December 2011
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OSHA fines LaBolt, SD, Farmers grain company more... →
BISMARCK, N.D. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued LaBolt Farmers Grain Company, Inc. in LaBolt, S.D., 13 citations for exposing workers to…
OSHA cites Texas roofing contractor Martha M.... →
MADISON, Wis. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Martha M. Alvarez, a residential roofing contractor based in Houston, Texas, with six…
Stoker wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a... →
Global steel firm prosecuted after workers were... →
A global steel firm has been sentenced after two workers suffered major injuries when a warehouse door, weighing over 300 kilograms, collapsed on them.
The employees at Corus, which…
Council trips up on health and safety →
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Council trips up on health and safety
Amplify’d from www.cambridge-news.co.ukPaul Townsend and Jason Bonner checking the headstonesLaying wobbly headstones flat in case they fell on someone has caused an even greater hazard – tripping over them.Council workers were sent to Radwinter Road Cemetery, in Saffron Walden, to test headstones for safety and told to lay flat any “hazardous” ones – about 200 were affected.Read more...
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Santa Rosa Fire Department fined for unsafe roof...
Amplify’d from www.pressdemocrat.comSanta Rosa firefighter’s roof inspection draws safety fineSanta Rosa fire inspector Toby Rey, right, measures the placement of solar panels on a new home as Sunpower construction manager Jason Mueller watches on Aug. 3, 2011. The photo ran with a Page One story in The Press Democrat on Aug. 7.But local Cal-OSHA officials, who enforce workplace safety laws,...
OSHA reaches settlement with Wilmington, Mass.,... →
BOSTON – Wilmington masonry contractor NER Construction Management Inc. has agreed to pay $134,000 in penalties and take significant steps to protect its employees against fall hazards,…
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Young mother electrocuted as she mopped up water...
Amplify’d from www.dailymail.co.ukA catalogue of mistakes by workmen led to a young mother being killed after she was electrocuted while mopping up water at her home.Read more at www.dailymail.co.uk See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/a1l0vq
The European Commission proposes to reduce vehicle... →
On Monday, the European Commission proposed to reduce noise produced by cars, vans, buses, coaches, light and heavy trucks. Noise limit values would be lowered in two steps of each 2 dB(A) for…
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16 Indonesian fishermen still trapped in... →
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consultant who was sacked after taking maternity... →
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consultant who was sacked after taking maternity...
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A HOSPITAL consultant who was sacked after taking maternity leave has been
awarded a record £4.4 million by a tribunal after it heard years
of abuse left her unable to work again as a doctor.
Hospital pays out record £4.4m to doctor sacked after having a baby Read more at www.telegraph.co.uk See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/a1ktzg
Tugboat flood hero Peter Fenton killed in barge... →
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Does Team Training Save Lives? A New Science Gives... →
Whether the task is flying a plane, fighting a battle, or caring for a patient, good teamwork is crucial to getting it done right. That’s why team-building and training courses are big business…
OSHA proposes $90,000 in fines to Pittsburgh-based... →
CLEVELAND – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited PPG Industries Inc. for four safety violations, including a willful violation for operating an…
OSHA fines Emil’s Pizza in Watertown, Wis., more... →
WATERTOWN, Wis. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Emil’s Pizza Inc. with nine alleged safety and health violations, including one willful…
Anson Packaging Ltd and Cambs Compressor... →
Anson Packaging Ltd and Cambs Compressor Engineering Ltd, two companies based in Ely, have been fined a total of £68,030 with £37,743.72 costs after a 24- year-old worker broke his back in a…
Council apologises after solicitor trapped for an... →
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Council apologises after solicitor trapped for an...
Amplify’d from www.dailyecho.co.ukCouncil apologises after solicitor trapped for an hour
COUNCIL chiefs have apologised after a lawyer was trapped in a council car park lift for so long that he gave up on being rescued and forced his way out.
Ben May was stuck four floors up at the Bedford Place multi-storey car park in Southampton for more than an hour and grew so scared that he made his
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Shoppers urged to know their rights when returning... →
The OFT is urging shoppers to know their consumer rights when buying clothes for the Christmas party season or in New Year sales.
Problems with clothes is consistently amongst the top 10…
St Helens manufacturer in court over crushed hand →
A manufacturing firm has been sentenced after a worker’s hand was crushed in a metal press at a St Helens factory.
Barry Kelleher lost his little finger and part of the palm on his right hand…
Photographer alerts cabinet minister to Hyde Park... →
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Photographer alerts cabinet minister to Hyde Park...
Amplify’d from www.amateurphotographer.co.ukPhotographer alerts cabinet minister to Hyde Park photo banAn amateur photographer is set to lobby his local MP after camera club members were banned from taking photos which include children at the Winter Wonderland fair in Hyde Park.Meanwhile, Lafbury has received an email from Winter Wonderland organisers, PWR Events.
In the email customer service...
Rigger fined $750 for not looking after his own... →
Shane Anthony Brian Williams
Description of Breach(es)
Being an employee, failed to take reasonable care to ensure his own safety and health at work; contrary to sections 20(1)(a) and…
