http://www.ds-healthandsafety.com/blog Health and Safety Consultants Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:10:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en An annual study of workplace health has found that too many British businesses are jeopardising the health of their staff because they are focusing solely on profit and productivity. The study which was recently conducted by Aviva Health found that the primary aim for 39% of employer’s is to foster ... http://www.ds-healthandsafety.com/blog/work-related-stress/british-businesses-are-putting-the-health-of-their-staff-at-risk/ Pinguin Food Ltd, an international frozen vegetable supplier has been fined after a worker’s finger was amputated when his hand was crushed. The worker was straightening some boxes on an automatic palletising machine when the incident occurred. Even though the machine he was working on had an aperspex guard attached, ... http://www.ds-healthandsafety.com/blog/health-and-safety-news/food-company-fined-10000/ Comet has been fined £75,000 and ordered to pay £25,000 in costs after a roof worker fell to his death at its Wrexham store.  Mr Alker was carrying out roof work but had not been supplied with a roofing harness. He fell 7.3m (24ft) through a fragile roof and died several ... http://www.ds-healthandsafety.com/blog/working-at-height/comet-fined-75000-after-roof-worker-dies/ A tank fittings company has been convicted of health and safety breaches over the 2005 Buncefield oil depot explosion. Motherwell Control Systems 2003 Ltd was convicted at St Albans Crown Court. The Hertfordshire depot exploded after a massive vapour cloud ignited when 250,000 litres of petrol leaked from one of its ... http://www.ds-healthandsafety.com/blog/health-and-safety-news/buncefield-tank-company-found-guilty/ Aston Villa Football Club has been fined after a worker was injured by a fall through a roof during the redevelopment of its training ground. One of the contractors from Mechanical Cleansing Services Ltd was draining and cleaning fuel tanks on a roof during the demolition of an old building on ... http://www.ds-healthandsafety.com/blog/health-and-safety-news/aston-villa-football-club-fined-after-worker%e2%80%99s-fall/ American Airlines has been fined £70,000 after one of its workers had to have his leg amputated following an incident at Heathrow Airport. Kulwant Bhara, 45, was preparing an aircraft at Terminal 3 at London Heathrow Airport when a 70-tonne 'pushback tug' used to move aircraft knocked him to the ground, ... http://www.ds-healthandsafety.com/blog/health-and-safety-news/american-airlines-fined-after-worker%e2%80%99s-leg-is-amputated/ A NHS Trust has been fined £75,000 and ordered to pay £25,000 in costs after a mother who had just given birth died when she was given the wrong drug. Mayra Cabrera, 30, was given an epidural drug in her arm instead of a saline solution. The drug mix up led ... http://www.ds-healthandsafety.com/blog/health-and-safety-news/nhs-trust-fined-after-a-mother-died/ The operator of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) has been fined £450,000 and ordered to pay £43,773 in costs after a member of public fell onto one of its tracks and was crushed to death by a train. Robert Carter got into a heated argument with a friend in the All ... http://www.ds-healthandsafety.com/blog/health-and-safety-news/rail-operator-fined-450000-for-track-fatality/ Research conducted by the Institute of Advanced Motorists has found that more than three quarters of women who drive for work haven’t been offered driver training.  Only 22 percent of women who drove for work were offered driver training compared to 94% percent of men. In 2007 figures were published ... http://www.ds-healthandsafety.com/blog/work-related-driving/women-workers-are-not-offered-driver-training/ Corus, a multinational steelmaker, has been fined £240,000, after a lorry driver was crushed to death at its site in Staffordshire. Ross Beddow, 22, was helping to load three tonnes of steel plates onto a lorry when the load became uneven and fell on top of Mr Beddow, killing him. The ... http://www.ds-healthandsafety.com/blog/health-and-safety-news/corus-fined-240000-after-worker-is-crushed-to-death/