A storage and logistics business has been fined £300,000 in a prosecution brought by Worcestershire Regulatory Services after a worker was seriously injured in an unsafe lifting operation.
By Belinda Liversedge on 18 June 2021
Construction company, BAM Nuttall has been fined £700,000 after an employee was run over by a dumper vehicle.
By Belinda Liversedge on 14 June 2021
A worker who died at a Metro train depot in South Gosforth had been previously seriously injured while working for the same firm, a court heard.
By Belinda Liversedge on 07 May 2021
Thorough examinations of forklift trucks are vital to ensure they remain safe to use.
By Geoff Martin, Consolidated Fork Truck Services on 02 November 2020
A welding firm has been fined £450,000 plus costs for fatigue management failures that resulted in the deaths of two of its workers.
By Belinda Liversedge on 27 May 2020
Unite the union has warned that the new sound chosen for London’s electric buses creates dangers for road users and pedestrians as it sounds nothing like a traditional bus.
By Belinda Liversedge on 07 January 2020
DHL has been fined £2.6m after a man was killed and three others injured after a stack of tyres toppled and fell through the adjacent roof of an office where they were working at the Coventry warehouse.
By Belinda Liversedge on 23 October 2019
The use of technology to improve safety systems and manage risk information is becoming more relevant and integrated than ever before. Safety Management finds out how to build a risk map to focus on major risks.
By Iris Cepero on 28 October 2019
Do you find that despite your company having operator training, risk assessments and relevant safe systems of work in place, forklift accidents, near misses and bad habits persist?
By Stuart Taylor, Mentor FLT Training on 23 September 2019
A Hull tyre company has been ordered to pay over £41,000 in costs and fines after its employee lost his arm when a crane tyre he was inflating exploded in an incident in December 2015.
By Belinda Liversedge on 17 September 2019
