by theEHP | May 12, 2011 | Health & Safety
A principal contractor has been fined £2,250 after a worker suffered serious head injuries when he fell through a loading platform at a boat building company. Overview The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reported that on 18 September 2006, Kevin Cleightonhills, 21,...
by theEHP | May 12, 2011 | Health & Safety
A Stourbridge engineering firm has been fined £7,500 after an employee lost his thumb when it was crushed during a lifting operation. Overview: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reported that Terence Grove, a 55-year-old mechanical engineer at M I Engineering...
by theEHP | May 12, 2011 | Health & Safety
Two London companies have been fined a total of £5,600 for failing to comply with safety orders issued to protect workers from serious injury. Overview: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reported that Churchill Properties (Southern) Ltd and Moseley Green Services...
by theEHP | May 11, 2011 | Health & Safety
An aerospace firm has been fined £14,000 after a worker suffered severe and permanent hand and wrist injuries. Overview The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) reported that the 53-year-old worker from Loughborough, who has asked not to be named, had been making...
by theEHP | May 11, 2011 | Health & Safety
An unregistered gas fitter has been fined £23,000 for misleading customers into believing he was a legally registered gas engineer and then carried out work that put lives at risk. Overview The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) reported that Clive Farrant, 57, from...
by theEHP | May 11, 2011 | Health & Safety, Health & Safety, Research, Store
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has published research on the effectiveness of safety nets. The research evaluated the effectiveness of safety nets, as used in the UK, to identify the risk (if any) of premature failure, in less than ideal conditions that...
