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A tour bus operator has been fined after a mechanical engineer suffered serious injuries while working underneath one of its vehicles. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted The Original London Sightseeing Tour Limited for failing to prevent the incident, which happened on 21 October 2009. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard the 58-year-old employee was working ...
Three construction companies were fined after a worker helping build Arsenal’s Ashburton Grove stadium was injured so badly, his leg had to be amputated. A dumper truck drove over the right leg of Michael O’Donovan, 41, from Bromley, while he was kneeling to clean steel ‘shuttering’ used to form reinforced structures and pillars. His injuries ...
Young Londoners are being asked to come up with ideas to help their peers avoid road accidents for the chance to meet chart toppers Rizzle Kicks. Last year 258 teenagers were killed or seriously injured on London’s roads and distractions such as using mobile phones, MP3 players and talking to friends often contribute to this. ...
Two construction companies have been fined for "appalling" standards at a building site in the London Borough of Merton. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted principal contractor, Kubik Homes Ltd, and the subcontractor, Bellway Developments Ltd after visiting the site in Wimbledon on several occasions. Kubik Homes Ltd had already been served with four ...
Satellite TV installation firm Foxtel Ltd, has been prosecuted following the death of a worker who fell while carrying out work on a roof. Engineer Noel Corbin, 29, from New Addington, Croydon, suffered fatal head injuries after falling 13.5 metres from a four-storey house onto a side patio in Belsize Park, London on 3 February ...
Twenty six grants of up to £5,000 are available to groups and organisations across the capital that have the...
The thousands of union members at Qinetiq will continue to be supported by their unions going forward and the...
Twenty six grants of up to £5,000 are available to groups and organisations across the capital that have the...
The thousands of union members at Qinetiq will continue to be supported by their unions going forward and the...
London Wasps Director of Rugby Dai Young gives his view on the upcoming challenge against Sale and his team’s...
MPs will be lobbied tomorrow (Wednesday 22 February) by campaigners who want to stop the closure of all 39...
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