A Manchester-based construction company and its director have been fined after a catalogue of health and safety failings following an inspection. On 13 January 2022, Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors visited a timber-frame housing development under construction off Brookwood Drive in Meir, Stoke-on-Trent by a company called Amro Construction Ltd. At hearing at North … read more
A farm has been fined £60,000 following the death of a father-of-three who was electrocuted by an overhead power line. Patrick ‘Paddy’ Rice was fatally electrocuted on 13 May 2021 while operating a tipper lorry at VB Farms LLP’s Littlecombe Farm in Crediton, Devon. Paddy’s mother says her family have been “traumatised and deeply shocked” … read more
Road Haulage Association announced as new Working Minds partner Help is available via the free, confidential, text “BeAMate” service More needs to be done to protect Britain’s truckers from work-related stress. That’s the view of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), whose Working Minds campaign will now target HGV drivers – and their bosses – … read more
Network Rail has been fined £1.2million following the death of a grandad who was crushed while carrying out maintenance work. Long-serving employee Kevin Mauger was crushed by a railway track weighing six tons while working at a rail depot in Hampshire. The 53-year-old from Eastleigh, had five children and eight grandchildren. His wife Rachael says … read more
The partner of a man who got stuck and crushed under a vehicle at a motor repair company and later died has spoken of her struggles coping with her loss. Kenneth (Kenny) McCord, 56, died following an incident on 16 July 2020 at JJ Tyres & Recovery based in Bootle, Merseyside. Joseph Jones, the owner … read more