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after Wolverhamptonhouse collapse | Health andSafety News
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“ This was a se rious incident that could have easilybeen prevented had Astbury Design and Build Ltdfollowed the recognised p rocedure relating to partywalls and d etailed the work to the neighbour’sconsultant.”
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“ Mr Massey chose to ignore the lessons of his pastmistakes and instead allowed himself and two other men to climb onto the ridge of a fragile warehouse roo f without a single, bas ic safety precaution in place,putting his own and their lives at risk.”
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Wigan worker injuredin fall through sportshall roof | Health and SafetyNews
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“ Falls from height are the biggest cause o f workplacedeaths in the construction industry, with falls throughfragile surfaces accounting for a fifth of the fatalities.”
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Worker's fall leads tocourt for twocompaniesFrom www.hse.gov.uk - Today, 4:47 PM
“ A linen hire service and a laundry company have both been fined for
safety breaches a fter a worker fell from a ladde r while trying to clea r ablockage in an industrial-sized laundry machine.”
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Rugby firm fined forLondon skylight fall |Health and Safety News
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“ Mr Dolan suffered terrible injury in a whollypreventable ye t depressingly frequent incident, and itis imperative that effective measures are put in placeat all times to p revent or mitigate falls.”
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Worker's arm injurieslead to fine fordemolition companyFrom www.hse.gov.uk - Today, 8:25 AM
“ A Birmingham demolition and exca vation company has been fined after aworker suffered serious arm injuries when he beca me trapped in anunguarded crushing machine.”
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Patients flee blazinghospital ward
From www.bbc.co.uk - June 3, 3:51 AM
“ Four peop le need treatment after a fire which caused the evacuationof dozens of patients from a ward atStoke Mandeville Hospital.”
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Marquee companyfined after weldersevers fingerFrom www.hse.gov.uk - May 30, 4:10 AM
“ A Derbyshire company that designs a nd manufactures marquees hasbeen fined after a welder severed a finger on an unguarded drill.”
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Contractor prosecutedafter road worker loseslegFrom www.hse.g ov.uk - May 30, 4:11 AM
“ A Staffordshire contractor has been fined after an employee had to havehis lower leg amputated after he slipped into an unguarded slurry mixer.”
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Care home providerfined after dangerousgas work put lives of elderlyresidents at riskFrom www.hse.gov.uk - May 30, 4:10 AM
“ A Dumfries and G alloway ca re home provider has be en fined for allowing
unqualified handymen to illegally install two gas boilers at the premises inSanquhar.”
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Four metre fall landscompany in court |Health and Safety News
From www.healthsafetynews.co.uk - May 30, 4:09 AM
“ This incident was avoidable and Bryen & Langley,as lea d contractor, had a responsibility for safety onthe site. It would have been a simple matter to havefixed the skylight covers in place.”
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Aggregates companyloses £4M fire claim
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“ Claire Rizos explores the implications of a recentCourt of Appeal judgement that saw an a ggrega tescompany lose a GB pound 4 million claim.”
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“ The guarding was inadequate and there were no keysafety systems, no light guards or interlocks on thedoors of the machine; nothing that would have either prevented entry to dangerous pa rts or stopped themachine if entry was made.”
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County Durham farmerfined after friend brokeback in fallFrom www.hse.gov.uk - May 29, 5 :15 AM
“ A farmer has been fined for safety failings after his friend broke his back
in a fall while helping him out on his County Durham farm.”
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Scaffolder's lack of safety measures putlives at riskFrom www.hse.gov.uk - May 29, 5 :15 AM
“ A scaffolder has been p rosecuted for neglecting vital safety measuresthat put himself, his staff and passing members of the public a t risk.”
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Atomic WeaponsEstablishmentsentenced for control failingsFrom www.hse.gov.uk - May 29, 5:15 AM
“ The Atomic Weapons Establishment PLC (AWE PLC) has b een o rderedto pay more than £280,000 in fines a nd cos ts for significant failings relatingto its use and control of explos ive materials after a worker was injuredwhen a fire broke out in an...”
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Unregistered gas fitterprosecuted fordangerous boiler installationFrom www.hse.gov.uk - May 29, 5 :14 AM
“ A Bridgwater man has been prosecuted for illega l and unsafe gas workwhile falsely c laiming to be o n the Gas Sa fe Register.”
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Company sentenced
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“ A bath restoration compa ny has been fined for safety failings after aworker died from inhaling toxic fumes in the bathroom of a So uth WestLondon flat.”
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Lancaster tissuemanufacturer in courtover worker's fallFrom www.hse.gov.uk - May 29, 5:14 AM
“ A worker could have been killed when metal grating gave way under hisfeet at a tissue factory in Lancaster, a court has heard.”
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Plumber prosecuted forillegal gas work aftercouple burned in explosionFrom www.hse.gov.uk - May 29, 5:14 AM
“ A Lincolnshire plumber has been prosecuted for carrying out illega l gaswork after a couple suffered se vere burns in a majo r explos ion at their home.”
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Lewisham Homes incourt after womanbreaks jawFrom www.hse.gov.uk - May 29, 5 :05 AM
“ Lewisham Council’s homes provide r has bee n fined after a meter reader broke her jaw and smashed most of her teeth in a fall into an unprotectedflood pit cellar beneath a block of flats.”
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Joinery firm in court
over worker's severedfingerFrom www.hse.gov.uk - May 29, 5 :05 AM
“ A Dagenham-based firm has been sentenced after a worker severed afinger and seriously injured two others on a badly-guarded cutting blockcapable of 10,000 cuts per minute.”
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Companies prosecutedafter roof collapsed onworkerFrom www.hse.gov.uk - May 29, 5 :06 AM
“ Two West Midlands companies have b een fined for safety failings after the six-tonne roof of a timber-framed classroom collapsed on a worker,leaving him seriously injured.”
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Bedford company incourt over worker'sbroken legFrom www.hse.gov.uk - May 29, 5 :05 AM
“ A nationwide removals firm has been fined for safety failings after aworker broke his leg whilst moving machinery at a site in Bedford.”
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