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Network Rail to admit safety failings over Potters Bar rail crash
News - 21 February 2011 - 0comments
Network Rail is to plead guilty to health and safety failings in relation to the Potters Bar...
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Government wields axe over safety inspections
News - 21 March 2011 - 11comments
Agriculture, quarries and health and social care are to be excluded from proactive HSE...
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Transport and logistics – Driving the point home
Features - 28 September 2011 - 8comments
Around 2000 people die on the UK’s roads every year – a horrific number that could be...
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“It won’t happen again”, promises Network Rail after £80k fine
In Court - 6 October 2011 - 0comments
Network Rail has been fined £80,000 and ordered to pay full costs of £32,000 after a train hit a...
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Transport and logistics - Train to gain
Features - 12 October 2011 - 0comments
During a time of economic downturn, employers can be tempted to reduce the level of training they...
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Network Rail to admit safety failings over Potters Bar rail crash
News - 21 February 2011 - 0comments
Network Rail is to plead guilty to health and safety failings in relation to the Potters Bar...
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Government wields axe over safety inspections
News - 21 March 2011 - 11comments
Agriculture, quarries and health and social care are to be excluded from proactive HSE...
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Europe rules on airport body scanners to ensure passengers’ health and safety
News - 16 November 2011 - 1comments
The European Union has adopted a new legal framework on the use of airport security scanners to...
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Network Rail admits three safety breaches over level-crossing deaths
News - 31 January 2012 - 4comments
Network Rail has pleaded guilty to three breaches of safety legislation in relation to the deaths...
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Appeal against “manifestly excessive” fine dismissed
News - 21 February 2012 - 6comments
The Court of Appeal has rejected a challenge by a transport firm against its six-figure fine for...
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“It won’t happen again”, promises Network Rail after £80k fine
In Court - 6 October 2011 - 0comments
Network Rail has been fined £80,000 and ordered to pay full costs of £32,000 after a train hit a...
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Employee hospitalised for six months after forklift collision
In Court - 8 November 2011 - 1comments
A worker who broke all his ribs and suffered a punctured lung when he was hit by a forklift truck...
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Untrained apprentice trapped under 14-tonne bus
In Court - 14 December 2011 - 0comments
A teenage apprentice suffered serious facial injuries when he became trapped under a bus after...
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Engineer pinned to ground under bus
In Court - 14 February 2012 - 0comments
Workers at a bus depot in Essex used unsuitable lifting equipment when working underneath...
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Dixons in the dock after metal pierced worker’s eye
In Court - 18 April 2012 - 5comments
Electrical retailer Dixons Retail Ltd has been found guilty of safety breaches after a wire clip...
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Transport and logistics – Driving the point home
Features - 28 September 2011 - 8comments
Around 2000 people die on the UK’s roads every year – a horrific number that could be...
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Transport and logistics - Train to gain
Features - 12 October 2011 - 0comments
During a time of economic downturn, employers can be tempted to reduce the level of training they...
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Transport & logistics – Textbook manoeuvres
Features - 3 May 2012 - 0comments
Many health and safety managers are keen to keep the transport function of their organisation...
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Transport & logistics – Watching the clock
Features - 20 September 2012 - 1comments
Vikki Woodfine explains the relevant legal requirements for businesses operating goods vehicles,...
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Transport and logistics - Transfer talks
Features - 29 September 2010 - 0comments
Tension and communication breakdown in the supply chain can contribute to injury and death in the...
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Gas transportation - Flo-Tel burst-detection system
Products - 12 October 2011 - 0comments
Elfab has developed OE-Tel, a burst detection system for the gas transportation industry, which,...
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Tensator pits its wits with barrier kits
Products - 24 January 2012 - 0comments
One of the country’s largest public-transport providers has enlisted the help of queue-management...
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Protective workwear – Fhoss Technology
Products - 22 August 2012 - 1comments
Somerset-based PPE firm Fhoss Technology® Ltd says it has recently sold 5000 sets of innovative,...
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Driver safety – RAC fleet risk management programme
Products - 25 September 2012 - 0comments
UK armed forces retail, catering and leisure services provider NAAFI has appointed RAC Risk...
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Vehicle-access ladders
Products - 27 August 2009 - 0comments
Access solutions provider Ladderstore.com provides off-the-shelf...
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