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What is LOLER?

The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER) is a set of UK regulations that aim to ensure the safe use and maintenance of lifting equipment. LOLER applies to all workplaces where lifting equipment is used, including construction sites, factories, and warehouses. The r…

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Milking firm in court after worker injured at Derbyshire farm

A Shropshire milking company has been fined after a worker suffered a fractured skull when he was hit by a steel beam at a Derbyshire farm just a day after he started his job.

The employee, 49, from Preston, was asked to help an experienced engineer install a milking parlour at Brookley Meado…

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London manufacturer fined for major safety breaches

A manufacturing company based in Uxbridge has been fined for a series of health and safety breaches which put its employees at risk.

The large number of Notices were issued between September 2010 and March 2011, after a wide range of health and safety failings were discovered at the company's pre…

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