November 26, 2019
The director of a waste transfer company has been found guilty and banned from being a company director after knowingly exposing employees to serious unsafe working conditions. Read More
August 30, 2019
A recycling company has been ordered to pay £25,000 after an employee was crushed between a Refuse Collection Vehicle (RCV) and a mini digger. Read More
May 30, 2019
A training company for waste and recycling industries, will be exhibiting at the Safety & Health Expo 2019, to showcase its one-day safety course. Read More
May 29, 2019
A worker’s hand was seriously injured by defective hydraulic cutters, leading to a £131,000 fine for a recycling and waste management company. Read More
May 20, 2019
A waste management company has been fined £500k after an employee was killed when he was struck by a reversing JCB loading shovel. Read More
May 15, 2019
A recycling company has been sentenced after one of their employees was fatally crushed by falling plastic bales. Read More
May 8, 2019
An employee helped to manually move steps weighting in excess of 950kg, after repair works had taken place. As a result of this work, the employee sustained a back injury. Read More
March 15, 2019
Company fined after an operative is injured falling 2-3 metres into a compactor chamber. Read More
February 21, 2019
JCB has launched a series of online videos aimed at improving health and safety within the waste and recycling sectors. Read More
January 25, 2019
A Veolia employee suffered fatal injuries when he was run over by a reversing refuse collection vehicle (RCV) whilst he was walking across the yard, at the Ross Depot Waste Transfer Station in Folkestone. Read More