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18% of Fatal Workplace Incidents Occur in Farm Sector

FARMERS need to make health and safety more of a priority to prevent serious accidents and injuries as the industry continues to have the highest rate of work-related deaths. This was the message from the […]

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Fatal Accident Involving Mobile Elevating Platform

The latest case from the HSE; A Lincolnshire based manufacturing company that specialises in lifting and handling equipment has been fined after an employee died after falling with a work platform onto the M25 motorway. […]

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Directors Sentenced After Asbestos Breaches

Latest from the HSE; Two former company directors have been sentenced and fined after a refurbishment project at a former department store was found to have disturbed asbestos containing materials (ACMs) while demolition work was […]

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Unsafe Loft Conversion Work Led To House Collapse

Latest case report from the HSE; A Manchester construction company was fined after much of a three-bedroom domestic property in Stretford collapsed during a loft conversion and ground floor extension work. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard […]

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Farmer Fined After Machinery Accident

The latest case from the HSE; A farmer has been sentenced after a worker suffered multiple injuries after becoming entangled in the contra-rotating rollers of a potato harvester. Folkestone Magistrates’ Court heard that on 21 […]

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Roofing Company Fined Over Safety Breaches

The latest from the HSE; Infiniti Roofing and Construction Ltd has been sentenced for breaches of safety regulations after an employee fell through a gap in scaffolding and sustained multiple injuries whilst working on a […]