newsWorker injured as manual loading of shipping container goes awry
A security fencing manufacturing company has been fined £260,000 after a worker sustained significant injuries on site.
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productWorker crushed when free stacked panels fell
A manufacturing firm in Worcestershire has been fined after a worker suffered crush injuries when wooden panels fell onto him.
productConveyor maintenance worker crushed
A Somerset pre-cast concrete products manufacturing company has been fined after a 43-year-old man was fatally injured when trapped by machinery.
productUnstable load topples from forklift injuring worker
A Cheshire-based trailer manufacturing company has been fined after a worker was struck by a load on a fork lift truck and left with multiple injuries.
productTuffnells Parcels Express fined £1.5m after death of worker
A logistics company has been fined after a worker died when he was trapped between a trailer and his vehicle. Tuffnells safety arrangements failed to take account of a slope in the yard.
productTanker collides with forklift
A Glossop-based company has been fined after a visiting tanker collided with a fork lift truck.
productSpark from forklift causes explosion at waste firm
A Bedfordshire waste company has been sentenced after two of its employees suffered burns whilst processing flammable aerosol containers.
productWorker pushing trolley killed by sideloader
Leeds-based garden shed manufacturing company, Woodlands Homecare, was sentenced for safety breaches after a worker was killed.
productOperator crushed by overturned forklift
A scaffolding company has been sentenced for safety breaches after a worker was crushed by a forklift truck.
articleMSD advice updated
Off-the-shelf manual handling training should become a thing of the past, according to advice released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
articleHSE issues Black Friday safety guidance to prevent upsurge in MSDs
Black Friday is a great day for business but don’t let it come at the expense of your workers’ health, cautions Michael Paton, policy lead for musculoskeletal disorders at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
productLogistics company fined after driver suffers crush injuries
A Newport-based logistics company has been fined after a driver was crushed by a full pallet when his lorry was being unloaded.
productWorker injured loading robotic cell at car parts manufacturer
A North East-based car parts manufacturer, SNOP UK, has today been sentenced after a worker was seriously-injured.
productInduction failure as agency worker at courier hit by forklift
A courier service company has been fined after an agency worker was hit and run over by a fork lift truck.
productHSE points to chemical segregation as key consideration
The Health & Safety Executive has released a case study summarising a fire at a warehouse storing various materials including oxidising materials, solvents and various other chemicals in drums.
newsLogistics company fined after driver suffers serious injuries
A Slough-based logistics company has been fined after a driver was struck by a reversing vehicle when he was carrying out a pre-use check on his vehicle.
productWorker hit by reversing forklift has leg amputed
Moy Park hit by a heavy fine after a yardman was seriously injured after being struck by a forklift truck.
productSecurity guard dragged and killed by HGV
Associated British Ports, DFDS Seaways PLC and ICTS (UK) were hit with combined fines approaching £1.5m after a security guard was fatally injured when he was struck by an articulated vehicle.
productDelivery driver suffers brain injury on first day of work
A distribution company based in Warrington has today been sentenced after an agency worker sustained serious, life-changing injuries whilst working in Cheltenham.
productFood firm fined over £1.8m after roof maintenance incident
Food manufacturing company, Karro Foods, was sentenced after two workers suffered serious injuries when they fell over 4 metres through a rooflight.
