Search Results: 'HSE'

Architect fined over timber frame fire risk
10 December, 2014
A firm of architects fined for safety failings in the construction of a timber frame care home did not take account of how close the site was to another building.

Koppers plated preservation
19 November, 2014
Koppers Performance Chemicals is expecting to make great gains, thanks to its game changing MicroPro and the latest addition to its Celcure range, Celcure C4. Sally Spencer reports

University ready to rebuild showpiece timber building
17 November, 2014
The University of Nottingham is set to announce plans for rebuilding the £20m timber frame laboratory reduced to ashes by a fire during the fitting out stage in September.

Timber firm fined £9k after amputation
15 September, 2014
A Lincolnshire timber company has been fined £9,000 after an agency worker lost the top of his finger in an unguarded machine.

Timber company fined £15k over worker’s injuries
13 August, 2014
Jon Walker Timber Products has been fined after an employee was run over by a forklift truck.

Firm fined £8k for ignoring wood dust risks
22 July, 2014
A property maintenance firm has been fined for failing to meet wood dust extraction requirements at its joinery workshop in Dukinfield.

HSE updates woodworking guidance
19 June, 2014
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has revised some of its Woodworking Information Sheets.

HSE targets timber frame fire safety
28 April, 2014
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has highlighted timber frame fire safety as one of its target projects over the next year.

Northumberland sawmiller fined £4,000 for worker saw injury
05 March, 2014
Northumberland sawmiller A&J Scott has been fined £4,000 after a worker’s right hand was severely damaged by an unguarded saw blade.

Wood dust: guidance to compliance
22 February, 2014
The British Woodworking Federation (BWF) is helping members to comply with wood dust regulations.

HSE wood dust crackdown
22 February, 2014
The Health and Safety Executive has been targeting woodworking companies’ wood dust control. Stephen Powney talks to the HSE.

Norfolk sawmill fined for safety failings
16 January, 2014
Norfolk-based Thomson Sawmills Ltd has been fined £3,000 and ordered to pay costs of £7,736 after one of its employees suffered serious hand injuries in unguarded machinery.

UK forest management company fined £140,000 after felling death
03 January, 2014
A UK forest management company has been fined £140,000 after a forestry worker was killed while tree felling in Scotland.