Health and Safety
WISH Forum minutes – May 2011
Minutes of the Waste Industry Safety and Health (WISH) Forum meeting on held 24 May 2011 at Defra, London, are now available online.
Read MoreCatalogue of safety failings by Rotherham firm
A recycling company in Rotherham displayed “a blatant disregard” for the safety of 120 workers by failing to protect them properly against dangerous parts of cutting and crushing equipment.
Read MoreLeptospirosis: Are you at risk?
This pocket card explains what leptospirosis is, how you might catch it and ways to prevent it. It also explains what you should do if you do contract the disease.
Read MoreINDG378: Safe use of skip loaders
This leaflet identifies the safety precautions that can be used when loading skips. It covers the safe use of skip loaders and provides a brief checklist of some important things you can do to...
Read MoreWaste firm in court over Blackburn worker’s fall
A waste collection firm has appeared in court after poor safety measures led to a worker falling from the top of a truck in Blackburn.
Read MoreIndustrial waste firm in court after forklift hits worker
A Trafford firm, which treats industrial waste, has appeared in court after one of its employees suffered life-threatening injuries when he was hit by a forklift truck.
Read MoreSafety notice – Mobile crushing plant
There is potential, on some mobile crushers, for unintended movement of a machine track if an earth/ground fault occurs because of damage to the outer sheath and insulation of the electrical cable that controls...
Read MoreExeter firm fined over worker’s injury
A visiting worker suffered severe leg injuries when he was hit by a reversing telehandler vehicle at a waste transfer site near Exeter.
Read MoreCounty Durham firm fined after worker struck by waste vehicle
A County Durham waste and recycling company has been prosecuted for safety failings after a worker was seriously injured when a vehicle reversed into him.
Read MoreWorker crushed between two skips
An Ayr recycling company was fined £80,000 after a worker was severely injured when he was crushed between two skips.
Read MoreSalisbury skip hire company fined over death of employee
A skip hire company from Salisbury has been fined £150,000 after one of its employees died when a tyre he was fixing exploded.
Read MoreNew figures published of fatally injured waste and recycling workers
New official statistics published today show the number of workers killed in Britain’s waste and recycling industry last year has sharply increased.
Read MoreAppliance recycling firm fined after worker injured
A worker was injured by a falling stack of cookers and washing machines at one of the UK’s largest electrical equipment recycle firms.
Read MoreEx-serviceman’s arm severed at Hull recycling site
A Hull man, who returned unscathed from active service with the Army in Bosnia, was maimed for life at work as a ‘civvy’ back home, a court has heard.
Read MoreRecycling firm fined after worker’s jaw smashed
A worker at one of the UK’s leading metal recyclers in the UK had his jaw shattered by the locking mechanism of the waste container on the vehicle he was driving
Read MoreWaste company fined £250,000 after member of the public dies
A waste company has been fined £250,000 after a bin lorry ran over and killed a member of the public.
Read MoreNuneaton firm sentenced after teenager injured by forklift
A Nuneaton recycling company has been prosecuted by HSE after an 18-year-old employee was pinned to the ground by a forklift truck.
Read MoreWaste & recycling – lifting and carrying advice
Conveyor belts are used in several industries to move materials. Using these systems in the workplace can reduce the risks of Musculoskeletal injury (MSD) by avoiding the need for excessive repetitive lifting and carrying.
Read MoreDutch firm fined after Essex worker’s arm had to be amputated
An international waste recycling firm was today fined £60,000 after a worker lost part of his arm in an industrial incident in Basildon.
Read MoreSafety concerns at quarter of Derbyshire waste sites spot-checked
Almost one in four Derbyshire skip-hire and waste transfer sites visited in spot checks were found to be potentially putting their workers at risk of injury.
Read MoreWaste Industry Safety and Health (WISH) meeting minutes
Minutes of the Waste Industry Safety and Health (WISH) Forum meeting on held 5 October 2010 at CIWM, Northampton.
Read MoreSpot checks of waste sites to start across Derbyshire
Skip-hire and waste transfer sites across Derbyshire will be the target of spot checks between 24 – 28 January in a bid to reduce the high rate of death and injury in the waste...
Read MoreLitterpicker injured falling into well
A Mansfield District Council worker fell six metres down a dry well while clearing litter from a yard, magistrates heard today.
Read MoreRecycling company fined after man dies from being struck
A recycling company has been fined £200,000 after a machine overturned and the loading bucket hit a man at a site in Minster, Kent.
Read MoreSurrey businessman ignored health and safety warnings
A Surrey-based businessman who ignored notices to stop dangerous work at his premises on an industrial estate in Guildford has been sentenced. Mark Mason, 38, appeared before Guildford Crown Court, where he pleaded guilty...
Read MoreCompanies and manager fined £440,000 after worker dies crushing aerosol canisters
Two companies and a manager have been fined a total of £440,000 after a worker suffered 90 per cent burns and died, when the aerosol canisters he was crushing caught fire. HSE prosecuted Deeside...
Read MoreMeet the experts – Slips, trips and falls in the waste industry
Slips, Trips and Fall’s Presented by the HSE and HSL, hosted by RoSPA is a half day (am or pm) training seminar. Seminar overview If you work in the waste industry then these sessions...
