Tesco worker chemically burned after COSHH breaches A supermarket chain has been fined after a store worker suffered chemical burns. The employee was using a
An employee suffered fatal burns while cleaning a spray booth using a highly flammable cleaning solvent. The court heard flammable vapour ignited after a pressure
An agency worker suffered serious hand injuries while cleaning a lathe because the safety controls in place for the task were unsuitable. The court heard
You can’t predict when someone will arrive at your doorstep to do a Health & Safety inspection. Inspectors have the right to enter your premises
The importance of fully assessing the risks from working at height and acting to prevent injury has again been underlined after family-owned bakery Warburtons was
Firms are being asked to learn from an incident in which an engineering company was fined £150,000 after two workers suffered chemical burns. Workers were
Around a dozen deaths and 40,000 injuries happen every year in easily preventable incidents involving unguarded machinery. In another needless statistic, an alloy processing plant
A chemical company has been fined £3m after poor Health & Safety practices killed a worker and seriously injured another. The workers were overcome by
Manufacturing essentials | Machine guarding Manufacturing activities are high risk. On average 19 workers are killed every year in manufacturing incidents. Annually, around 46,000 workers
Work-related skin problems can occur in most workplaces although there are certain high-risk jobs such as catering, hair dressing, motor vehicle repair and construction where
