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Haulage company fined after employee was crushed between two vehicles
A haulage company has been fined £4,000 following an accident that resulted in serious injury to an employee. W. E. & I. Wright Ltd was fined £4,000 at Durham Magistrates Court on 29 August 2007 after admitting it had breached section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. The company was also...
Case | 30 Aug 2007
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Workplace transport accidents cost
...ies are costing the industry £180m a year. On average there are between 10-25 fatal incidents annually and up to 3,800 people seriously injured every year in workplace transport accidents ranging from falls from vehicles to slips and trips. One recent case, reported by Workplace Law, involved a haulage company that was fined following an accident that resulted in serious injury to an employee, who was seriously injured after being trapped and crushed between two heavy goods vehicles as one reversed past the other. The resulting investigation by the HSE showed a number of deficiencies in the compa...
News | 11 Sep 2007
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48: How the 48-hour working week could push employers to the max
...ing COMMENT 07 OpT-OuT: Why CAN'T ThE Eu AND ThE uK mAKE up ThEIR mINDS? The future of the Working Time Directive looks set to be turbulent, say Nick Hobden and Sarah Robbins. FAST-TRACKOURSE 10 CK C DAY INTENSIVE BLO Study when you want! 16 DRIvE TImE Special rules on working time apply to the haulage industry. NETWORK 24 hyGIENE fACTORS Initial Washroom Solutions takes workplace washroom hygiene very seriously. That's why the Environmental Health and Safety Team chose to work with Workplace Law on a new training programme for executives, senior management and line managers. TEChNICAL 28 LEGAL...
Magazine issue | 5 Feb 2009
