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MoD admits it ‘did not do enough’ after soldier dies during training exercise

The Ministry of Defence has been handed a sanction by the Health and Safety Executive after a reservist died during a training exercise in North Yorkshire.   Staff Sergeant John McKelvie, 51, died in hospital after the Jackal he was driving rolled down a hill and overturned during an off-roading exercise at Catterick Training Area…

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Did you work at Tata Steel?

Port Talbot’s Tata Steelworks shut down this week, resulting in 2,800 jobs being put at risk.   Earlier this year it was announced that Tata was making job cuts after plans were released to go ahead with a greener form of steelmaking.     Tata Steel, announced plans to produce steel more environmentally friendly, using…

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Company fined £40,000 after explosion at factory

A chemical factory has been fined following an explosion at its factory in the Scottish Borders.   The blast at Rathburn Chemicals in Walkerburn on 10 January 2020 resulted in a laboratory, which was part of the factory, being demolished.     According to the Health and Safety Executive, it was likely caused by excessive…

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Balfour Beatty sentenced and fined after worker falls from height

Construction company Balfour Beatty has been sentenced after a 62-year-old worker fell 10 metres to the ground and died during the assembly of a new university facility.   The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated the fall and prosecuted Balfour Beatty, with the firm fined £285,000 on Monday 16th of September.     The incident…

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National Grid fined £3.2million after pylon worker suffers serious burns

The National Grid has been fined more than £3 million after a father-of-two was left with life-changing injuries whilst working on a pylon in South Wales.   Justin Hollins was replacing step bolts on the pylon at Treforest Industrial Estate in Pontypridd, when he received an electric shock of 33 thousand volts. The 50-year-old sustained…

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Company fined after worker suffers double amputation

A company has been fined £160,000 after an employee lost both legs whilst working at its site near Warrington.   On 20 June 2022, Andrew McAuley, from Runcorn, an employee of William Stobart & Son Limited was picking orders at the firm’s warehouse in Appleton Thorn.     The 64-year-old was working in close proximity…

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Company fined £1million after worker falls from a height

A company has been fined £1 million after an employee fell over 10 metres and sustained serious injuries.   Christopher Hooper, 31, suffered fractures to his skull, back, pelvis, arm, wrist and ankle after falling 11 metres at DP World Southampton’s terminal on 20 September 2022.     The 31-year-old, from Winchester, had fallen through…

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Companies fined after ‘fantastic father’ crushed to death at work

Two companies have been fined after a father-of-three was crushed to death by a machine at work.   The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation found the incident was entirely avoidable and Russell Hartley, 48 would still be alive had this work been planned, managed and monitored to a sufficient standard.     Mr. Hartley,…

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Engineering firm fined after worker suffers multiple injuries on construction site

An engineering firm has been fined after an employee suffered multiple injuries while working at an HS2 construction site.   The man, employed as a mechanical engineer by EMC Elite Engineering Services Ltd, had been repairing a conveyor at the site on Chalfont Lane, West Hyde when he fell 11 metres on 20 November 2022.…

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Company fined after worker, 35, left paralysed after fall

A Cheshire-based electrical transmission company, Wood Transmission and Distribution Limited, has been fined £240,000 after a worker was left paralysed following a workplace accident.   The incident involved Gavin Pugh, a 35-year-old linesman from Bangor, North Wales, who fell more than 30 feet while demolishing and replacing electricity pylons in East Staffordshire on April 6,…

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