Quarry worker requires skin grafts after first-day arm injuries

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Quarry worker requires skin grafts after first-day arm injuries

The Tudor Griffiths employee was injured on his first day working at the quarry in Ellesmere in Shropshire when his arm got caught and dragged into the nip point between the conveyor belt and the rotating tail drum. The worker required multiple skin graft operations on his arm and has been left with permanent scarring.

A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation found the Ellesmere-based company had failed to ensure that fixed guards were effective to prevent workers accessing the dangerous parts of the machinery. The risk had been identified several months before the incident on 9 December 2016, but the company had taken no action to prevent access.

Tudor Griffiths pleaded guilty to breaching s 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act at Telford Magistrates' Court and must also pay £2,866 costs.

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Tuesday 29th January 2019

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Quarry worker killed by unguarded stone crusher

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Pilot error caused Shoreham crash that claimed 11 lives, court told

Tuesday 22nd January 2019

Andrew Hill, a trained Royal Air Force instructor, was attempting a bent loop manoeuvre in his 1950s Hawker Hunter at the Shoreham Airshow in West Sussex when he lost control on 22 August 2015. Jurors were told that he was flying too low and with not enough power when he began the aerobatic stunt. The jet plunged into traffic on the A27 dual carriageway, causing a fireball.

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Council’s CDM regs violation led to falling roof trusses

Friday 18th January 2019

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Lorry driver struck during walkaround safety check

Tuesday 29th January 2019

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Housing association and lift co fined £1.5m for five-year-old’s death in disability lift

Wednesday 16th January 2019

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation into the fatality in Emmadale Close on 13 August 2015 identified a host of failures by the three companies. As the property's owner, Synergy Housing had primary responsibility for the lift's safety while sister company Aster Property arranged the lift's maintenance. Both are part of housing association the Aster Group, which describes itself on its website as an ethical landlord.

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