Health and Safety News

Posted 21-12-2010

Worker dies crushing aerosol canisters

Two companies and a manager have been fined a total of £440,000 after a
worker suffered 90 per cent burns and died, when the aerosol canisters he
was crushing caught fire.

Worker loses fingers in accident

Komatsu UK Ltd Birtley has been fined after an employee lost two fingers
when his right hand became caught in the rotating parts of the machine he
was using.

BT fined following fatal ladder fall

BT has been fined £300,000 following the death of a worker who fell from a
ladder while carrying out installation works. Two wooden ladders found at the
scene had not been subject to an annual inspection, contrary to BT's own
health and safety policy.

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Tagged as fatality, fine, prosecution, burns, fire, injury, fall from height, and
ladder

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