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Chemical company fined £3.8 million after investigation into serious chemical burns suffered by two employees
13th May 2026
Industrial Chemicals Limited (ICL), a chemical manufacturing company based in Essex, has been fined £3.8 million after two employees at two separate sites suffered serious chemical burns as a result of exposure to sodium hydroxide, known as caustic soda.
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Fine for waste company that stockpiled skips and put workers at risk
13th May 2026
A waste and recycling company in South-East London has been fined after Britain’s workplace regulator found multiple failures, including skips being dangerously stockpiled.
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LFB urges Londoners to ‘Be Water Aware’ after 103 water-related deaths
13th May 2026
London Fire Brigade (LFB) firefighters are urging Londoners to #BeWaterAware following the death of a woman and a boy in the River Brent over the weekend.
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Eurotunnel fined £2.25m for health and safety failings which resulted in serious injuries to an engineering surveyor
13th May 2026
The Channel Tunnel Group Limited (CTGL also known as Eurotunnel) has been fined £2.25 million after pleading guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, which followed an investigation and prosecution by industry regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).
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Manufacturing company fined £340,000 after worker seriously injured while cleaning machinery
13th May 2026
A manufacturing company has been fined £340,000 after an employee was seriously injured while cleaning machinery at its site in Swindon.
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