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Apprentice joiner’s thumb re-attached

The exposed blade took the lad's thumb offDoctors managed to reattach the thumb of an 18-year-old apprentice joiner after it had been severed off by…

adminJuly 7, 2025

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Construction firm fined for ignoring fire safety

An Altrincham-based construction company has been fined £165,000 after it repeatedly failed to put in place suitable fire precautions during a residential renovation in Preston.Preston…

adminJuly 3, 2025

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Builder spared jail after gas explosion

When the LPG cylinder exploded, debris was propelled across the roadBarry Newman, the sole trader of Foster Brother Builders, was given a 12-month suspended sentence…

adminJune 30, 2025

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Builders fined after four injured in house collapse

The first floor collapse during remediationAryn Stones Ltd had been contracted to build a new domestic property in Hampstead. On 31st May 2022, remedial works…

adminJune 23, 2025

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Demolition firm fined after worker’s fall

the warehouse in AberdeenLawrie (Demolition) Limited admitted breaching safety regulations when working as principal contractor on the demolition of a vacant warehouse in Aberdeen.On 25th…

adminJune 23, 2025

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Site supervisor fined for asbestos breach

The school kitchen was being refurbishedAdrian Barraclough was working as a site supervisor for the refurbishment of kitchen facilities at Holy Family Catholic Primary School…

adminJune 16, 2025

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Taylor Wimpey fined £800k after teen’s injury

Charlie Marsh, aged 17, had been working as a contractor on a Taylor Wimpey UK’s Meadfields site in Weston-Super-Mare, a development of 450 new homes.…

adminJune 12, 2025

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Steelwork contractor fined £100k after roof fall

Norman Iveson Steel Products has been fined £100,000 after employee Jack Croft, 30, suffered life changing injuries after falling through a barn roof in Leyburn,…

adminMay 29, 2025

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Worktop supplier fined for repeat dust failures

HSE inspectors were stunned when employees revealed that no-one was in charge of health and safetyInspectors from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) visited Inova…

adminMay 23, 2025

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Norfolk saw mill fined £40k for dust offences

Wood dust was scattered everywhereFakenham-based Nat Pal Limited was visited by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) in April 2023. Dust was found scattered across…

adminMay 22, 2025