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- 26 January 2017
_The Daily Record reported on December 21 2016 that the parent company of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) was fined £55,000 for health and safety failings following an explosion at the Irvine plant…
View full post »- 28 November 2016
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 November 2016
“Our sympathies go out to families affected by the recent tragic incident at Carlsberg brewery in Northampton. This focuses our minds on the dangers of Ammonia, both in gaseous (anhydrous)…
View full post »- 08 February 2016
A scrap metal recycling company based in Sheffield has been fined for safety failings after a worker was killed when he was hit in the head by an exploding gas…
View full post »- 08 February 2016
We have noticed a significant increase in the HSE pointing out to businesses that they are not complying with the DSEAR regulations. In fact two recent assessments in Essex…
View full post »- 19 January 2016
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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