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1,000-tonne press fatality: inadequate planning led to engineer’s death

Monday 9th May 2022
The death of an engineer who was fatally crushed when a 20-tonne piston fell on him would not have happened had an adequate risk assessment been carried out beforehand, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector who investigated the case has told IOSH magazine.
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10 health and safety policy mistakes to avoid

Thursday 5th May 2022
Scott Crichton CMIOSH, principal health and safety consultant at WorkNest, identifies common health and safety policy mistakes – and how to get it right next time.
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Production agency fined over fatal film set shooting

Tuesday 26th April 2022
A report into the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin has slammed the production company for showing ‘plain indifference’ to employee safety.
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£1 million fine for Sainsbury’s following Covid queuing accident

Friday 8th April 2022
Sainsbury’s has been fined £1 million after measures taken during the Covid pandemic to help organise orderly queueing at the company’s Newbury store left a customer facing life-changing injuries.
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£2 million corporate killing fine imposed on metal recycler for ‘incident waiting to happen’

Monday 4th April 2022
Scrap metal recycling firm Alutrade Ltd has been fined £2 million after admitting the corporate manslaughter of an employee “in an incident waiting to happen”.
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Carillion’s ‘incorrect’ drainage system led to Carmont train derailment, RAIB finds

Friday 25th March 2022
Construction firm Carillion’s failure to construct a drainage system correctly in accordance with the designer’s requirements has been identified as the main cause of a passenger train derailment at Carmont, Aberdeenshire in 2020, the Rail Accident Investigation Board (RAIB) has found.
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£300,000 fine for Staffs County Council after tree death

Friday 14th January 2022
Staffordshire County Council has been fined £300,000 after pleading guilty to failing to inspect and maintain trees on a public footpath, leading to the death of a member of the public.
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Global labour force has insufficient employment injury protection, ILO reports

Monday 20th September 2021
Little more than a third of the global labour force has effective access to employment injury protection, and there are significant disparities between high and low income countries, a global overview of recent developments in social protection systems reports.
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Roofer and scaffolder fined for fatal fall failed to install basic safeguards

Thursday 29th July 2021
A roofer and scaffolder who have been prosecuted over a fatal fall from the roof of a two-storey terraced house did not put simple preventative measures in place to avoid the incident.
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Chemicals manufacturer must pay £560,000 over scalding

Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Changes to cleaning process was not reflected in risk assessments, resulting in severe scalding when boiling water erupted out of a vessel.
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