October 2011
63 posts
Rochdale company fined for illegal waste... →
A Rochdale company and its director have been ordered to pay £14,484 in fines and costs, after they pleaded guilty to operating a waste transfer station at Klondike, Rochdale without the…
South Yorkshire glazing firm, Premier Security... →
Originally posted 2011-02-04 14:08:12.
A South Yorkshire glazing firm has been sentenced after an employee was hurt when he fell more than ten feet from an unsafe scaffold.
Phillip Pears,…
Five exposed to asbestos at Manchester’s Arndale... →
Originally posted 2010-08-20 09:15:47.
A shop fitting company has been fined after five workers were exposed to potentially deadly asbestos fibres at the Arndale Centre in Manchester.
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Environment Agency – Pig farmer fined for illegal... →
Originally posted 2011-06-24 09:20:19.
A Wiltshire farmer has been ordered to pay £6,700 in fines and costs for illegally disposing of thirteen adult sow carcasses at Manor Farm, Winterbourne…
New Circus Photos – Balanced →
Originally posted 2010-12-28 13:57:42.
Not the best way to use step ladder
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Black Veil Brides Singer Describes Stage Accident...
Amplify’d from loudwire.comBlack Veil Brides Singer Describes Stage Accident That Broke His NoseBlack Veil Brides‘ Andy Biersack has spoken up about the onstage accident that took place Wednesday night (Oct. 26) in Luxembourg, which resulted in a broken nose and several postponed dates on the band’s current European tour. The singer says he suffered the injury as a result of his “typical routine...
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Fan has been killed after an accident on a...
Amplify’d from www.celebdirtylaundry.comBritney Spears’ Femme Fatale Fairground Ride Claims Young Woman’s LifeIt looks sadly as though Britney Spears’ Femme Fatale show is aptly named as fan has been killed after an accident on a fairground ride following Britney’s show in Ireland.Read more at www.celebdirtylaundry.com See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/a1fvgu
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Chrimbo safety joke →
Originally posted 2007-05-11 22:23:00.
In the year 2006, the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in England, and said, “Once again, the earth has become wicked and over-populated, and I…
Waste company fined £5,000 after 20 year old loses... →
Natural World Products Ltd. was fined £5,000 at Newry Crown Court on 7 October 2011 after pleading guilty to breaching health and safety at work legislation.
The case arose following an…
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Businessman fined £15k over unsafe scaffolding at...
Amplify’d from www.thisislincolnshire.co.ukBusinessman fined £15k over unsafe scaffolding at Louth restaurantA BUSINESSMAN has been fined £15,000 after a joiner fell from scaffolding at a Louth town centre restaurant.Self-employed joiner Mario Mazzarella broke his leg after falling off scaffolding built for him by Panther Scaffolding at the Helal Restaurant on November 9, 2009.Read more at...
New Health and Safety Regulations – HSENI – →
The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment has, on 18 October 2011, made a Statutory Rule entitled “The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment…
Stonemason ‘as seen on BBC2 series, Mastercrafts’... →
A Cambridgeshire stonemasonry business has been fined over dangerous stone dust after the firm appeared on a BBC television programme
Atelier 109 Limited, of Main Road, Etton, near…
OSHA appoints new chairman of its Advisory... →
WASHINGTON – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today announced that Erich J. (Pete) Stafford has been appointed as the new chair of the agency’s Advisory Committee on…
OSHA cites Western Municipal Construction in... →
BILLINGS, Mont. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Western Municipal Construction Inc. in Billings for one willful and five serious…
inquest jury rules workmen died in accident →
TWO workmen died in a freak accident when they were electrocuted as their tipper truck touched overhead power cables, an inquest heard.
Lornford Construction workers Mark Bennett, aged 41, and…
OSHA cites South Easton, Mass., contractor for... →
ANDOVER, Mass. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Folan Waterproofing and Construction Co. Inc. for nine serous violations of workplace…
Lax safety inspection regime is a ‘scandal’ /... →
Almost half of workplaces in Britain have never been visited by a health and safety inspector, the TUC revealed today.
