Health and Safety News Update

Written By Helen Griffiths | Jan 18th, 2010 | | | Category: Health And Safety News Roundup

18th January 2010.  A roundup of the latest health and safety news stories around the UK.  Please click on the headline for further details.

£80,000 fine after explosion kills Lancashire worker – 15 January 2010

 

A leading global defence company has been fined £80,000 after a worker was killed in an explosion at its Lancashire site.

 

Plastics firm fined after Liverpool worker loses four fingers – 13 January 2010

 

A plastics-recycling company in Liverpool has been fined £2,500 after a worker had four fingers cut off by a guillotine.

 

Collapse of East London Building leads to £10,000 fine – 13 January 2010

 

A clothing importer has been fined £10,000 after part of its building collapsed in February 2007, with more than 20 people inside.

 

Company fined £4,500 after telehandler overturns injuring worker – 7 January 2010

 

A construction company from Gateshead has been ordered to pay £4,500 after one of its workers was seriously injured when a forklift truck telehandler he was operating overturned.

 

Firm fined £16,000 after 5 metre plunge –  6 January 2010

 

A company has been fined a total of £16,000 after a worker fell five metres at a construction sit in Tunbridge Wells and suffered severe injuries.

 

£280,000 fine after Cheshire oil worker is paralysed – 6 January 2010

 

Three companies have been fined a total of £283,332 after a man was paralysed from the waist down while working at a Shell oil refinery in Cheshire.

 

Employers asked to make New Year Safety Resolution – 4 January 2010

 

Employers need to work harder at keeping their workers safe in 2010, as Britain’s safety watchdog urges improvement on last year.

 

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