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Owner of a Wood Processing Plant Fined £20,000 After Worker Loses Foot in Wood Shavings Machine
The owner of a Penrith wood processing plant has been fined £20,000 after a worker had his foot completely severed by a log shavings machine just two weeks into his new job. Allan Wilson Jenkinson, aged 56, of Clifton Moor, Clifton, Penrith, was prosecuted...
American Airlines Fined £70,000 After One of Its Workers Loses a Leg
American Airlines has been fined £70,000 after one of its workers had to have his leg amputated following an incident at Heathrow Airport. On the evening of November 11 2008 ground support worker Kulwant Bhara, 45, from Slough, was preparing an aircraft...
Food Firm Receives Fine After Worker’s Finger Severed
Bradford, England, food manufacturer Arcadia Food Industries Limited was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an incident in which a machine severed one of its employee’s fingers and badly cut the other. Bradford Magistrates Court...
New Tower Crane Registration Scheme to Become Law in April
New laws to improve the safety of tower cranes on construction sites have been put before Parliament, paving the way for the start of a statutory registration scheme. The regulations, developed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), will come into...
School Governing Bodies Reminded of Dangers of Using Hazardous Substances After a Student Was Left with Only Two Fingers
The U.K. Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning school governing bodies to ensure that correct risk assessments are undertaken and precautionary advice is issued when pupils are using hazardous substances. The advice comes after a 6th form student...
U.K. Firm Receives Large Fine After Employee Loses Part of Finger
Britannia Superfine Ltd, based in Chaucer Industrial Estate, Polegate, were fined £10,000 at Lewes Crown Court today for breaching regulation 3(1)(a) of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. They were also fined £30,000 for...
Carbon Monoxide From Untested Boiler Caused the Death of Six-year Old Girl
The U.K. Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is highlighting the fatal consequences of carbon monoxide gas following the death of a six-year old girl who was poisoned by fumes from a faulty boiler.
HSE Safety Alert: Explosion Risk From Redundant Domestic Back Boilers
The U.K. Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today issued a safety alert aimed at homeowners, tenants, landlords and heating professionals following five incidents in the last five years where redundant solid fuel back boilers exploded. A number of...
