All Health & safety articles – Page 10
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Carillion fined £200,000 for M25 death
Carillion and subcontractor fined after worker crushed during repair work
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Firm fined for 'absolute disregard' over asbestos
Contractor John Dodd ordered to pay £20,000 in fines and costs
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Four killed in Wales refinery blast
Explosion kills four maintenance workers and seriously injuries another
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Chinese firms target UK market with counterfeit crane parts
Suppliers are selling lower quality parts through websites
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Steeplejack firm fined £100k after fatal fall
Central (High Rise) is also ordered to pay £32,00 costs after two accidents in 18 months
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Network Rail fined £3m for Potters Bar crash
Fine marks the end of ORR proceedings against Network Rail
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Feeling the heat: Fire door specification
Incorrectly specified fire doors could, at worst, cost lives. Now a landmark legal case could mean that it’s the contractor and specifier who will end up in court.
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Union accident compensation wins rise to £7m
UCATT heralds rise in accident compensation for workers in 2010
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Construction deaths up during recession
Client demands and corner cutting could have caused increase, says HSE
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Firms fined £61,000 after building collapses
Around 150 tonnes of concrete came down after the failure of falsework
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Fire on Blackfriars station site
Blaze started at around 11.45am and two fire engines called
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Trench collapse kills 24-year-old worker
Kent man arrested on suspicion of corporate manslaughter
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HSE to charge firms for inspectors' time
Proposals could see construction firms hit with charges of up to £200 an hour for inspectors’s time
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Firm fined £6K for flouting safety rules
Firm failed to address problems despite repeated calls
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Mansell fined £50,000 for asbestos failings
Balfour subsidiary and subcontractor fined after deadly substance escapes in occupied flats
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