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Company fined £180k after woman’s hand had to be amputated

A Greater Manchester company has been fined £180k after a female employee lost her hand after it was dragged into a machine. The Vita Cellular Foams (UK) Ltd employee was operating a blown line machine at the firm’s Oldham Road premises in Middleton on 30 June 2020, when one of her colleagues isolated it from … read more

HSE extends lead in ammunition restriction process by six months

A consultation under UK REACH on restricting the use of lead in ammunition has had an overwhelming response since it launched. Great Britain’s workplace regulator, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is therefore moving the expected date of publishing its opinions along with a response to the consultation by six months due to the high … read more