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
A manufacturing company has been fined after a worker became entangled in a machine and has been left paralysed from the chest down. The man, from Worcester, had been working for Mountfield CNC Ltd at the firm’s site at Berry Hill Industrial Estate in Droitwich when the incident took place on 4 January 2022. He … read more
Two companies have been fined a combined total of more than £400,000 after staff working at a South Wales mental health hospital were subjected to violent attacks by patients over a three year period. Parkcare Homes (No.2) Limited and Priory Central Services Limited, both part of The Priory Group, pleaded guilty after failing to manage … read more
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has confirmed a new non-executive director appointment to the Board of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Ken Rivers will replace Ken Robertson, who left HSE’s Board in July 2023, bringing with him a wealth of experience from the oil and chemical sectors that will help HSE … read more