Articles on Working Safely, News of Injury & Illness and Useful Information
Scaffolding Company injures two employees after scaffold collapse.
Posted: 10/06/2022
A company, operating in London and based in Kent, called RPS Scaffolding Ltd, has been fined after non-conforming scaffolding collapsed to cause injury to two workers in August 2020. The scaffold was erected without the necessary strength and stability calculations, leading to an entirely preventable workplace accident. The workers were on site to decorate a […]
Employee Found Fatally Injured by Side Loading Forklift Truck
Posted: 13/04/2022
A manufacturing company, Cutting Edge Trading Ltd, has been fined after their employee, Mitchell Poutney, was fatally injured when a forklift truck crushed him. An HSE investigation into the fatal injury caused by workplace machinery found that the forks which crushed Poutney were unsupported. They also observed that there was no safe working system in […]
HSE Looks to Bring Down Occupational Lung Disease Rates by Tackling Wood Dust Exposure
Posted: 06/04/2022
The HSE has begun inspecting businesses across the UK that work with wood to reduce the rates of Occupational Lung Disease – caused by wood dust – one of the deadliest industrial diseases affecting UK workers. Woodworking companies, such as those operating sawmills, manufacturing composite wood board and carpenters are all likely to have an […]
Faulty Brakes Seriously Injure Construction Employee Operating Truck
Posted: 30/03/2022
A company’s failure to maintain the working condition of a dumper truck has caused and employee to suffer serious personal injuries. Nelson Plant Hire, of Andover in Hampshire, neglected to keep the brakes of a key vehicle in working condition and have since been fined by HSE for the incident involving the faulty equipment. The […]
Teaching Assistant Falls Through Ceiling and Breaks Back in School
Posted: 21/03/2022
A junior school in Todmorden has been sentenced after a teaching assistant fell through a fragile ceiling. The employee dropped four metres down through a loft space above the school hall, resulting in serious personal injury. The fall from height accident occurred after the TA, who entered the loft space to look for a spare […]
