T Cook & Son (Farmers) Ltd has been sentenced for safety breaches after a 17-year-old worker suffered crush injuries to his foot. Bridlington Magistrates’ Court heard that on 20 December 2017 a concrete panel was dropped during a lifting operation involving a telehandler vehicle on a farm in Owstwick, Yorkshire. An investigation by the Health …
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read moreFood manufacturer, Young’s Seafood Limited, has been fined after a worker was trapped by a mixing machine. Grimsby Crown Court heard that, on 16 October 2017, the 59-year-old worker was creating the mix for fish cakes at the company’s Humberstone Road factory in Grimsby. At the end of a mix run he went to clear …
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read moreAn automotive company has been sentenced after an employee developed an allergic form of dermatitis after coming into contact with metalworking fluids. Reading Magistrates’ court heard how, on 24 April 2019, an employee at Xtrac Ltd was splashed on the face and upper body with metalworking fluid whilst cleaning out a grinding machine at a …
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read moreA building contractor has been fined after a worker’s leg was seriously injured and later amputated above the knee following the collapse of a masonry wall. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard that on 26 June 2019, Sukhjit Singh was working at a domestic property refurbishment for Balwinder Singh Dhillon, trading as Dhillon Builders. Mr Singh, sustained …
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read moreA paper recycling company has been fined £600,000 following the death of a 20-year-old agency worker who suffered fatal crush injuries at a plant in Crayford, London. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard that on 9 October 2018, agency worker Jamie Wright was driving a forklift truck at Restore Datashred Ltd’s plant when it overturned. He was …
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