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A food manufacturer that knew it had 866 faults with the electrics and wiring system at its meat processing plant has been fined after an employee lost two fingers while trying to repair a machine.In June 2008, 23-year-old Steven Glass was trying to fix an Endoline tape packaging machine at Belcher Food Products’ plant in [...]

The HSE plans to draw up a "minimal" set of Regulations on artificial optical radiation, to come into force next April. The Regulations, covering devices such as lasers, are required to transpose the EU Optical Radiation Directive into UK law.At its June meeting the HSE board accepted a paper which suggested that the new Regulations [...]

Eastbourne Buses and its managing director, Stephen Barnett, have been fined more than £100,000 after a driver was crushed to death at Eastbourne Bus Depot.On 4 September 2006, 62-year-old Roy Trundell was returning to the depot after an early shift. He parked his bus behind a number 128 bus that was due to depart. The [...]

Two firms have been fined a total of £200,000 over the death of a telescopic forklift truck driver who was crushed by the vehicle’s arm.The incident happened in September 2003 at Davyhulme Waste Water Treatment Works in Trafford, Greater Manchester, where Birse Water was principal contractor.No one witnessed the accident but it is thought the [...]

With a heatwave warning in place this week for parts of the UK, and temperatures predicted to soar as high as 32oC, the TUC is today (Wednesday) calling on employers to relax office dress codes and cool down their overheating offices and their wilting employees.

Managing Work Related Road Safety

Aerospace components manufacturer Crest Engineering has been fined £13,000 after ignoring enforcement notices to fit safety guards on eight milling machines at a factory in Greater Manchester.During a visit to the factory in May 2007, the HSE discovered the company had removed or unlocked guarding on several milling machines, which are used to shape metal.The [...]

A rendering plant has admitted safety failures that led to two workers collapsing after inhaling hydrogen sulphide fumes from an animal waste pit.The men were delivering carcasses from a nearby abattoir to be processed at the Sacone Environmental plant in Brechin near Dundee in north east Scotland. The waste is tipped into a pit and [...]

Dairy Farmers of Britain has been fined after a ride-on pallet truck collided with a forklift at Boultham Park Dairy in Lincoln.The incident happened in June 2008, between the main fridge and production areas. The driver of the pallet truck, John Reader, suffered multiple fractures to his lower right leg.The HSE investigation discovered that traffic [...]