LONDON ZOO SAFETY BREACH: KEEPER SUFFERED NECK INJURY IN FAULTY STEPLADDER FALL

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A London Zoo safety breach saw a keeper, who was cleaning out a hawk aviary, fall off a faulty step ladder that was wrongly retrieved from a skip. Angelina Lawson suffered neck injuries in the accident while removing droppings from a shelf under the birds’ perches. According to reports, the step ladder …

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A SOLE DIRECTOR HAS BEEN THREATENED WITH PRISON AFTER A JOINT OPERATION UNCOVERED A SERIES OF SAFETY AND HEALTH FRAUD OFFENCES

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Barrie John Henry Birch was sentenced to 18 months’ jail, suspended for two years, and disqualified from being a company director for five years after his firm, BBS Improvements, carried out unsafe and unnecessary building work. Workers were put at risk because there was no scaffolding. The fraudulent activity was …

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BOAT MAKER FINED AFTER WORKER BURNED BY ‘INCREDIBLY HAZARDOUS’ SOLVENT

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A company that manufactures and repairs rigid-inflatable boats (RIBs) in Hull, Yorkshire, has been sentenced after one of its workers was overcome by solvent fumes and sustained burns when he collapsed in a pool of the substance. The employee of Humber Fabrications (Hull) was using a cloth soaked in dichloromethane …

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£1M FINE AS POUNDSTRETCHER FOUND IN BREACH OF HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATION

Breaches to health and safety legislation at three Poundstretcher stores in Newbury, Newhaven and Swindon have resulted in the retail chain being hit with a £1m fine. The chain pleaded guilty to a total of 24 counts of breaching the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 following inspections …

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TOP OSH PROSECUTIONS OF 2017

From million-pound plus fines to prison sentences, there have been some major prosecutions in occupational health and safety in 2017 – affecting household names such as Wilko, Warburtons, JD Sports, Travis Perkins, and Iceland. The latest enforcement figures published by the Health and Safety Executive have shown a major rise in health …

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HOWDENS LANDS £1.2MILLION FINE FOR OVERLOADED FORKLIFT FATALITY

The UK’s largest manufacturer and supplier of fitted kitchens has been fined £1.2m over the fatal crushing of a delivery driver in Cumbria. Howdens Joinery was prosecuted at Carlisle Crown Court after it pleaded guilty to breaching ss 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act. It …

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TIP-OFF LEADS TO DEVELOPER’S £200K FINE FOR CDM BREACHES

The owner of a block of flats has been handed a £200,000 fine after allowing work on an unsafe site to restart, even though enforcement notices had been served by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Westminster Magistrates’ Court was told on 30 August that a member of the public …

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