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£160K FINE FOR SCAFFOLDING COMPANY AFTER CRANE OPERATOR ELECTROCUTED

A company has been fined after a worker was fatally electrocuted whilst operating a lorry mounted crane. ASL Access Scaffold Limited employee Martin Tilby was fatally electrocuted when the crane he was operating struck an overhead powerline whilst he was unloading materials in a field at Cowbridge, South Glamorgan, Cardiff …

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Safety October 24, 2021 October 24, 2021HEALTH AND SAFETY

MANUFACTURER AND SITE OWNER FINED AFTER EMPLOYEE FATALITY

A fencing manufacturer and the owner of the yard where the business operates, have been fined following the death of an employee at the site. Roderick McKenzie Hopes was working for PA Fencing Ltd at the yard, on 14 August 2017, North Somerset Magistrates’ Court was told. A telescopic forklift …

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Safety October 19, 2021 October 19, 2021HEALTH AND SAFETY

£66,000 FINE FOR ANGLERS ASSOCIATION FOLLOWING VOLUNTEER FATALITY

An anglers association has been ordered to pay a £66,000 fine after admitting breaching health and safety laws that led to the death of one of its volunteers. On 9 October 2019, a group of volunteers from the Birmingham Angler’s Association (BAA) were carrying out routine fisheries maintenance working, cutting …

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Safety September 20, 2021 September 20, 2021HEALTH AND SAFETY

WIND FARM FIRMS ADMIT SAFETY FAILURES THAT LED TO SECURITY GUARD’S DEATH

The parent company of a contractor that was building a wind farm in Scotland and a security firm that employed staff to guard the remote site have admitted safety breaches after a security guard was trapped in snow for four and half hours and later died from hypothermia.  Another security …

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Safety August 31, 2021 August 31, 2021HEALTH AND SAFETY

ROOFER AND SCAFFOLDER SENTENCED FOLLOWING FATAL FALL FROM HEIGHT

A roofer and a scaffolder have been sentenced following a fatal fall from height at a two-storey terraced house on Rosevine Road, Wimbledon. Philip Drinkwater and Anthony Bradley were working on the roof, which was accessed using a ladder and scaffolding that had been erected by Dean Glen, Southwark Crown …

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Safety August 17, 2021 August 17, 2021HEALTH AND SAFETY

VUE ENTERTAINMENT LTD FINED £750,000 FOLLOWING MAN’S DEATH

A major cinema chain has been fined £750,000 for health and safety failures after a reclining seat came down on a man’s neck and killed him. Ateeq Rafiq had gone to the cinema with his wife on 9 March 2018, Birmingham Crown Court was told. Once the film was over, …

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Safety July 30, 2021 July 30, 2021HEALTH AND SAFETY

UTILITIES COMPANY FINED AFTER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC DIED FOLLOWING FALL INTO EXCAVATION SITE

A utilities company has been fined after a member of the public suffered fatal injuries after falling into an excavation on a footpath. M and S Water Services (Utilities) Ltd was digging on a footpath on Devon Road, Luton to access a stop tap that needed replacing, on 28 May …

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Safety July 20, 2021 July 20, 2021HEALTH AND SAFETY

SCHOOL FINED AFTER WORKER INJURED IN FALL FROM LADDER

Southend High School for Boys Academy Trust has been sentenced after a worker fell from a ladder. The injured person was using an unsecured ladder at the school to dismantle a canopy roof. The ladder slipped, causing the worker to fall and sustain fractures to his face, a fractured femur …

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Safety June 24, 2021 June 24, 2021HEALTH AND SAFETY

GRENFELL FIRE RISK ASSESSOR ‘MISREPRESENTED’ HIS QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Thursday 3rd June 2021 ELAINE KNUTT The former firefighter who carried out fire risk assessments (FRAs) on Grenfell Tower between 2010 and 2017 has admitted that he misrepresented his qualifications and experience. At the public inquiry into the June 2017 disaster, Carl Stokes also admitted he had cut and pasted …

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Safety June 5, 2021 June 5, 2021HEALTH AND SAFETY

£787,500 FINE AFTER WORKER SUFFERS LOSS OF THUMB AND FINGERS

Food manufacturer, Young’s Seafood Limited, has been fined after a worker was trapped by a mixing machine. A 59-year-old worker was creating the mix for fish cakes at the company’s Humberstone Road factory in Grimsby, Grimsby Crown Court was told. At the end of a mix run he went to …

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Safety June 5, 2021 June 5, 2021HEALTH AND SAFETY
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