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Building materials manufacturer Tarmac has been fined £633,300 after an employee’s legs were crushed on a production line. Richard Ogunleye was working for Tarmac Building Products Limited’s factory in Linford, Essex imn July 2022 when he entered a fenced area to manually clean and inspect frames. The frames, which carry …

Timber panel products supplier West Fraser (Europe) Ltd, formerly known as Norbord, has pleaded guilty to several health and safety breaches related to two incidents that took place at its plant in Cowie within six months of each other in 2020. In the first event, Sean Gallagher, 29, a Utility …

Wood panel manufacturer Kronospan has been fined £400,000 after a worker suffered life-changing injuries at its factory in Chirk, near Wrexham. In March 2021 a pack of waste MDF sheets weighing around 350kg fell from a trailer and landed on the left leg of Mark Hughes. The injuries were so …

Keylite, the roof window people, have launched a new campaign to highlight safety when working at heights in construction, in a bid to protect roofers from life-threatening accidents. Keylite’s ‘Work Smart, Stay Grounded’ campaign sees the team visit builders’ merchants across the UK and Ireland to encourage merchants and their …

Wood-based panels manufacturer Norbord, part of  Canadian group West Fraser, has been fined £2.15m for health and safety failings leading to the death of an employee. Perth Sheriff Court found Norbord Europe Limited guilty of two charges under health and safety legislation for the accident on July 12 2016 at …

A £400,000 fine has been levied upon construction materials giant Saint-Gobain Construction Materials Ltd after an accident at its British Gypsum plant in Leicestershire cost a man his arm. A case brought by the Health & Safety Executive found that a 48-year old employee was seriously injured when a rock …