A 44-year old farm worker received fatal head injuries in a 3-metre fall from a forklift truck during work to deposit fertiliser into a bin on a farm at Yarrawonga, Victoria.
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Falling scaffold poles kill Orlando worker
The Orlando Sentinal reports that Tracy Irwin, 53, suffered fatal injuries when metal scaffolding fell from a forklift and hit her. It is reported that Irwin worked for a subcontractor for Cirque du Soleil, which has been renting the Amway Arena, where the incident occurred.
Company and mechanic fined after forklift death
A Buckinghamshire plant hire company and one of its mechanics have been fined after a forklift truck overturned, killing the driver.
The Health and Safety (HSE) investigation found that Morgans Plant Hire Ltd, based in Oakley, Buckinghamshire, failed to ensure that the fork lift truck was in good…
Automotive manufacturer fined £400,000 after employee dies at work
Calsonic Kansei UK Limited has been fined £400,000 after an employee died on the day he was to take voluntary redundancy.
Darren Small, 35, from Loughor was struck by a forklift truck on 17 March 2008.
The company pleaded guilty to a charges under Section 2(1) and Section 3(1) of the Health …
Health and Safety News - 24 November 2010
Food firm fined after worker injured
An international frozen food company has been fined after a worker was injured by the moving blades of an industrial freezer.
Safety drive across West Yorkshire businesses bring dangers to light
More than 70 firms across West Yorkshire have been told to …
Health and Safety News - 11 October 2010
Lancashire couple in court after repeated injuries
A Lancashire couple has been prosecuted after an employee was seriously injured twice in less than two months at a pine furniture workshop in Bacup.
Restoration firm fined after wall collapse
A Wiltshire construction company has been prosec…
Health and Safety News - 18 August 2010
Survey shows majority of motorists ignore tiredness
New research carried out by road safety charity Brake and insurance firm Direct Line shows that the vast majority of drivers admit to driving while tired - in a survey of 800 drivers, they found that 74 per cent admitted to driving tired during …
Health and Safety News - 24 May 2010
A man has become the eighth worker to die this year at a Chinese electronics factory, which makes iPhones and iPads, after he was killed in a fall.
Missing rivet may have caused crash
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said a small rivet head that k…
Health and Safety News - 19 April 2010
Temporary worker badly scalded
FMC Chemicals Ltd has been fined after a temporary worker was badly scalded while using steam to unblock pipes containing lithium chloride in June 2008. The firm had already been issued with a warning after a worker was burned during maintenance work in 2007.
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