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Press Update: Milling company fined after worker suffers life-changing hand injury

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Milling company fined after worker suffers life-changing hand injury

20 June 2019

 

A milling company in Cambridgeshire has been fined after a worker suffered injuries resulting in the loss and partial loss of three fingers on his dominant hand.


Grain store company fined after worker fatally struck by lorry

19 June 2019

 

A grain store company has been fined £180,000 following the death of a worker who was hit by a lorry at its site in Linton.


Roofing company fined after worker falls nine metres

19 June 2019

 

A London-based roofing company has been fined after a worker fell nine metres from a flat roof he was working on and suffered multiple fractures.


Ferry company fined after worker suffers multiple fractures

17 June 2019

 

Red Funnel Ferries has been fined after a worker fell from the unprotected edge of its Red Falcon ship's mezzanine car deck, sustaining multiple fractures to his foot and wrist.


Roofing contractor sentenced for unsafe work at height

13 June 2019

 

A roofing contractor has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after failing to take adequate precautions to prevent his workers falling from height and for breaching a prohibition notice.


Company sentenced after employees exposed to silica dust

12 June 2019

 

A stone masonry company has been sentenced after failing to adequately control employees' exposure to respirable silica dust, resulting in an employee developing silicosis.

 

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