Company fined £53,000 after worker crushed fingers in unguarded machine

July 7 2014

A welding machine manufacturer has been fined £53,000 after a string of safety failings led to a worker losing two fingers….

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Flexible working extended to all employees in UK

July 1 2014

Employees across the UK can now request flexible working hours after the right previously reserved for carers and those looking after children was extended by the government….

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Catering suppliers fined £7,500 after gas explosion

June 25 2014

A catering supply company has been fined £7,500 after three people were seriously injured in a gas explosion in a hotel kitchen in Aberdeenshire….

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Scrap metal firm and businessman fined £70,000 after worker loses both legs

June 25 2014

A scrap metal company and a businessman have been fined a total of £70,000 after a site worker lost both legs as the doors of a 16-tonne baling machine closed on him….

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Company secretary left paralysed after three metre fall from gritter

June 13 2014

A Glasgow-based company has been fined £13,500 for safety failings after a worker was left paralysed from the neck down when he fell around three metres from the top of a gritter….

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