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Workplace Compliance News - May 2012

• Schindler fined £300,000 for Heathrow lift fatality

  Schindler Ltd was fined £300,000 and ordered to pay £169,970 towards costs for multiple safety breaches after a lift engineer was crushed to death while installing a passenger lift during the construction of Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport on 27th…

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• Union slams government’s ‘jerrycan’ advice

  The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) and fire chiefs have united in criticising comments by cabinet secretary Francis Maude, after suggesions that motorists could build up stores of petrol in jerrycans. The union warned that people storing significant quantities of petrol…

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• A record £4m fine for Network Rail over Grayrigg

  The train derailment at Grayrigg that left one person dead and 86 injured has landed Network Rail with the UK’s biggest ever rail-safety fine. The rail operator appeared at Preston Crown Court on Wednesday 4th April 2012 and pleaded guilty…

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• Environment Agency urges businesses to save water

  The Environment Agency has asked organisations to ramp up any water efficiency efforts, as hosepipe bans come into effect in much of South East England. The agency is advising all firms to carry out water audits and to contact their…

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• London Fire Brigade Olympic announcement “complete surprise”

  London Fire Brigade have announced to the public that “they will have adequate resources to protect this summer’s Olympic games”, taking the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) by surprise. The deadline for firefighters to sign contracts agreeing to work extra hours…

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