If your facility is not grounded correctly, both your employees and your equipment are at risk. Electricity will find a path to ground, and if a worker is the path of least resistance, they will receive an electrical shock. Depending on the current in the system, the shock could be anywhere from mil…
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Worker's injury leads to court case for Yorkshire firm
A North Yorkshire firm has been fined after a worker became trapped by the head and neck in a packaging machine at its factory in Whitley Bridge, near Selby.
Cromar Building Products Ltd. was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for safety failings after it investigated the inc…
Company fined after worker hurt in machinery
A Derbyshire window manufacturer has been fined after an employee's arm was dragged into a poorly guarded machine.
Wayne Marshall, 29, of Eastwood, was using a corner cleaning machine at Frame Trade UK Ltd. in Langley Mill when the incident happened on 13th May 2010.
A build-up of plastic debr…
Multinational recycling firm prosecuted for worker's death
Recycling company SITA UK Ltd. has been fined £200,000 after a 21-year-old employee died from head injuries at its paper baling site in Tipton.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted the firm after Mark Bate, of Tipton, West Midlands, was killed instantly when the arm of a J…
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