A kitchen worktop manufacturing company has been fined £60,000 for repeatedly failing to protect its employees from hazardous silica dust exposure. Inova Stone Ltd, based in Colnbrook, Slough, was prosecuted…
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A stone masonry company and products manufacturer and its director have been fined £19,000 after repeatedly failing to protect workers from exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS). In May 2023,…
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Silica exposure has long been known to be a serious risk to workers HSE has now released new updated guidance to firms who are involved on the cutting and shaping…
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HSE are carrying out a nationwide crackdown on dust and lung disease in the work place and at the same time making sure construction companies are COVID Secure. Health and safety…
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Unite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, has today launched an online register to allow workers who have been exposed to silica dust to register their exposure, to assist with…
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A stone masonry company has been sentenced after failing to adequately control employees’ exposure to respirable silica dust, resulting in an employee developing silicosis. Burnley Magistrates’ Court heard how prior…
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