Risk management

A construction firm must pay £63,000 after being spotted using a makeshift platform for a mobile crane and failing to use edge protection on a scaffold platform.

A lorry driver who was sacked after refusing to wear a facemask inside his cab on a client’s site was fairly dismissed, a judge has ruled.

Enterprise Managed Services, part of Amey, has been fined after a worker tripped and fell under the wheels of refuse lorry.

A waste collection company must pay £1.5 million after a binman was killed when he was dragged under the wheels of his lorry.

A mattress manufacturer has been ordered to pay £70,000 after an employee sustained serious injuries when he was dragged into a machine.

Whether ensuring working conditions are safe or detecting employees’ elevated temperatures, thermal detection is increasingly important in the workplace.

PCR Steel has been convicted of safety failings after a worker was crushed by a balcony frame weighing about 400kg.

A contractor who suffered hearing loss following a practical joke by a company employee has been unsuccessful in his claim.

Chocolate manufacturing giant Nestlé has been fined £600,000 after an employee was pulled into a production machine.