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Company Director Avoids Prison Over Wood Dust Failures

The director of a Norwich woodworking company has avoided an immediate spell behind bars after he exposed his employees to harmful wood dust.Wood dust can cause serious a
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Manufacturing Company Fined £15,000 for Wood Dust Failures

A manufacturing company has been fined £15,000 after exposing its own workers to wood dust and failing to comply with two improvement notices.Wood dust can cause serious
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Man Handed Community Order for Illegal Removal of Asbestos

A Hartlepool man has been handed a community order after he admitted removing asbestos from a school when he wasn’t licenced to do so.Sean Thomas Faulkner, 55, also inten
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London Joinery Firm Fined £20,000 for Failing to Control Wood Dust

A joinery firm in South East London has been fined £20,000 for failing to control its employees’ exposure to wood dust.F&E Joinery Limited, in Herne Hill, was inspected i
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Company and its Director Prosecuted for Unsafe Removal of Asbestos Across Great Britain

An asbestos removal company has been convicted and its director given a prison sentence after failing to ensure the safe removal of asbestos.Asbestos Boss Limited, also k
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Construction Company and Director Fined After House Partially Collapses

A construction company and its director have been fined for health and safety failings after a house partially collapsed in Manchester.The Health and Safety Executive (HS
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Company Fined after Surveyor Fatal Accident

An Inverness company has been fined after a surveyor died from injuries caused by an electrical explosion.Christopher Wayne Earley, a director at CWE Asbestos Consultants
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Company Fined £200,000 after Employee Badly Injured in Fall

A property management company has been fined £200,000 after an employee was left in a wheelchair after falling eight metres through a rooflight.Robin Williamson, an asbes
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Eddie Stobart Fined after Workers Exposed to Asbestos

Logistics company Eddie Stobart has been fined after work at one of its sites exposed staff to asbestos.The firm was fined £133,000 for a series of failures that took pla
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Former Construction Company Directors Sentenced for Failing to Prevent Exposure to Asbestos

Two former company directors have been sentenced and fined after a refurbishment project at a former department store was found to have disturbed asbestos containing mate
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