Asbestos

Asbestos

Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral with a host of seemingly extraordinary qualities. Strong, durable, with heat resistant and insulating properties, it can be put to a remarkable number of uses. It’s also easy and cheap to produce.Consequently asbestos has been...

Working dangerously at height

Workers were found working dangerously at height while demolishing buildings in Lancashire.A property company has been fined. Responding to a complaint, Health and Safety Executive inspectors visited the site – a former aerospace plant in Hargher Street, Burnley – in...

Company was fined for unguarded machinery

Company was fined for unguarded machinery after a worker was injured Ferrisgate Coatings Limited was fined £13,500 with £3,603 costs at Norwich Magistrates’ Court on Friday 29 April 2015 after a worker sustained serious personal injury to his hand. Ferrisgate Coatings...

Landlord – tenants at risk

A landlord who put his tenants’ lives at risk by ignoring fire safety regulations has been jailed for eight months. Haresh Rambhai Patel’s two adjoining properties in Evington Street, Highfields, Leicester, caught fire in the early hours of May. Firefighters had to...

In Court

In court, Raytheon Systems Ltd A global defence contractor has been fined after two workers suffered horrific burns in an accident at a Scots plant. Raytheon Systems Ltd had Steven Delargey and Russell Brand, who were both employees of Fife firm C&F Electrical...