A company in Birmingham has been fined £1,275,000 after a 26-year-old man was crushed to death during maintenance work at Mountsorrel Quarry in Leicestershire. Luke Branston, from Leicester, died in the early hours of 21 June 2017 after becoming trapped between a conveyor and a feed hopper. Luke’s family, who loved going stock car racing … read more
A Herefordshire catering and retail butchers has been fined after a teenage worker severed three fingers and partially a fourth while operating machinery that hadn’t been suitably guarded. On 18 July 2020, the 18-year-old man was operating a grinding machine at LDA Meats Limited, Lyndon Business Park, Lower Road Trading Estate, Ledbury. While he was … read more
Regulator warns of risks and need for health checks HSE inspections to target use of specialist machines Director of inspected firm says “don’t feel intimidated” Businesses are being warned to make sure their staff are safe when working with metalworking fluids or coolants. It’s a highly technical, specialist field applying precision engineering – but can … read more
A haulage company in Wales has been fined £100,000 after a worker fell from a loading bay and died. The 63-year-old, from Hungary, had been preparing a load of trailers in his lorry ahead of departure from Williams Haulage Limited’s site at Deeside Industrial Estate on 16 March 2020. The load of trailers were due … read more
High-rise residential buildings must be registered with new regulator by October 1 Register is a major step forward in building safety More than 10,000 applications started. Registration is a legal duty brought in following the Grenfell fire Time is running out for high-rise residential buildings to be registered with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR). … read more