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115,000 Fine After Hand Amputated By Machine

Steve Kilburn

On 10 February 2021 59-year-old engineer Christopher Wright was working for Playford Packaging at its factory on Wrexham Industrial Estate in Wrexham when he was asked to look at a large case-making machine that had run into a problem.

£600k Fine Over 7-Year-Old’s Death

Steve Kilburn

A civil engineering firm has been fined £600K for safety breaches after a missing seven-year-old child was found dead by workers on a construction site.

On the morning of 26 July 2016, Conley Thompson went missing from home and was found when work restarted the next day on a construction site in South Yorkshire. He had become trapped in a drainage pipe and suffocated.

18-Year-Old Killed on Domestic Construction Site

Steve Kilburn

Two companies and two people have been sentenced after a teenage construction worker was fatally injured while working on a house-build construction site in Lincolnshire.

P & R Plant Hire (Lincolnshire) Limited, D. Brown (Building Contractors) Limited, Brent Woods and Darrell Tripp were all fined following the death of 18-year-old Josh Disdel.

Stagecoach Prosecution: The Importance Of Site Specific Risk Assessment

Steve Kilburn

Plymouth Magistrates recently fined Stagecoach Devon Limited £380,000 with £18,000 in costs after it pleaded guilty to breaching section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act.

Internet Of Things Scanning Becoming Needed.

Adam Cooke

Internet Of Things (IOT) such as thermostats or games consoles operating on the network are becoming higher risk assets to a business or home.

MOD Crown Censure After Royal Marine Recruit Death

Steve Kilburn

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has recently been issued with a Crown Censure after the death of a Royal Marine recruit. Crown bodies cannot be prosecuted for breaches of the law however, they may be censured in respect of offences which would have led to a prosecutio

Unmonitored Internet Of Things Risks

Adam Cooke

Internet of things is a broad label which covers anything on the network that is a physical device.

Fatigue The Enemy Of Security

Adam Cooke

Fatigue is a concept where customer service like roles are called frequently for assistance and due to the volume and frequency mistakes occur.

Fracking The Risks & Dangers

Adam Cooke

Fracking has come to the forefront of public discourse in England with the Government reducing regulations but what are the issues around fracking.

Bloated Systems From Too Much Software

Adam Cooke

Personal and company bloated systems is something to consider these can slow systems down but also increase time to complete certain jobs.

Laziness The Bane To Security

Adam Cooke

Laziness within an organisation is a huge issue for security addressing this is a key part of ensuring security is upheld within the business.

Worker Died After Electrocution By Overhead Line

Adam Cooke

A man who died after being electrocuted by an overhead power cable at work suffered burns to more than a third of his body, an inquest heard.

115,000 Fine After Hand Amputated By Machine

£600k Fine Over 7-Year-Old’s Death

18-Year-Old Killed on Domestic Construction Site

Stagecoach Prosecution: The Importance Of Site Specific Risk Assessment

Internet Of Things Scanning Becoming Needed.

MOD Crown Censure After Royal Marine Recruit Death

Unmonitored Internet Of Things Risks

Fatigue The Enemy Of Security

Fracking The Risks & Dangers

Bloated Systems From Too Much Software

Laziness The Bane To Security

Worker Died After Electrocution By Overhead Line

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