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A buy to let property developer and company director have been fined for poor health and safety standards on a construction site in Cardiff. JNR Developers Limited had consistently performed below required health and safety standards over a period of 10 years, despite interventions from the HSE and enforcement action to remedy poor practice. HSE…

HSE’s Noise exposure calculator helps you to estimate and record workers’ exposures to noise and compare them with the exposure action and limit values in the regulations as part of a noise risk assessment.them with the exposure action and limit values in the regulations as part of a noise risk assessment. It combines the previous…

A plumbing supply company and its building contractor have been fined after unsafe construction work took place at the company premises. Northwest Plumbing Supplier Limited and contractor Daniel Georghiou, carried out construction work on their retail building without measures to adequately plan, manage and monitor the work, including protecting members of the public and operatives…

A demolition company has been fined after the operator of an articulated boom type cherry picker became trapped between the vehicle platform rail and the roof of an industrial shed. A worker contracted by Bradley Demolition Ltd was accessing the underside of the roof in Bredbury to remove asbestos sheets and was trapped by his…

A specialist construction company has been fined after a worker was injured when a number of wooden floor panels fell on him at an industrial unit. A steelworker employed by Mr Mezzanine Limited was working beneath a partially constructed mezzanine floor when several panels, each weighing 38 kg, fell from the edge on to him,…

The clients and principal contractor of a construction project have been sentenced following numerous serious health and safety failings. London and Essex Property Partnership Ltd, principal contractor Ludovic Calo and commercial client Richard Balls were involved in the construction of two semi-detached houses at Central Wall Road, Canvey Island. Basildon Crown Court heard how health and…

A woman who required hearing aids after her ears were damaged by a faulty fire alarm at her workplace has been awarded over £241,000 in compensation. The All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court heard how Haesel McDonald, who was an employee of tanning salon operator Indigo Sun Retail Ltd sought reparation for injury in the form…

A hotel chain has been fined £80,000 after a guest sustained life-changing injuries when she fell through rusty iron railings to a lightwell below. Deborah Henshall was staying at the Prince of Wales Hotel in Southport when the incident happened. The railings to prevent people falling down the six feet drop to the basement were missing in one…

An environmental management services company has been fined after a worker was fatally injured by a reversing vehicle. An employee of Enterprise Managed Services Limited was fatally crushed when he tripped and fell under the wheels of the refuse lorry in Ashby Road, Daventry whilst on a routine collection of recyclable refuse, Northampton Crown Court…