Three companies have been fined a total of £420,000 after a slate tile fractured the skull of a three-year-old child. The slate came off a roof at a construction site at the Moonfleet Manor hotel in Weymouth, Dorset, and struck the young girl on 13 June 2019. She had been leaving the hotel with her … read more
Two companies have been fined £46,000 in total after a labourer from Runcorn fractured his skull. The man had been working on a new build house when he fell through a stairwell on 3 March 2021. He was working for Total Brickwork (UK) Ltd at a construction site run by Challenger Building Services Ltd on … read more
A waste and recycling company in London has been fined £260,000 after a worker sustained during maintenance work. Grzegorz Poreba, an employee of Cappagh Public Works Limited, sustained severe injuries after becoming trapped between a conveyor and a metal bridge, which formed part of a waste sorting machine, at Riverside Road, Wimbledon, London on 11 … read more
A 16-year-old boy suffered serious injuries after becoming trapped under a tractor while on paid work experience. Tom Cutler was gaining experience of vehicle repair work at Earlcoate Construction & Plant Hire Limited, Folds Farm, in the New Forest, ahead of hopefully starting a vehicle maintenance course at Sparsholt College. On August 3, 2021, the … read more
Bosses who have to shout at work to get heard may not actually be angry! Instead, they may have a noise problem within the workplace. Research on noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) shows around a fifth of the British working population could be exposed to high noise levels while doing their job. While Britain has … read more