Company fined after 21-year-old worker dies
A company in Peterborough has been fined £67,000 after a young employee lost his life.
George Setchfield was found unconscious over the side of a large container while working for Electrostatic Magic Limited at the firm’s site in Peterborough.
George’s mum says his passing has affected “every aspect” of her life.
The 21-year-old...Read More »
Company director fined after falsifying documents
A company director has been fined £5,000 after he falsified asbestos removal documents while his firm worked on a block of flats in Brighton.
Reliable Insulations and Fibre Control Ltd had been hired to remove asbestos at Abbotts Apartments, on King Street, when the company’s director, James Pett, created a fraudulent...Read More »
Company director fined after falsifying documents
A company director has been fined £5,000 after he falsified asbestos removal documents while his firm worked on a block of flats in Brighton.
Reliable Insulations and Fibre Control Ltd had been hired to remove asbestos at Abbotts Apartments, on King Street, when the company’s director, James Pett, created a fraudulent...Read More »
Manufacturing company fined after worker suffered finger amputation
A West Yorkshire cosmetic manufacturing company has been fined after a worker lost part of a finger while cleaning a machine.
On 8 October 2021, the man was working on a tube filling machine at Orean Personal Care Limited at its base in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire.
He was supervising five members of...Read More »
Metalworking fluids: Most businesses inspected ‘not doing enough’ to protect workers
- New online quiz launched to help plug knowledge gaps
Back in September last year, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) announced it was carrying out inspections. Since then more than half of those checks have identified failings.
This is a highly technical, specialist field applying precision engineering – but it can also...Read More »