Health and Safety

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New Chief Executive for HSE

Britain’s workplace health and safety regulator has announced the appointment of its new Chief Executive. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has revealed the current Inspector General and Chief Executive of the Insolvency Service, Sarah Albon will join the organisation on 1 September. Ms Albon joined The Insolvency Service in February 2015, implementing its strategy …

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Watchdog wants councils to get behind commitment to H&S

Britain’s workplace health and safety regulator is urging local authorities (LAs) across the country to make a statement of commitment to work with others to improve health and safety standards in the sectors they regulate. Figures collected by The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show failures in the management of occupational health and safety in …

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Milling company fined after employee suffers life changing injury to his hand

A milling company has been fined after a worker suffered life changing injuries resulting in loss and partial loss of three fingers in his dominant hand. Peterborough Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 21 September 2015, an employee of Nene Milling Company Limited in Wisbech was cleaning wood dust from a 4-sided planer/moulder using an extraction …

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