A district council has been fined £250,000 for Health & Safety failings after 12 grounds maintenance workers were found to have the condition vibration white
A firm that supplies machinery for paper mills has been fined after a worker plunged several metres into a giant blender-like pulping machine. An investigation
A television advert showing people drumming Heinz baked beans cans has been banned on safety grounds. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled Heinz Foods UK
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A waste recycling company in administration has been fined £80,000 after a worker was buried under collapsed waste. The New Earth Solutions Group employee worked
Emergency services were last week called to a brewery after reports of a gas leak. Eleven employees, two police officers and nine firefighters were hospitalised
The makers of the Jiffy Bag have been fined after a worker’s thumb was cut off. Liverpool Crown Court found that Jiffy Packaging Company Ltd
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According to Health & Safety Executive data the number of directors and senior managers prosecuted for Health & Safety offences has more than trebled in
