C F Booth (Engineering) Ltd has been sentenced after a 37-year-old worker became entangled and pulled into a CNC lathe. Sheffield Magistrates’ Court heard that, on 9 May 2018, he was working on a Hankook CNC lathe setting up a workpiece on a jig which was held in the chuck and on the steady at …
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read moreKepak Group Limited (formally 2 Sisters Red Meat Limited), has been fined after a worker was seriously injured following a workplace transport incident. . Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 17 February 2017, an employee of a contractor that had a permanent presence on the Kepak’s Merthyr Tydfil site, was struck by a forklift …
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read moreA Stockport decking manufacturer and a company director have been fined after a delivery driver was crushed by a poorly lifted load. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how on the 30 April 2019, a HGV driver was delivering packs of five metre lengths of plastic deck boards to Ultimate Systems Ltd. Several packs of decking …
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read moreA bakery has been fined for failing to provide suitable machinery guarding and poor electrical standards. Luton Magistrates’ Court heard how, during an inspection in June 2019 at Arnaouti Pitta Bread Bakery Limited’s site in Hoddesdon, the company was found failing to maintain guarding standards and electrical safety, risking both amputation and electrocution. The company …
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read moreHarlands Builders Limited has been fined for safety breaches after a ground worker was trapped having entered a two-metre-deep excavation. Bridlington Magistrates’ Court heard that on 26 June 2019, the company was undertaking groundworks at West Farm Stone, Creek Sunk Island, East Riding. The worker had entered an excavation in order to measure the depth …
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