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ROOFING COMPANY FINED AFTER WORKER FALL
A roofing company has been fined after a worker suffered serious back injuries when he fell from a ladder whilst transporting a bucket full of broken tiles. Folkestone Magistrates’ Court...
GROUND CONTROL ACQUIRES JW CROWTHER & SON
External maintenance and commercial landscaping provider Ground Control has cemented its position as the country’s biggest private gritting company and winter maintenance provider with the...
REACTEC APPOINTMENTS STRENGTHEN BOARD
Reactec, UK provider of smart monitoring devices and data analytics of Hand Arm Vibration (HAV*) risk, has appointed Iain Mackay and Alastair Hogg to the Board as a non-executive directors. Both...
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION AIR QUALITY CAMPAIGNER JOINS BESA
The UK’s first World Health Organisation (WHO) advocate for air quality and health has joined the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) group for Health and Wellbeing in Buildings...
COMPANY FINED AFTER EMPLOYEE SUFFERED DEGLOVING INJURY
A manufacturer of swimming pool covers has been fined after a worker suffered a degloving injury when his hand got caught between two power driven rollers of an extruder machine. Brighton...
COACH COMPANY SENTENCED AFTER FATAL INCIDENT
A Lancashire man was sentenced after a father-of-three was fatally crushed while working underneath a double decker bus. Crewe Magistrates’ Court heard how on 14 June 2017, Wayne Lannon, a...
MANUFACTURER FINED AFTER WORKER INJURED
Nichol McKay Limited, manufacturer of engineering products and components, has been fined after a profile shed supervisor was struck by a bucket and its contents. Ayr Sheriff Court heard that, on 4...
COMPANY SENTENCED FOLLOWING SERIOUS INCIDENT IN SEWER
A water and wastewater company has been fined following an incident in which three workers were carried along a sewer following the collapse of a 150-year-old sewer gate. On 29 August 2017, three...
COUNCIL FINED £1.4M AFTER CHILD SUFFERS LIFE-CHANGING INJURY
Hampshire County Council has been fined after a six-year-old girl playing on an unsecured street bollard suffered a life-changing head injury. Bournemouth Crown Court heard how, on 28 December...
H&S COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK TO IMPROVE STANDARDS
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has revealed further details about the 69 competencies in its updated framework for the OSH profession. Expectations of professionals...
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