Two Bromsgrove firms have been fined after an employee had a thumb, index finger and most of his middle finger severed in machinery.

Redditch Magistrates’ Court heard how on 29 October 2008, an employee of Non-Flam (Sawdust) Co Ltd was instructed to work for KSR (UK) Ltd. Both companies manufacture products for absorbing chemical and [...]

A specialist plastering contractor has been fined after two workers were seriously injured during construction of Derby’s Westfield shopping centre.

The workers, who have asked not to be named, fell around seven metres when the scissor lift they were using to transport plasterboards between floor levels overturned. The incident happened on 16 August 2007.A 22-year-old from [...]