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- 13 April 2017
A chemistry laboratory technician lost parts of three fingers and sustained a serious internal injury while preparing a highly sensitive explosive for use in a ‘fireworks’ demonstration to a class…
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- 12 April 2017
A chemical firm has been fined after a hydrogen explosion blew a vessel lid through a factory roof, leaving a worker with minor injuries.
Catalloy Ltd was prosecuted by the Health…
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- 24 February 2017
The director of three construction companies, two dissolved and one still active, has been handed an eight-month prison sentence and disqualified for seven years after his actions nearly resulted in…
View full post »- 23 February 2017
A bakery company based in Hertfordshire has been fined for safety failings.
Stevenage Magistrates’ Court heard how Arnaouti Pitta Bread Bakery Ltd was inspected in April 2015 by the Health and…
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- 21 February 2017
The director of a Port Talbot furniture factory and three of its managers have received suspended prison sentences for ongoing health and safety failings.
Swansea Crown Court heard how the factory…
View full post »- 17 February 2017
A Kent company who supplies road safety products has been fined after a worker suffered life threatening injuries when a drum he was working on exploded.
Maidstone Crown Court heard how…
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