by theEHP | Apr 28, 2011 | Health & Safety
The owner of a Bristol scaffolding company has been fined after an employee fell to his death while dismantling a temporary roof. Shaun Stevens, 41, fell about four metres while deconstructing a temporary corrugated sheet roof at Flooks Scaffolding at the Old Brains...
by theEHP | Apr 27, 2011 | Health & Safety
A woodworker who use an unguarded circular saw has been fined £4,000 after risking serious injury to himself and an employee. IOSH reported that Dewsbury magistrates heard that Asif Iqbal ignored safety advice at the workshop he runs in Ravensthorpe and was prosecuted...
by theEHP | Apr 27, 2011 | Health & Safety
A welding company has been fined £4,000 after one of its workers sustained serious injuries when he fell off a barn roof on to a grain bucket. IOSH reported that the unnamed worker, who was employed by Nottinghamshire-based IFT Services, was replacing cement roof...
by theEHP | Apr 27, 2011 | Health & Safety
A waste company has been fined £250,000 after a bin lorry ran over and killed a member of the public. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Team Waste (Southern) Ltd of Turners Hill, Sussex, after they were found to have breached health and safety laws...
by theEHP | Apr 27, 2011 | Health & Safety
Bournemouth nightclub iBar fined £3,000 for electrical defects. More than 20 electrical defects were identified at the Holdenhurst Road club but bosses failed to make them safe, Poole magistrates were told. The operator was fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £1,641 in...
by theEHP | Apr 22, 2011 | Health & Safety
A teacher won £200,000 in compensation after slipping on a grape last year and another was awarded £100,000 after falling on spilt food in a school canteen reports IOSH. These are just two examples of claims in 2010 when teachers won millions of pounds in compensation...