This is despite evidence that inspection and enforcement is the most…
Woman sues IBM for $1.1m over claim she was told... →
A WOMAN who says her IBM supervisor told her to show her breasts to get more sales claims colleagues sat and watched while her life was ruined.
Susan Spiteri says she has turned into a…
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Illegal gas fitter receives two-year prison... →
An Accrington man who falsely claimed he was a registered gas engineer has been sent to prison for two years for endangering people’s lives at two properties in Lancashire, including a…
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KD Farm Services Fined $80,000 After Worker Killed →
Stratford, ON – 1126449 Ontario Inc., operating as KD Farm Services, was fined $80,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was killed.
On October 22, 2009,…
UK’s biggest food manufacturer fined after... →
The UK’s biggest food manufacturer has been fined £14,000 after a 65kg metal pillar fell on a maintenance engineer in Merseyside, crushing his skull.
Thomas Williams, from Prenton in Wirral,…
Swedish girl crushed to death in hospital bed –... →
A six-year-old girl has died after she became trapped in a hospital bed at a health care clinic in western Sweden.
via Swedish girl crushed to death in hospital bed – The Local.
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Worker was performing routine maintenance when... →
The worker killed in an accident at a Hampton asphalt production plant Monday got caught in a piece of equipment on top of a set of towers used to store the manufactured asphalt.
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Simmers says worker killed at Buffelsfontein,... →
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) − Gold and uranium producer Simmer & Jack Mines (Simmers) shut down operations at its Buffelsfontein operation on Thursday, following a fatal accident.
The…
Waste scandal hits Turkish town of Dilovası –... →
During investigations conducted by the Dilovası Municipality Environment Protection and Control Team in Kocaeli province in the Marmara region, 1,000 tons of industrial purification sludge…
Lifejackets Save Lives – 86 deaths may have been... →
86 maritime deaths between 2007 and 2010 may have been avoided if those involved had worn a lifejacket or buoyancy aid.
This is the latest finding of an expert panel which has been analysing…
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Poultry farm fined over ‘plague’ of flies →
The operator of a Devon poultry unit has been ordered to pay more than £8,000 in fines and costs after it caused an ‘explosion’ in the local fly population.
The case was brought by the…
Worker stuck in lift shaft dies →
A CONSTRUCTION worker died yesterday at a building site in Scotts Road. He had been trapped inside a lift shaft at the site.
The Ministry of Manpower said it has stopped all lift installation…
Bristol businessman convicted of waste offences →
The owner of a former waste management company has been convicted of committing offences at two waste sites in Bristol and Gloucestershire.
Paul Chapman was found guilty on seven charges by a…
Company fined after worker’s fingers are crushed →
A Gosport-based food company has been fined after a worker had her fingers crushed in a machine at a factory in Hampshire in 2010.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Berkshire…
Six Fishermen Rescued From Liferaft →
At 09.45am, Belfast Coastguard received a mayday call from a fishing vessel reporting that they were taking water and sinking.
The six crew of the fishing vessel took to their liferaft, dressed…
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HSE run up £6m credit card bill
Amplify’d from www.telegraph.co.ukHealth and Safety watchdog ran up £6m credit card bill on luxury hotels, sunbeds and fireworksThe health and safety watchdog ran up credit card bills of more than £6m over
two years and lavished hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money
on flights and luxury hotels, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.Read more at www.telegraph.co.uk See this Amp at...
Health and Safety Authority – €65,000 in fines... →
Fines totalling €65,000 were handed down to Dawn Farm Food Limited at Naas Criminal Circuit Court today (Friday 26th November). The case involved serious injury to Mr. Stephen Burke, an employee…
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Garys Grading and Pipeline company cited $62,800... →
MONROE, Ga. — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Gary’s Grading and Pipeline Co. Inc. of Monroe with four safety violations for exposing…
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Harness not clipped in, hat on back to front, no other fall protection
Makes you wonder when the construction industry will get its act together
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