A scrap metal recycling firm has been fined £200,000 after an employee’s arm became entangled in a catalytic sampling machine and later had to be amputated.
By Kerry Reals on 07 March 2024
Ward Recycling Limited has been fined £2.15 million and found guilty of corporate manslaughter, after an agency worker was run over and killed by a loading shovel at its site in Hartlepool.
By Kerry Reals on 01 February 2024
Valencia Waste Management Limited, formerly known as Viridor Waste Management Limited, has been fined £3 million after two workers died in separate incidents.
By Belinda Liversedge on 26 September 2023
Made an OBE this year in recognition for her services to Recycling, Safety and Industry, Jacqueline O’Donovan has been managing director of O’Donovan Waste Disposal Ltd since the age of 19. Safety Management meets her to learn the secrets of her success.
By Belinda Liversedge on 20 October 2023
A Cornish waste recycling company has been fined £200,000 for corporate manslaughter after an employee was killed at its Redruth plant.
By Belinda Liversedge on 08 December 2020
Managers at a recycling firm where a scrap metal worker was killed after suffering head injuries have been convicted of health and safety failings in a case brought by CPS Special Crime Division.
By Belinda Liversedge on 08 March 2022
