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08 September 2010 Workplace health and safety 'is crucial'
Approximately 20,000 people are killed prematurely by their job every year, a survey has indicated. According to the report from the Trades Congress Union (TUC) entitled The Case for Health a ...
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07 September 2010 Health and safety advice issued to those in agriculture industry
Farmers in the East Midlands are being urged to wear safety straps when they are in their tractors. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) made the plea and stated those who do not use restrai ...
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07 September 2010 Employee suffers injuries to hand in health and safety breach
A building company has been fined £1,000 after a health and safety breach in which an employee suffered a serious injury to his hand. Maplestead Limited was prosecuted by the Health and ...
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07 September 2010 Industrial firm prosecuted for health and safety breach
An industrial firm has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an employee was seriously hurt in an explosion. The 33-year-old worker - who does not want to be named - ...
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02 September 2010 Health and safety guidance issued on electric gates
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued advice on electric gates following the recent deaths of two children. Designers, manufacturers, installers and those who maintain the devices ...
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01 September 2010 Company directors prosecuted after health and safety breach
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted two Leeds-based company directors following a health and safety breach in which an employee had his fingers crushed. Inspectors from the b ...
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31 August 2010 Workman fined £8k after health and safety breach
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a workman who claimed to be a registered gas engineer. Robert Fordham of Tring Road, Long Marston, Tring has been fined £8,000 for c ...
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31 August 2010 Farming partnership prosecuted by Health and Safety Executive
A farming partnership in Moray has been fined £13,500 following a health and safety breach in which a schoolboy died after falling through the roof of a farm building. Austin Irvine fel ...
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27 August 2010 Health and Safety Executive reveal staff not at increased risk of cancer in Scottish factory
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has revealed employees at a Scottish semi-conductor plant are not at an increased risk of developing cancer. The research look ...
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26 August 2010 Landlord fined £4k following health and safety breach
An Exeter-based landlord has been fined £4,000 following a health and safety breach in which the lives of tenants were put at risk after a gas boiler was fitted illegally. Richard Ellio ...
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26 August 2010 Haulage firm fined £5k following health and safety breach
A haulage firm has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after one of its personnel suffered brain damage. Nicholas Holmes was hit on the head by a 290 kg panel saw when he ...
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24 August 2010 HSE calls for offshore safety improvements
Health and safety standards in the offshore oil and gas industry still need to be significantly improved. That is the suggestion of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), which noted 50 major ...
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23 August 2010 Health and safety failing results in loss of finger
A health and safety breach that led to a worker losing a little finger and parts of other fingers has resulted in a fine for the company concerned. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) noted ...
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20 August 2010 Onion firm prosecuted for health and safety breach
An onion packing company has been fined £6,000 following a health and safety breach in which an employee broke his shoulder when he fell from a ladder. Richard Webster fell three metres ...
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19 August 2010 Council fined £20k following health and safety breach
Argyll and Bute Council has been fined £20,000 following a health and safety breach which resulted in the death of an elderly man. Duncan MacGillivray drowned in September 2007 when he ...
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18 August 2010 Motor body shop staff to pay more attention to health and safety?
Individuals who work in motor vehicle repair body shops are being advised to do more to protect themselves when spraying vehicles. The warning follows the release of a new study from the Heal ...
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17 August 2010 Steeplejack firm prosecuted for health and safety breach
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted Rafferty Chimneys Engineering after one of its employees was injured when he fell from scaffolding. Kevin Ford received a serious wound to ...
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13 August 2010 Health and safety advice issued to farmers
Farmers in Somerset have received health and safety advice at an awareness event in Cannington. Attendees had the chance to watch practical safety demonstrations, which included the six main ...
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10 August 2010 Health and safety advice issued to those in catering industry
A national health and safety warning has been issued to employees who work in the catering industry. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) - which was established in 2000 to protect the public's he ...
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09 August 2010 Man prosecuted for health and safety breach
A man has been fined £800 by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after he fitted gas fires in domestic properties despite not being a member of recognised safety body Corgi. Those who work ...