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Company fined £1.8m after explosion leaves two dead

Company fined £1.8m after explosion leaves two dead

Celsa Manufacturing (UK) Ltd has been fined after an explosion killed two workers and seriously injured another at the Celsa Steelworks site in Cardiff. A Health and Safety Executive...
Company Prosecuted After Worker’s Leg Crushed by Machinery

Company Prosecuted After Worker’s Leg Crushed by Machinery

A packaging manufacturing company was sentenced after a worker was injured by an automated transfer vehicle. Teesside Magistrates’ Court heard that on 5 September 2017, the employee of Saica...
Chemical Company Fined After Employee Falls from Height

Chemical Company Fined After Employee Falls from Height

Vertellus Specialties UK Limited has been fined after an employee fell 2m from a ladder and suffered a serious elbow injury. Carlisle Magistrates’ Court heard that on 6 June 2018, at the...
Port operator sentenced after worker seriously injured during loading operation

Port operator sentenced after worker seriously injured during loading operation

A Liverpool port operating company has been sentenced after a worker was struck by a load falling from two fork lift trucks (FLTs) at the Port of Liverpool in Seaforth. Liverpool Magistrates’...
ALLEGION UK TAKES STEPS TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR FIRE SAFETY

ALLEGION UK TAKES STEPS TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR FIRE SAFETY

Allegion UK, a specialist in fire safety and security products and solutions, has taken an impressive 533,321 steps towards raising £500 in aid of Fire Door Safety Week (FDSW), taking place...
Tree service company sentenced after employee suffers finger amputation

Tree service company sentenced after employee suffers finger amputation

Josh Noon Tree Services has been prosecuted after a worker suffered serious hand injuries when his hand was caught in a log splitting machine. Exeter Magistrates’ Court heard that on...
New IOSH President Professor Andrew Sharman

New IOSH President calls for continued change in perspectives

Experienced global safety consultant Professor Andrew Sharman has become the President of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and has immediately called on fellow members to...
Man killed working on Waterloo Travelator

Man killed working on Waterloo Travelator

An engineer has died while working on a moving walkway at Waterloo station in London.  The man was pronounced dead in the early hours of Wednesday morning (02:20BST) by paramedics called to...
BP Exploration Operating Company Limited fined £400,000

BP Exploration Operating Company Limited fined £400,000

BP Exploration Operating Company Limited has been fined following an uncontrolled release of fluids at the Sullom Voe Terminal, Mossbank, Shetland. Lerwick Sheriff Court heard that on 13 December...
Virtual Reality training improves employee safety, study finds

Virtual Reality training improves employee safety, study finds

A new study suggests employee safety could be improved through use of virtual reality (VR) in health and safety training, such as fire evacuation drills.  The Human Factors Research Group at...

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