productDenbigh factory workers exposed to high lead levels
Nine workers at a ceramic tile factory in North Wales had levels of lead in their blood above national safety limits putting them at risk of serious health problems, a court has been told.
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productYoung engineer killed by falling pipework
Gerber Juice Company has been sentenced for safety failings after an engineer was killed by falling pipework during work to decommission a former factory in South Wales. Gerber fined £80k and ordered to pay £75k costs.
productHeinz fined after engineer has hand sliced off
Global food producer Heinz has been fined for serious safety failings after an engineer had his hand severed when it became trapped in live, unguarded machinery at its Norfolk plant.
productBaling machine severs worker’s legs
A scrap metal company and a businessman have been sentenced for serious safety breaches that led to a site worker losing both legs as the doors of a 16-tonne baling machine closed on him.
productBOC faces £250k fine and costs after plant explosion
The multinational industrial gas supplier was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive after the explosion at one of its manufacturing plants in Bristol left a worker with life changing injuries.
newsTimber firm in court after worker’s loses part of finger
A Lincolnshire timber company has been fined after an agency worker lost the top of his finger in an unguarded machine.
newsBAE fined £80k after shooting accident
BAE Systems Global Combat Systems Munitions Limited has been fined £80,000 for a serious safety breach after a worker’s leg bone was shattered while test firing a gun on a range in Northumberland.
productExplosion leads to court for carpet company and engineering inspection firm
A Kidderminster carpet company and a Surrey-based firm have been fined after a large pressure vessel, in which carpet fibres are dyed and processed, exploded, propelling the vessel’s quarter-tonne lid six metres into the air.
productFFI working effectively
A scheme designed to shift the cost of regulating workplace health and safety from the public purse to businesses who break the law has proven effective and should stay, an independent report has concluded.
productDiageo worker suffers bleed to the brain after work fall
Drinks company Diageo Scotland has been fined for safety failings after two workers were injured in falls at separate plants in Moray.
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