Food packaging firm in court over Rochdale worker's injuries

HSE Article:
A food packaging firm has been fined £27,500 after one of its workers was badly injured when he was dragged into a machine at a Rochdale factory.

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http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2011/coi-nw-69elliott.htm

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Botched planning highlighted in manual-handling fatality

SHP Article:
An agency worker was crushed to death by a stack of glass he was helping to unload on his first day at work.

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http://www.shponline.co.uk/incourt-content/full/botched-planning-highlighted-in-manual-handling-fatality

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Budget pressures prompt HSE to close offices

SHP Article:
Faced with a 35-per-cent government-funding squeeze, the HSE has decided to close two of its offices in the North West of England.

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http://www.shponline.co.uk/news-content/full/budget-pressures-prompt-hse-to-close-offices

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Environmental law-breakers to face new sanctions

SHP Article:
The Environment Agency is to begin using new powers to impose civil sanctions on those found guilty of breaching environmental laws, writes Paul Verrico of Eversheds.

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http://www.shponline.co.uk/news-content/full/environmental-law-breakers-to-face-new-sanctions

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Offshore industry isn’t planning for “black swans”, warn MPs

SHP Article:
A committee of MPs has upheld the UK’s offshore regulatory standards as robust and fit for purpose but is concerned that the industry is failing to anticipate and plan for high-consequence, low-probability events.

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http://www.shponline.co.uk/news-content/full/offshore-industry-isn-t-planning-for-black-swans-warn-mps

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Firm fined after worker's thumb and finger sawn off

HSE Article:
A construction and building firm based in Bury St Edmunds was fined today after a worker's finger and thumb were amputated by a moulding machine.

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http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2011/coi-e-57.htm

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Co-operative fined £30k for supermarket asbestos exposure

SHP Article:

Customers and staff at a supermarket in Oldham were exposed to asbestos when a workman smashed a ceiling panel containing the hazardous substance.

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