A solvents manufacturer has been fined following an explosion at its factory in the Scottish Borders. The blast at Rathburn Chemicals in Walkerburn on 10 January 2020 resulted in a laboratory, which was part of the factory, being demolished. It was likely caused by excessive pentane vapour, generated by the company’s distillation process, overheating and … read more
A manufacturing company has been fined after an employee broke his arm while operating machinery at its site in Warwickshire. Andrew Elson, from Rugby, suffered multiple fractures to the ulna and radius bones in his right arm while working at Screening Consultancy and Supplies Ltd on 25 November 2022. The 54-year-old had been clearing debris … read more
A manufacturing company has been fined after an employee broke his arm while operating machinery at its site in Warwickshire. Andrew Elson, from Rugby, suffered multiple fractures to the ulna and radius bones in his right arm while working at Screening Consultancy and Supplies Ltd on 25 November 2022. The 54-year-old had been clearing debris … read more
A grandfather died after falling through a hole in his own bathroom that had been left by workers. Kenneth Armitage landed on the kitchen floor below, in an incident his daughter Suzy said “should never have happened.” The bathroom in Mr Armitage’s house on Whitestone Drive in Huntington, York had been getting converted into a … read more
A company has been sentenced after a 62-year-old worker fell 10 metres to the ground and died during the construction of a new university facility. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated the fall and subsequently prosecuted Balfour Beatty, with the firm fined £285,000 on Monday 16 September. Igor Malka and a second contractor, Edmund … read more