Care Home Fined £183,000 After Death of Resident

September 13th, 2012
Posted By : Veritas Consulting

Tweet A Yorkshire care home has been fined £183,000 in court costs and fines after a 93 year old woman died in their care. It was discovered that the health and safety measures required were not maintained and this led to the death of Mrs Elsie Beals.  Sadly Mrs Beals suffocated after she was trapped [...]

Worker Suffered Serious Burns

July 27th, 2012
Posted By : Veritas Consulting

Tweet A 59 year employee of Meridian Lightweight Technologies was seriously burned when he fell into a furnace at work.  Keith Buckley was working for the die casting firm in Nottingham, removing some of the items placed onto of a magnesium furnace when the incident occurred.  The items had to be removed so the inner [...]

Asbestos Breaches Result in Fine

June 13th, 2012
Posted By : Veritas Consulting

Tweet Failing to control the spread of asbestos is inexcusable. When it comes to asbestos the right safety precautions and measures need to be in place. The reason is because asbestos is a killer and it leads to multiple deaths each year.  4000 deaths per year are caused by asbestos according to the Health and [...]