Search Results: 'Health & Safety Executive'

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.

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.

Pallet manufacturer fined £8,000 after worker loses hand
04 June, 2014
Londonderry-based pallet manufacturer Eglinton (Timber Products) Ltd has been fined £8,000 after one of its employees lost a hand in a machining accident.

Investigations continue following Goole timber ship fatalities
28 May, 2014
Police and the Health and Safety Executive are investigating the deaths of three crew members of the timber carrier Suntis, which is docked at West Dock, Goole.

Investigation under way into James Jones fire at Forres
29 April, 2014
Sawmiller James Jones & Sons Ltd says it is co-operating fully with police, fire services and the Health and Safety Executive in an investigation into last week’s fire and silo explosion at the Forres plant.

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.

Injuries reported following silo explosion at James Jones plant
24 April, 2014
A silo explosion at James Jones & Sons’ Forres plant in Scotland has injured three firefirefighters and four members of staff.

Safety first and foremost
22 March, 2014
Working at height with trussed rafters can be extremely dangerous but, as Jonathan Fellingham explains, manufacturers are looking at ways of addressing this.

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.

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.

BWF membership grows 28% in 2013
31 January, 2014
The British Woodworking Federation (BWF) has shattered its membership target for 2013 by recruiting 157 new joinery manufacturing members for the year.

Site solutions boost fire safety
25 January, 2014
Yet more timber frame wall and timber floor options have been added to an important fire safety specification document. Stephen Powney reports.

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.