Search Results: 'Health & Safety Executive'

Sonae fined £220,000 for failings
08 December, 2015
Chipboard manufacturer Sonae has been fined £220,000 with £107,000 costs for breaching health and safety regulations in a case which involved the horrific death of two maintenance workers at its former Liverpool factory.

Joinery sector gathers in London
03 December, 2015
BBC business and economics journalist Declan Curry was guest speaker at the British Woodworking Federation’s (BWF) Annual Dinner and Woodworking Awards at the Law Society in London.

Forest Garden fined after worker injury
26 August, 2015
The Forest Garden group has been fined £7,000 following an injury sustained to a worker at its Lockerbie site.

Blast site company and GMB resolve dispute over payments to staff
18 August, 2015
Staff at Wood Treatment Ltd – the Cheshire company where four people died after a massive explosion last month – will be paid during redundancy consultations after resolution of a dispute between the owners and union GMB.

Howarth Timber fined £93,750 in health and safety case
21 May, 2015
Howarth Timber & Building Supplies has been fined £93,750 for serious safety breaches after a roofing worker died from an 8m fall at its site Tottenham, north London.

Coleraine timber company fined for corporate manslaughter
16 February, 2015
Coleraine-based A Diamond and Son (Timber) Ltd has been sentenced at Antrim Crown Court for criminal safety failings that led to the death of a 54 year-old employee.