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You have a duty of care to ensure the safety of your employees, including when they are trying to unblock machinery. However, it seems some businesses aren’t doing enough. How can you avoid the
risks?
Published 24.05.2019
An HSE prosecution identifies what course of action you can expect from the authorities if it’s shown that you have paid “scant regard” to your health and safety duties. What’s to know?
Published 12.05.2014
A food company has been fined over two separate accidents involving machinery which led to permanent disabilities to the workers involved. What happened and how can you avoid similar accidents?
Published 07.11.2022
A court has heard how an agency worker’s hand injuries were made worse by a lack of trained first aiders on shift at the time. What mistakes were made and what can you do to avoid a similar
situation?
Published 30.09.2019
A manufacturing company has been fined after a blade caused serious injuries to an agency worker’s hand. What caused the accident and how should the firm have managed its agency staff differently?
Published 27.02.2020
A Greater Manchester housing trust has been fined £140,000 following a serious accident involving a ride-on lawn mower. How did it happen and how can you avoid a similar incident?
Published 01.02.2016
Cemex UK Operations Limited has been handed a £1 million fine after one of its workers suffered a fatal blow to the body from a manufacturing machine. What mistakes were made?
Published 19.12.2019
A court has heard how a cleaner was only discovered to be missing when he didn’t show up for his taxi home. A search of the premises then revealed that he had been killed. What happened?
Published 28.02.2019
The failure to ensure that a lawnmower was properly maintained led to a gardener almost losing a thumb and severely damaging his fingers. Why did this happen and how can similar accidents be avoided?
Published 24.09.2012
A sawmill company has been prosecuted after an employee was killed whilst carrying out machinery maintenance. What happened and what measures can you adopt to ensure your staff are not put at risk?
Published 04.03.2021
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