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06 September 2010 Building firm prosecuted for health and safety breach
An Aberdeen-based building company has been fined £9,000 following a health and safety breach in which a joiner suffered burns to his face. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) also or ...
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02 September 2010 Building company fined £30k for failing to incorporate adequate health and safety features
A Building firm and its director have been fined after an employee sustained serious injuries in a fall from height. James Burt of JBB Homes of St Petersgate in Stockport pleaded guilty to br ...
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01 September 2010 Housing developer fined £30k following health and safety breach
A Doncaster-based housing developer has been fined £30,000 following a health and safety breach in which an employee was left paralysed from the chest down. Anton Burrows was crushed by ...
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26 August 2010 Construction firms fined for failing to follow health and safety procedures
Fines totalling £125,000 have been issued to two construction companies for their roles in an incident in which a worker was seriously injured.
Steven McColgan suffered life-changin ...
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17 August 2010 Fall from height leaves worker with life-changing injuries
A worker has been left with life-changing injuries after he fell while working at height. Gwyndaf Davies plunged three metres to the floor from the roof of a farm building, following a health ...
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11 August 2010 Building firm fined £15k for health and safety breach
A building firm and one of its directors have been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after two clients were put at risk of serious illness or death. Rushi Construction, owne ...
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09 August 2010 Two construction firms prosecuted by Health and Safety Executive
Two construction firms have pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety legislation. Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering and Multibuild were prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE ...
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09 August 2010 Health and Safety manager urges kids to stay away from building sites
Parents should warn their children of the dangers of playing on building sites over the school holidays. That is the message from Philip White, chief inspector of construction at the Health a ...
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05 August 2010 Staffordshire firm fined £8k in health and safety breach
A Staffordshire-based firm has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an employee broke his back when working at height. Klaruis UK has been fined £8,000 by the body a ...
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03 August 2010 Building firm fined £2.5k in health and safety breach
A building firm has been fined £2,500 following a health and safety breach in which unlicensed asbestos removal was carried out. Ron Couch Building Contactors was also ordered to pay £1,250 i ...
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30 July 2010 Worker's skull crushed in health and safety breach
Steps need to be taken to ensure the safety of employees working at height. That is the view of construction inspector for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) David Charnock, who commented ...
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30 July 2010 Architect and construction firm fined £195k after fatal health and safety breach
An architect company and a construction firm have been fined a total of £195,000 following a health and safety breach that led to the death of a worker. Express Park Construction Company was ...
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26 July 2010 Construction firm prosecuted in health and safety breach
A Somerset construction firm has been fined £10,000 following a health and safety breach. John Wainwright and Company was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a worker ha ...
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22 July 2010 Firm fined for health and safety breach after scaffold collapses in the street
A Teesside company has been fined £4,000 following a health and safety breach that saw a scaffold rig collapse in a public street. An inspection by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) ...
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20 July 2010 Firm fined £10,000 after man lost part of his finger in health and safety breach
A Newcastle-under-Lyme company has been fined £10,000 following a health and safety breach. An employee - who does not want to be named - at Building Adhesives Ltd – had to have par ...
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19 July 2010 Scaffolding firm fined £3,500 in health and safety breach
A scaffolding firm has been fined £3,500 after a roofer was seriously injured when he fell almost six metres as a result of a platform collapsing. An investigation by the Health and Safe ...
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15 July 2010 Health and Safety procedures 'need to be in place to protect construction workers'
Bosses who employ staff to carry out work at height need to ensure they have adequate health and safety procedures in place, one expert has suggested. That is the view of Ian Bentley, a const ...
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09 July 2010 Governments confirms licensing debate over
The Gangmaster Licensing Authority (GLA) will not be extended, the government has confirmed. Over the last six months the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has explored the regu ...
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08 July 2010 Plastic manufacturer fined £140,000 following health and safety breach
The death of a worker who was crushed by a pallet of bags has led to a £140,000 fine for a plastics manufacturer. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted TS (UK) Ltd after Abel ...
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23 June 2010 Construction site accident leads to fine
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has fined two Gloucestershire companies involved in an accident which saw a worker suffer head injuries. Woodgate Sawmills Limited and Stanley John Frede ...