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2005: getting to grips with the legal year ahead
...y are kept informed regularly and consulted when any change that may affect them occurs Many employers assume that if none of their staff are required to use power tools in the course of their work then they don't need to worry about the risks of vibration. In fact, anyone who operates heavy machinery or drives tractors, buses or trains can be at risk. The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations will come into force in July 2005, requiring employers to protect their employees from developing diseases caused by exposure to vibration at work. There are two kinds of vibration to worry about. Han...
Magazine issue | 15 Dec 2004
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A new age?
...firmed there had been journeys where no drivers' hours were recorded. 34926 Companies fined £115,000 for `CD case' injuries The two companies involved in an incident in which a worker sustained serious injuries but survived after being dragged through a gap no wider than a CD case on a processing machine havebeenfined£115,000. Compass Engineering Ltd 8 and Kaltenbach Ltd were jointly prosecuted by the HSE following the incident in December 2008. Fines and coststotalling£115,000were imposed on the two firms. A HSE investigation found there was no guarding in place to protect Matthew Lowe from da...
Magazine issue | 5 Sep 2011
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Survival of the fit note?
...equired to each pay a £15 victim surcharge. 34163 Worker survives after being dragged through 125mm gap Two companies have been prosecuted by the HSE following an incident in which a worker sustained serious injuries but survived being dragged through a gap no wider than a CD case on a processing machine. Matthew Lowe got caught on a computer-controlled conveyer 8 system for moving heavy steel beams. His clothing snagged on the machine and he was forced though an opening just 125mm wide on the machine head. His injuries included rupturing his stomach and bowel, breaking his back in two places, sha...
Magazine issue | 5 Jul 2011
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How much does it cost to kill someone at work?
...ad devastated the plant. A refrigerator company was commissioning the refrigerator system when ammonia was released. Forty-one were taken to hospital and one seriously injured. workplacelaw 19 The Sunlight Services Group Total fine: Fatal accident to employee trapped in Continuous Batch Washing Machine. £325,000.00 Costs to HSE £16,665.00 Breach(es): HSW Section 2, Sub Section 1 Offence Date: 21/04/2003 Prosections following fatal accident to Lorraine Waspe who was struck by a Volvo loading shovel whilst walking across a warehouse. There was no adequate system for the management of transport i...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2007
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London’s burning, where’s the engine?
... firefighters they are brought out of the building to fight the fire from the outside. This is why total loss is not an uncommon phenomenon. Another source warned that businesses are likely to suffer because of cuts to front line services. For example, Utoxeter fire brigade is cutting its number of machines from two to one, which means the next machine will be 20 minutes away. This means, our source told us, "if they get to a fire they think is a backdraft scenario, which is something we treat virtually all fires in a building as these days, they couldn't enter the building until the second machine w...
Magazine issue | 1 Oct 2006
