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HSE calls for more safety on farms
12/7/2010
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is continuing to call for greater safety in the farming industry following a number of recent accidents in Scotland.
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Death firm 'put cash before safety'
9/7/2010
Staff reported 15 near misses before a worker was crushed to death by falling pallets at a company which put "profits before safety", a court heard.
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Comet fined over labourer death
8/7/2010
Comet has been fined £75,000 after a labourer plunged 24ft to his death through a skylight at a store.
Paul Alker was carrying out roofing work at a Wrexham branch when he fe...
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Farm company fined over worker fall
7/7/2010
A farm company in East Riding has been fined £3,000 over an incident in which a worker fell 3m from an unsafe grain bucket.
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Firms fined over tragic lorry death
5/7/2010
Two companies have been fined a total of £160,000 following the death of a man who was crushed by a rolling lorry, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has revealed.
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Worker loses eye with fraudster
2/7/2010
A member of staff at a firework company lost the sight of one eye two years ago because of a fraudulent boss, it has emerged.
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Firm fined £75,000 over site death
1/7/2010
The death of a man at a building site in Brighton has seen a construction company being fined £75,000.
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Builders fined for safety breaches
29/6/2010
A building firm has been fined £6,600 for putting its employees at risk while they were dismantling a roof.
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Brick firm fined over tragic death
24/6/2010
A company has been ordered to pay more than £300,000 after a worker died when his head was crushed between a metal platform and some concrete blocks in Warwickshire.
Hanson B...
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£40,000 fined after skylight fall
23/6/2010
An accident which left a worker seriously injured after falling through a skylight has cost one Gloucestershire company and one local man a total of nearly £40,000 in fines.
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Cheshire firm fined after leg crush
22/6/2010
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a recycling company after a worker was crushed by an 18-tonne truck, leading him to lose part of his leg.
WSR Recycling Ltd was...
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Cyclist family wins £337,500 payout
21/6/2010
The family of a cyclist killed in a crash has won £337,500 in damages at the High Court from the insurer of a lorry driver involved in the tragedy.
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