullen

Royal Mail fined after worker suffered injuries Date: 19 May 2016 The Royal Mail Group Limited has been fined £50,000 after a worker’s foot was run over by a reach truck in a bundling warehouse. Medway Magistrates Court heard how an incident happened at the Royal Mail Group Limited (RMG)…

Published on Monday, May 16th, 2016 by Shirley Cullen

Company fined after worker is fatally crushed in trench Date: 5 May 2016 A company has been fined £2.6 million after an employee was killed when the trench he was working in collapsed on him in Lancashire. James Sim, a 32-year-old worker, from Barry, South Wales, a sub-contractor working on behalf…

Published on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016 by admin

Safety Pass Alliance have joined forces with the Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) to offer a comprehensive online training programme for all forecourt operators and their employees. The e-learning package, developed in association with SPA and PRA’s technical team which gives employees a greater understanding of the level of risk…

Two firms fined

Published on Tuesday, April 26th, 2016 by Shirley Cullen

Two firms fined for safety breaches Date: 25 April 2016 Two Derbyshire-based construction firms were fined for safety breaches as a result of separate investigations into reported cases of carpel tunnel syndrome and hand arm vibration syndrome to employees. Derby Crown Court heard how employees at Sandvik Mining and Construction…

Three Companies fined

Published on Monday, April 18th, 2016 by Shirley Cullen

Three companies fined for safety failings arising from two accidents Date: 14 April 2016 Two incidents at the Haverhill site of Jan Cavelle Furniture Company have led to three companies being fined for health and safety failings. Ipswich Crown Court heard how in the first instance an employee of the…

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