Terminology
Reading through endless acronyms and jargon can be pretty confusing which is why we have tried to keep things as simple as possible and also written this handy blog for you in case you aren't [...]
CSCS card fraudster jailed
An online trader who offered customers fake safety accreditation cards – including cards held by qualified construction operatives, scaffolders, demolition workers and forklift operators – has been jailed for three years and eight months. Andrew [...]
A Devon textile manufacturer that shelved plans to repair a machine’s “light curtain” guarding device has appeared in the dock old worker’s hand was drawn between two rotating rollers.after a 21 year
Heathcoat Fabrics, which makes engineered textiles used in PPE, was fined £300,000 after employee Anthony Seward sustained severe crush injuries as he prepared a stenter – a machine that dries cloth – for the next [...]
Airbnb ‘deathtrap’ lands woman with £6000 fine & suspended sentence
A woman who advertised a ‘deathtrap’ holiday home on Airbnb has been handed a six-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months and told to pay nearly £6,000 in fines. The property, belonging to a Jean [...]
Bolton resident dies in lift shaft fall
A property management company has been fined after a resident of Marsden House in Bolton died after falling down a lift shaft. Bolton Crown Court heard how 29 year old Craig Jones and a friend were trapped in a lift and unable [...]
Director caught out by HSE return visit fined £25,000
The Managing Director of a Derbyshire firm was caught using a "dangerous" machine which "could have exploded" just two hours after it had been condemned by the Health and Safety Inspectorate. Matthew Holmes "put his [...]
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