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Nestlé in the dock after worker’s arm was dragged into machine

15th January 2021
Chocolate manufacturing giant Nestlé has been fined £600,000 after an employee was pulled into a production machine.
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HSE stats lowest on record

HSE stats reveal lowest fatality rate on record

3rd July 2020
A total of 111 individuals lost their lives at work in the 12 months ending 31 March 2020, the lowest ever recorded number of workplace fatal accidents.
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New guidance sets out how to return to work safely during the pandemic

HSE publishes return-to-work advice for manufacturing

30th June 2020
New guidance sets out how to return to work safely during the pandemic
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Future leader: Chloe Hughes

9th March 2020
After completing her first degree at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Chloe switched her studies to an MSc in occupational health, safety and wellbeing. Although she was in the final stages of completing her dissertation, in 2018 Chloe managed to secure a 10-week internship at Rolls-Royce, which has since been extended to a graduate role. She is also part of IOSH’s Future Leaders Programme and attended IOSH’s first Future Leaders Conference in 2019.
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Trapped head lands banknote printer with £300,000 fine

3rd March 2020
De La Rue, the company that prints the UK's banknotes, has appeared in court after an employee had to have his face reconstructed when his head got trapped in a gap in a paper press machine.
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No risk assessment lands Saint-Gobain subsidiary with £400,000 fine

14th February 2020
The materials division of French glazing giant Saint-Gobain has been prosecuted after a worker’s left arm had to be amputated after he was seriously injured when a rock handling belt failed at the company’s Barrow plant.
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Canister co in court over fatal cylinder blast

20th January 2020
A manufacturer of high-pressure gas cylinders has been ordered to pay more than £800,000 in fines and costs after a worker was fatally wounded by shrapnel ejected from testing equipment.
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Worker's fingers amputated after hand crush

10th January 2020
A castings company has been ordered to pay £60,000 for safety breaches after a worker's hand was crushed in a machine at it site in Callywhite Lane, Dronfield (pictiured).
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Recipes for success

2nd January 2020
AB Sugar won last year’s food & drink health and safety awards, with Allied Bakeries Belfast and 2018’s winner Finlays coming second and third. We take a look at what they did to impress the judges.
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Packaging manufacturer fined £150,000 for unsafe stacking

3rd December 2019
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted plastic packaging manufacturer Sirap UK over the unsafe stacking of flexible intermediate bulk containers (FIBCs) after a worker was injured at the firm’s County Durham site.  
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