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Firm encourages workers to take ownership of safety
- April 6, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
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Ten years ago, Mr Barak Mohamed met a young foreign worker at a construction site who was due to return home to India the following week to get married. But that afternoon, the 27-year-old man died as a result of an accident with a scissor lift. Some contractors working nearby had put a big pipe
Equipment testing firm fined $200,000 for safety lapses that led to worker's fatal…
- January 19, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – Equipment calibration and testing company MW Group was hit with a $ 200,000 fine on Wednesday (Jan 17) for a fatal workplace incident, where a worker was electrocuted. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said in a statement on Friday that the company was convicted after a five-day trial for its workplace safety and
Logistics firm fined $80,000 over accident where forklift ran over worker's legs
- September 27, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
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Roofing firm fined $2800 for workplace safety violations
- August 23, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
Windel’s Roofing, a Prince Albert-based company, has been fined $ 2,800 by Occupational Health and Safety for failure to ensure workers are using the required safety equipment. An OHS officer observed workers not using fall protection or protective equipment during a safety inspection in May 2016. No one was injured. Roger Lajeunesse, operating as the company,
Firm charged over Gladstone worker's death
- August 10, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
VEOLIA Environmental Services is facing a fine of up to $ 3.5 million over the death of Gladstone worker Mark Chapelhow. Almost two years after the 31-year-old’s death, a court date has been set for a workplace health and safety charge against Veolia. The refractories project manager was killed on October 27, 2015, when a
Law firm raises concern over serious fire safety gaps in UK workplaces
- August 9, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
Posted on Aug 9, 2017 New research from law firm Hugh James has raised serious questions over health and safety in the workplace when it comes to managing fire risks. 1 in 5 haven’t had a fire drill in the last 12 months Almost one in five (16%) Brits work for a company where not
Construction firm fined $130,000 for repeated safety lapses at Hillview condo worksite
- August 4, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – Construction firm Kingsford Construction Pte Ltd has been fined $ 130,000 under the Workplace Safety and Health Act for multiple safety lapses at a worksite, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said on Thursday (Aug 3). The firm, which was convicted last Thursday, had been engaged to carry out construction works of Hillview Peak, a
Construction firm fined $250,000 for workplace safety lapses that led to worker's death
- July 12, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – Construction firm Or Kim Peow Contractors has been fined $ 250,000 for safety lapses that resulted in four workers falling 6.4m to the ground. One worker, aged 24, from India, died, while three others, from India and Bangladesh, were injured in the incident on Sept 22, 2015. Its safety coordinator and site supervisor
British construction firm Mears bans beards at work: Can Australian …
- June 5, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
British construction company Mears is unapologetic about a new policy that forces staff to be clean shaven at work due to health and safety concerns, despite union backlash. The firm issued the directive to workers operating in dusty environments, reports news.com.au, saying staff must “come to work clean shaven to be able to wear dust
