Two companies have been fined after a worker received serious electrical burns during demolition work. The Magistrates’ Court in Chelmsford heard how in April 2017 two demolition workers employed by a sub-contractor (R B Haigh & Sons) were removing electrical distribution equipment from a switchgear room at the former Molecular Products site in Thaxted, Essex.

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Leg crushed – life-changing injuries for an agency worker The construction company Kier Infrastructure has been fined £600,000 after a seven-tonne concrete block fell on an agency worker on a rail bridge site in Cardiff. The court was told that agency worker, PW aged 42, suffered life-changing injuries when a seven-tonne block of pre-cast concrete fell on

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A recent case demonstrates that control measures need to be managed. Control measures are things that we identify in risk assessments and procedures that are intended to keep people safe. If control measures are not adhered to (ignored, or people not being aware of them) them people are not being kept safe, and they may

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Mower Injury Results In Fine Key Facts A housing trust employee suffered severe hand injuries whilst trying to unblock a ride-on mower The HSE investigation found that safe systems of work had not been established for use of the mower The housing trust was fined £140,000 plus costs.

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Communications firm fined Key Facts An HSE investigation was launched into a communications firm after a worker suffered serious injuries after being struck by a bus. The subsequent HSE investigation found that safe systems of work had not been maintained at the work site. The communication firm was find £12,000 and ordered to pay full

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