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Author Archives: HSE

Company fined after worker’s fingers sliced off

A vape liquid manufacturing company in Manchester has been fined after a worker lost two fingers and a thumb while clearing a blockage in a packaging machine. The agency worker at VN Labs Ltd was operating a nicotine liquid pod packaging machine at the firm’s premises on Beacon Road, Trafford Park, when it became blocked … read more

Serious failings found at hand car wash firms across South East

Serious health and safety breaches were found by inspectors at 20 hand car wash businesses in West Sussex and Kent. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspected hand car washes around the counties as part of an inspection campaign. In Mid Sussex and Crawley, they found failings at each site they visited and failings were … read more

Council fined for waste collection failures

Investigation prompted by death of employee Steve Bishop Chelmsford City Council has been fined £80,000 for waste collection safety failures, after a father-of-three died when he was struck by a bin lorry. Steve Bishop, 37, passed away after being hit by the rear and underside of a bin lorry that was reversing down Osea Way, … read more