Author Archives: Grenotek Engineering Services

A West Yorkshire cosmetic manufacturing company has been fined after a worker lost part of a finger while cleaning a machine. On 8 October 2021, the man was working on a tube filling machine at Orean Personal Care Limited at … Continue reading →

A housing company based in Kent has been fined £528,000 after an employee repairing a fence post inadvertently struck an underground cable, suffering burns to his face.The MHS Homes employee and a colleague had been tasked by the company to … Continue reading →

Tata Chemicals Europe Limited has been fined after a young father died following an incident while erecting a scaffold tower in a chemical plant in Northwich.Michael Densmore, from Halewood in Merseyside, died following complications to the wound he sustained after … Continue reading →

A Yorkshire metals recycling company has been fined £1.2m after a worker was injured after being struck by a wagon at a processing site.On 10 August 2020 an employee of CF Booth Limited was walking across the site yard in … Continue reading →

Openreach Limited has been fined £1.34 million after an engineer died whilst trying to repair a telephone line.Alun Owen, from Bethesda, died after he slipped and fell into the River Aber in Abergwyngregyn and was swept away on 6 October … Continue reading →

A construction company has been fined following the death of a worker. Gary Webster lost his life two days after drowning in the River Aire on 30 October 2017. Mr Webster and another worker had been on a boat removing … Continue reading →

Two companies have been fined more than £380k after a worker fell through the roof of a retail unit in Milton Keynes.The roofer, who was 32 at the time, fell more than 20 feet through a roof light on to … Continue reading →

SLIP -is caused when there is too little friction or traction between feet and walking or working surface, resulting in loss of balance.TRIP -is caused when a foot or lower leg hits object and upper body continues moving, resulting in … Continue reading →

Not Wearing Seatbelt: Imagine you’re a construction worker driving a forklift around a site. Even for short distances, always buckle up. In a sudden stop or collision, the seatbelt can prevent serious injury.Abdominal, skeletal, vascular, and thoracic injuries such as … Continue reading →

Construction is often dangerous work. With heavy machinery and other tools that can be harmful when not operated correctly, there are many risks on the jobsite. It is important that the safety rules are put into place and strictly followed. … Continue reading →