UNTRAINED WORKER DIED AFTER TREE FALL

A property investment company and its director have been fined after a worker fell from a tree causing fatal injuries. The incident happened on 27 September 2017. According to the HSE, untrained workers were tasked with taking down a large, dead sycamore tree on Ebers Road in Nottingham using a chain …

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FLOOR LAYER KILLED BY TOXIC ADHESIVE

A Floor layer killed by toxic adhesive was wearing ‘completely ineffectual’ face mask  A property maintenance firm and a flooring manufacturer have been fined a combined £750,000 over the death of a floor layer in London.  Paul Tilcock had been using an adhesive that contained toxic solvents to fix a …

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