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We scour the Internet for Health and Safety related news items on an almost daily basis.

The news articles and clippings, curated by MD Safety, highlight the requirements for compliance with UK Health and Safety Legislation and best practice across all industry sectors.

The majority of the information and cases will apply to a greater or lesser degree to our broad range of Clients and lessons to be learned will be able to be gained.

A Manchester based construction company has been fined and its director sentenced to a community order of 200 hours unpaid work after workers disturbed asbestos during a refurbishment project.  Manchester Magistrates Court heard that between May and June 2021, Sal Construction Ltd had been contracted to carry out refurbishment work of student accommodation at Darbishire House, Upper Brook Street, Manchester.

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A timber company has been fined after an employee suffered serious injuries when his thumb came into contact with a saw blade.  High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court heard that on 13 February 2019, Maceij Rudnicki, was setting up the floor mounted band resaw for a production run when his hand was drawn towards the blade with the power feed on.  The thumb on his right hand was severed when it made contact with an unguarded blade.

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Side Extensions Limited, a Hertfordshire-based construction company, has been fined for not having safety measures in place for working at height which caused the fall and death of an 86-year-old woman.  

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A seafood processing company has been fined after a worker died following injuries sustained when she was run over by a forklift.  Karen Allen, an employee of QA Fish Ltd, suffered significant leg injuries as a pedestrian, following a vehicular collision in Scalloway, Shetland on 31 January 2018, Lerwick Sheriff Court was told.

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THE OWNER of a Widnes hotel has been sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years, for breaking fire safety laws. William Scott Anthony Hanson, proprietor of The Maintop Hotel on the Mersey Road, has also been ordered to pay £5,000 in costs, undergo 35 days of rehabilitation and undertake 80 hours of unpaid community work.

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Network Rail has been fined £1.4 million for a health and safety breach after an investigation by the Office of Rail and Road.  ORR found failings that led to a worker being crushed between the conveyor of a 25 tonne ‘Superboss’ ballast distributor (see image) and Kubota people carrier.

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Two West Yorkshire businesses, Brighouse Pallet Services Ltd and Seal It Services Ltd, have been fined for safety breaches after a HGV driver suffered a fracture to one of his neck vertebrae.  Leeds Magistrates’ Court heard that on 5 August 2020 the delivery driver, an employee of Brighouse Pallet Services Ltd was struck by one or two falling pallets whilst they were being unloaded from a HGV trailer by a Seal It Services Ltd fork-lift truck (FLT) operator at the latter company’s site at Elland.

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Network Rail has been hit with a £1.4m fine for a health and safety breach which led to a worker being crushed between a 25-tonne truck and another vehicle. The worker suffered catastrophic and life-changing injuries to his legs and spine.

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David Riella, joint owner of the Deganwy Hotel - or Deganwy Bed and Breakfast - pleaded guilty to three offences.  The owner of a hotel in a popular coastal resort has been ordered to pay nearly £10,000 after his premises failed to comply with fire safety regulations, putting visitors and guests at risk. David Riella, the joint owner of Deganwy Hotel, or Deganwy Bed and Breakfast, on Station Road in Looe, has been ordered to pay a total of £8,567 in fines and costs.

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On Thursday 28 April, a case investigated by Thanet District Council’s Public Protection Team was heard at the Folkestone Magistrates’ Court, relating to an incident in August 2021.  It involved members of staff at Jewson Builders Merchants Yard in Margate. One employee received life-changing injuries while another received deep cuts and lacerations. 

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