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20 October 2013

Firm fined over bulldozer driver death
seen at 11:31, 20 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Surrey company has been sentenced for safety failings after a contractor was crushed to death at the London Gateway Port construction site in Essex.

Workers exposed to asbestos fibres at college
seen at 11:31, 20 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

An asbestos expert has been fined after workers under his supervision were exposed to potentially-deadly fibres at a college in Greater Manchester.

Barking firm fined for saw guard failings
seen at 11:31, 20 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Barking firm has been prosecuted for safety failings after an employee severed the tendons in his hand on an unguarded saw blade.

Air conditioning firm fined after apprentice falls through ceiling
seen at 11:31, 20 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

An air conditioning company has been fined after an apprentice engineer broke his arm when he fell three metres through a fragile plasterboard ceiling.

Company fined after worker suffers severe burns
seen at 11:31, 20 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Warwickshire company which manufactures car components has been fined after a worker was burned by caustic soda while leaning over a conveyor.

Lincolnshire agricultural firm in court for safety failings
seen at 11:31, 20 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Lincolnshire agricultural machinery manufacturer has been fined after employees were put at risk of developing asthma through the spraying of a hazardous chemical.

Firm fined after 200 put at asbestos risk
seen at 11:31, 20 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A North East glass firm has been fined after potentially exposing nearly 200 workers and visitors to dangerous asbestos fibres at its Consett premises.

Packaging firm in court for guard failings
seen at 11:31, 20 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A packaging firm has been fined after a worker severed the tip of a finger on a machine where a safety guard had been deliberately disabled.

Chemical company fined after worker injured by fall
seen at 11:31, 20 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Dumfries company has been fined for safety failings after a 70 year-old worker fell more than four metres from a ladder at the firm’s animal-rendering plant in Motherwell.

Transport firm owner sentenced following mechanic death
seen at 11:31, 20 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

The owner of a Leicestershire transport company has been sentenced for safety failings after a mechanic was killed during a jacking operation.

Fruit company in court after three workers injured
seen at 11:31, 20 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

An Essex-based firm has been fined for repeated safety failings following three separate incidents in which workers were injured after becoming trapped in machinery.

Court case for Croydon company
seen at 10:31, 20 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Croydon company that builds truck bodies has been prosecuted after a worker’s leg was crushed by a pack of six-metre steel sheets weighing almost 4 tonnes when it slid and fell during unloading.

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Triennial Review) (Jo Swinson)
seen at 09:31, 20 October in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

On 7 March 2012 the former Minister for employment relations, consumer and postal affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for North Norfolk (Norman Lamb), announced through a written ministerial statement, a triennial...

Inter-departmental Ministerial Group on Human Trafficking (James Brokenshire, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Home Office)
seen at 09:31, 20 October in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

The second annual report of the inter-departmental group on human trafficking is today being laid before Parliament.

The report is an assessment of the trends in human trafficking in the UK. It also sets...

Heathrow Operational Freedoms Trial (Robert Goodwill, Assistant Whip, House of Commons)
seen at 09:31, 20 October in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

I am announcing today the publication of reports by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL) on the recent trial of operational freedoms at Heathrow airport.

The trial, which ended...