A metal components manufacture has been fined £16,500 after a grinding wheel smashed through an inadequately trained agency worker's visor and left a piece of bone touching his brain.
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A Buckinghamshire farm machinery manufacturer has been fined £16,000 after safety breaches led to an employee's leg being crushed.
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Car maker Bentley has boosted picking efficiency and improved inventory control with an automated storage and retrieval system at its Crewe manufacturing plant.
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The HSE (Health and Safety Executive) has confirmed that its cost recovery scheme – Fee for Intervention (FFI), which starts on 1 October 2012 – will cost companies in material breach £124 per hour.
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At least 3,000 regulations will be scrapped or overhauled by the end of next year, as a follow up to the Red Tape Challenge, the government has announced. And, from April 2013, only businesses in high-risk sectors will be inspected by the HSE or local authorities.
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A dairy firm has been fined £20,000 after an explosion at its cheese factory in Cumbria.
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The public consultation on HSE's proposal to simplify and clarify RIDDOR reporting requirements, should be welcomed by health and safety professionals and employers alike, according to Matt St John, head of health and safety services at C&C Consulting.
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More than half of health and safety professionals are unaware who should be responsible for specifying safety eyewear, according to new research.
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is inviting views on its plans to simplify the reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences.
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Euticals has been fined £100,000 for failing to take safety measures on site, despite frequent inspections from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
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Chancellor George Osborne visited the factory of UK crane manufacturing business Street Crane last Friday (13 July), which has seen exports soar to 70% of its £25 million turnover. The chancellor said the manufacturer was precisely the type of business that should benefit from the government's funding for lending scheme, announced the same day.
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Managers in the engineering sector are working longer hours in more stressful conditions to cope with the recession, according to a study that compares their wellbeing now with that in 2007.
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Tableware and metalware manufacturer Steelite International has solved a manual handling problem at its Stoke-on-Trent factory by using a pedestrian-operated tug that now requires only one person for a previously two-man task.
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Luxury yacht manufacturer Princess Yachts is using freestanding Goliath cranes from Street Crane to produce its new M Class tri-deck yachts at the Devonport dockyard. The cranes will be used in assembly, allowing large fabrications to be moved and placed as the yachts are fitted out.
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HSE's announcement that its cost recovery scheme, Fee for Intervention (FFI), will start in October 2012 means that plant and factory managers must now start taking a more proactive approach to health and safety.
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Radiator and boiler manufacturer Ideal Stelrad Group says it will save 30% on energy use and cut 300 tonnes of carbon with a new materials handling fleet for its radiator factory and national distribution centre.
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Conveyor manufacturer Guttridge opened the doors of its Spalding factory recently to mark 50 years in business. Visitors including local schoolchildren and skills minster John Hayes were able to see state-of-the-art manufacturing close up, with 3D design and CNC laser cutting.
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Provisional statistics just published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show the number of workers fatally injured in Britain last year remains largely unchanged against the previous 12 months.
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has confirmed that its cost recovery scheme – known as FFI (Fee for Intervention) – that will hit health and safety law breakers in the wallet, will start on 1 October 2012 subject to parliamentary approval.
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Following the World Health Organisation's announcement earlier this month linking diesel fumes with lung cancer, the Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) has responded with guidance on safe use of diesel forklift trucks.
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Another regrettable death from Legionnaires' disease indicates that poor maintenance regimes or complacency are still too prevalent, according to B&ES (the Building & Engineering Services Association).
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A free guide to forklift safety is available from Toyota Material Handling UK. Published as part of its year-long safety campaign – 'Taking care with Toyota' – the guide covers key areas of forklift safety, aiming to reduce risks as well as operational costs.
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Toyota's three European forklift manufacturing plants have now all achieved OHSAS 18001 certification, the occupational health and safety management standard.
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The Fork Lift Truck Association has announced that its national safety conference on 26 September 2012 will be sponsored by Toyota Material Handling UK.
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Brick manufacturer Wienerberger has been fined £20,000 after a worker suffered serious injuries when he was crushed on a conveyor belt at its Hartlebury, Worcestershire factory.
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