Read MoreSafety notice – ‘False’ engagement of tipping hooks on ‘builders’ skips
This safety notice highlights a potential danger whereby fabrication of the skip can result in a lip on which tipping hooks may ‘falsely’ engage and provides advice on corrective actions View safety notice ”False’ engagement...
Read MoreLondon waste company fined after worker’s legs crushed
A London-based waste management firm has been fined after an employee’s legs were crushed between two steel frames while unloading a truck. McGrath Bros (Waste Control) Ltd was prosecuted by HSE following the incident...
Read MoreWorker killed by swinging crane hook
A Cardiff-based recycling company has ordered to pay over £230,000 after an employee died following an incident at its premises. John Penhalagan, 44, was employed by Celsa Manufacturing (UK) when he was struck by...
Read MoreSome improvement but still not good enough – high rates of injury remain in waste and recycling
The combined fatal and major injury rate in waste and recycling is more than four times the average across all industries. 416 employees per 100,000 suffer a major injury or are killed at work...
Read MoreNitrogen knocks out employee inside machine
HSE has prosecuted a Black Country recycling firm after nitrogen gas, used to stop explosions, made a worker pass out. Halesowen Magistrates Court heard that it was usual for workers at Overton Recycling to...
Read MoreRecycling firm prosecuted over Preston worker’s injuries
A recycling company has appeared in court after one of its workers suffered broken ribs when he was forced onto a metal conveyor belt in Preston. HSE prosecuted Smurfit Kappa UK Ltd following the...
Read MoreVeolia litter picker fatally run down at work
National waste and recycling company Veolia ES (UK) Ltd has been fined £225,000 after a worker was killed in a vehicle collision while collecting litter from a busy road. The prosecution follows an investigation...
Read MoreLocal authorities reminded of their health and safety responsibilities
Local authorities are being reminded to check that they are clear on their health and safety responsibilities in procuring and managing waste and recycling services, ahead of a programme of inspections that will begin...
Read MoreInteractive health and safety waste management open day – Christchurch 28 September 2010
Work-related deaths in the waste management industry are ten times the national average. Accident rates in the industry are four times in the national average. AfOR ( Association for Organics Recycling) and along with...
Read MoreWaste Sickness absence survey
HSE has commissioned the Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) to carry out a further but more extensive nationwide survey of sickness absence across the Waste Management industry in 2010-12. The Waste Industry Safety and...
Read MoreRecycling firm in court after worker loses leg under truck
A Cheshire recycling company has been fined £10,000 after a worker lost part of his leg when he was crushed by an 18-tonne truck. HSE prosecuted WSR Recycling Ltd after the incident, which led...
Read MoreHSE responds to Daily Mail
HSE Chief Executive Geoffrey Podger writes in response to Richard Littlejohn “I’ve heard of living in a box. But living in a wheelie bin is plain daft.” – 15 June 2010 View Geoffrey Podger’s response
Read MoreNew guidance to help prevent waste bin deaths
New guidance is now available for those who produce and collect commercial waste, in a bid to prevent people who shelter in bins being killed or injured. It follows the deaths of three people...
Read MoreWarning to help prevent waste bin deaths
Homeless people are being warned about the dangers of sheltering in commercial bins, following the deaths of three people in the past year – two who were sleeping rough – whose bodies were discovered...
Read MoreSafety Alert – People in commercial waste containers
Commercial waste bins are emptied around the clock seven days a week, so there are millions of such operations each year. There have been many anecdotal reports from the industry and in the press...
Read MorePeople in commercial waste containers
This guidance is about preventing serious injury to people, including children, who may enter, play in or take shelter in commercial waste bins or communal domestic bins – typically four-wheeled bins of 660 litres...
Read MoreSRO Newsletter – Spring Issue
Spring issue of the Science and Research Outlook Newsletter. Articles in this edition cover a wide selection of topic areas ranging from risk communication in the 21st century to exposure to bioaerosol emissions from waste...
Read MoreWaste management firm fined after driver killed at Northamptonshire landfill site
A waste management and recycling company has been fined after a driver was killed at a Northamptonshire landfill site. SITA UK Limited was prosecuted by HSE following the death of Gary Carter, 32, at...
Read MoreIoSH National Safety Symposium 2010
This year’s Institute of Safety and Health (IoSH) National Safety Symposium (NSS), entitled ‘Delivering results’, is taking place on 05-07 September 2010 at the Nottingham Belfry Hotel. The conference has lots to offer and the...
Read MoreWaste Industry Safety and Health (WISH) meeting minutes
Minutes of the Waste Industry Safety and Health (WISH) Forum meeting on held 28th January 2010 at EU Skills, Solihull, West Midlands. Waste Industry Safety and Health (WISH) meeting minutes
Read MoreInspection in the waste/recycling industry 2010/11
This Sector Information Minute (SIM) alerts inspectors to a planned inspection campaign within the waste and recycling industry during 20010/11. Inspections should be targeted at skip-hire operations and associated recycling activities, particularly those where hand...
Read MoreROSPA – health and safety in Waste management
The Royal Societ for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) is running the third in a series of events on Health and Safety in Waste Management, June 22 2010, Maple House, ETC Venues, Birmingham. The...
Read MoreRoSPA – Health and Safety in Waste Management
The third in a series of events on Health and Safety in Waste Management June 22 2010, Maple House, Birmingham. This leading event is supported by both the Chartered Institute of Waste Management and the...
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