Businesses must understand insurance responsibilities, warns HSE

A window manufacturer has been fined £10,000 after an employee had a finger sliced off at its Dudley factory. It later also emerged that the company was not insured against injuries to its employees, as it believed it was exempt because it employed mainly agency staff.

 

M&M Windows Ltd pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and Section 1(1) of the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969. As well as the fine, Dudley Mag... (199 more words)

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