Jurong Shipyard fined $230,000 over safety lapses that led to worker's death
- June 12, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
No CommentsSINGAPORE – Jurong Shipyard has been fined $ 230,000 for a fatal accident in 2015 which saw a worker struck and caught between a gantry crane and a manifold. The shipyard was convicted of failing to take reasonably practicable measures to ensure the safety of workers at its 5 Jalan Samulun site, the Ministry of
Wedding company fined $100,000 for worker's death
- June 12, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
A district judge criticised a wedding services company for work safety lapses, pointing out that the safety harnesses provided for staff were useless as there were no anchorage points for them and the staff were not trained to use them. SMR Wedding Services was fined $ 100,000 for the lapses that led to the death
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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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
Veolia Environmental Services charged over Gladstone worker's death
- August 10, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
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Charges laid after machinery crushed worker's arm
- August 6, 2017
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- Category: Global Safety News
A Queenstown company has been charged by WorkSafe New Zealand after one of its employees had his arm crushed in machinery last year. Miller Foods Ltd, trading as Remarkables Tortillas, faces one charge of failing to ensure the health and safety of Daniel Mauricio Figueroa Varas, exposing him to risk of death or serious injury
Safety concerns follow Fraser: Documents in worker's death reveal a reactive workplace
- July 16, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
“He was always optimistic,” said Burch’s sister-in-law Stacy Mackie. “He would talk about going back to work.” The reunion between the welder and the tools of his trade never happened as Burch, 53, died in April — two months after the incident aboard the docked freighter Roger Blough. Burch succumbed to sepsis, Mackie said, which
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
Salvage yard fined $93K after worker's death in cardboard compactor
- June 18, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
EAST BRUNSWICK — A township salvage yard was fined nearly more than $ 90,000 after a 22-year-old man was crushed to death in a cardboard compactor in December. The United State Department of Labor cited Universal Processing, LLC, last week for 11 serious violations as a result of an investigation of the site following the accident. The