Recycling company fined after worker killed by loading shovel
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A recycling company has been fined £2.15million after an agency worker was killed by a loading shovel at its site in Hartlepool.
Dean Atkinson lost his life when he was struck and run over by the vehicle at Ward...Read More »
Manufacturing company fined £15,000 for wood dust failures
A manufacturing company has been fined £15,000 after exposing its own workers to wood dust and failing to comply with two improvement notices.
Wood dust can cause serious and often irreversible health problems, including sino-nasal cancer, asthma and dermatitis. Employers have a legal responsibility to prevent or adequately control exposure in...Read More »
Company director avoids prison over wood dust failures
The director of a Norwich woodworking company has avoided an immediate spell behind bars after he exposed his employees to harmful wood dust.
Wood dust can cause serious and often irreversible health problems, including sino-nasal cancer, asthma and dermatitis. Employers have a legal responsibility to prevent or adequately control exposure in...Read More »
Construction company fined after worker killed by an excavator
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A North Yorkshire construction company has been fined after a worker was struck on the head and killed by a 16-ton excavator.
On 13 January 2021, Dean Myers, an employee of HACS Construction Ltd, was undertaking groundwork activities in a partially excavated trench at a site in Ripley, North Yorkshire.
Two companies fined after a worker suffers serious injuries in a fall
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A construction company and a roofing contractor have been fined after a roofer suffered multiple fractures in a fall from a building roof.
Horizon Roofing Specialist Ltd had been appointed by principal contractor – Bromley-based Property Facilities Group Ltd – to originally undertake the installation of a new roof at Aspire...Read More »