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Relight my tyre

It is understood that a depot near Londonderry where a fire burned for three days from Sunday 4 October, was storing tyres illegally. The site in Eglinton, which was sub-let, did not have the lice...

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The heat is on for transport company

On 19 October 2009, Montgomery Transport Ltd. was fined a total of £75,000 after pleading guilty at Belfast Crown Court to two breaches of health and safety legislation.

The case was brought...

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Peppa Pig producers pamper to parents panic!

A cartoon character whose seemingly innocuous adventures has this month fallen foul of health and safety fears after parents complained that the five-year old animated figure was seen travelling in...

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New rules to set the standard

The Environment Agency has launched its fourth consultation concerning the standard rules which form part of the environmental permitting regime. This latest discussion sets...

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35 years young!

The number of employees being killed or injured at work is at its lowest level since the inception of the modern health and safety system 35 years ago. The Health and Safety at...

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Cameron buys into elf 'n' safety myth

In a speech to the Policy Exchange think tank, Conservative leader David Cameron called for an end to the UK's "over-the-top" health and safety culture. He said there were often noble intentions,...

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Fireball disaster

A packaging firm has been fined £90,000 after two workers became engulfed in a fireball at their Cumbrian-based factory. Gordon Metcalf, 62, and another worker were about to clean debris from a dam...

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Health and Safety is clear cut

Nicholls and Clarke Glass Ltd has been fined £11,200 with £3,977.40 costs after one of their employees was seriously injured when their arm was cut to the bone.

Ian Swain from Dunstable work...

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School worker takes a dive

An independent school near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, has been prosecuted after an employee fell from the loft of the swimming pool changing rooms to the ground below.

The incident occurred...

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Guarding failure

Two companies have been charged a total of £115,000 for breaches of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 after a worker was dragged through a 125mm gap by a machine, s...

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Overhead cables warning

One of Northern Ireland's biggest construction firms has been fined £60,000 after a sub-contractor was killed on one of its sites.

Martin McKay from Drumquin was working on a road project in...

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Singer goes Gaga over health and safety

It has been reported this month, that singer Lady Gaga demanded lambs and hundreds of butterflies on stage for her recent performance on the X Factor.

She astonished reality TV mogul Simon C...

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Cold snap

The recent cold snap has no doubt led to plenty of queries regarding temperatures in the workplace.

The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations SI 1992/3004

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HSE NI in legal dispute

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSE NI) is facing a demand for loss of earnings from the contractor who cleared the Omagh bomb scene. An invoice for £...

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Demolition firm fined for site accident

James Hudson Demolition Ltd from Halifax has been fined £7,500 and ordered to pay costs of £20,000 after a worker suffered extensive injuries on a demolition site.

Gareth Dodds was working o...

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