Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Rittal fined £15,000 after maintenance worker loses 2 finger

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Darren Robins was working at the Rittal CSM plant in Roborough when his fingers got caught in machinery as he was trying to clean it on 1 ...
Monday, 29 April 2013

Company fined £133,000 after "fireball"

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SAFC Hitech Ltd., a chemical firm in Bromborough, has been fined £133,000 (inc. costs) after an employee sustained severe burns when he was...

Tool hire company fined £27,000 for faulty electrical equipment

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Arrow Tools, a tool supply company has been fined £27,000 (inc. costs) for endangering workers after neglecting to maintain electrical syst...
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Saturday, 27 April 2013

Example of why removal of strict liability makes sense

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Some claim that the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, part of which removes strict liability is "a return to Victorian times...
Thursday, 25 April 2013

House of Lords votes to change Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill

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The House Of Lords has voted to overhaul the law that makes employers liable to pay compensation to injured employees if they have breached...
Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Prosecutions taking "years"

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An article in The Scotsman has complained that health and safety prosecutions taken an excessive length of time to get to court and this pu...
Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Gloucester company fined over fall

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Mekufa (UK) Ltd., were fined after a fall from height of one of their employees. The circumstances of the accident were: The employee, Roger...