Metal processing firm fined after man suffers life changing injuries
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A metal processing company has been fined £12,000 after an employee sustained life changing injuries at an incident at a premises in the Oldbury in the West Midlands.
Independent Slitters Limited carries out metal slitting at the facility – a process that involves coils of metal being split into various lengths....Read More »
Pork pie maker fined £800,000 after two workers lose fingers
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A company that specialises in making pork pies has been fined £800,000 after two young workers lost fingers in incidents at two different Nottingham bakeries.
Pork Farms Ltd, which makes other savoury goods such as quiches, at several sites across England, was given the fine after both workers were injured just...Read More »
Major pizza maker fined £800,000 after two workers caught up in machinery
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One of the nation’s largest producers of supermarket pizzas has been fined £800,000 after two workers suffered serious injuries at its factory in Bolton.
Stateside Foods Limited produces millions of pizzas each year, supplied to major UK supermarkets. The company was hit with the fine after the employees were caught up...Read More »
Construction firm fined after worker dies from fall
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A construction company in Kent has been fined after a sub-contractor fell and died from his injuries.
Mark Tolley, 51, fell nearly two metres through an opening in a scaffold on 5 July 2017 while working on the construction of six houses on Smarden Road in Kent.
He sustained several broken ribs...Read More »
Letter to industry: Registration of the Building Control Profession – transitional arrangements
Director of Building Safety for HSE, Philip White, has today written to the Building Control industry outlining new transitional arrangements for the registration of building control inspectors in England.
The Building Safety Regulator has listened to the concerns raised by the profession, including the potential impact on the construction industry if...Read More »