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Building Firm Fined £120,000 After Workers Lifted by Telehandler

Hoyle Developments Limited, a building firm based in Rochdale, has been fined £120,000 for a series of health and safety violations, including an incident where workers were lifted into the air by a raised telehandler bucket. The company faced charges related to inadequate scaffolding, lack of welfare facilities, and insecure fencing at The Villas development...

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Confectionary Firm Fined After Worker is Injured in Fall

Lees of Scotland Limited, a Scottish confectionery and meringue manufacturer, has been fined £5,000 following an incident where an employee was seriously injured in a fall from a forklift truck. The worker had been assisting in unloading equipment from a lorry using a forklift truck at the company’s Coatbridge site on June 4, 2019. The...

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