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A gearbox manufacturer has been fined £180,000 after a worker was crushed by a 740kg slab of metal at its Rochdale plant, and later died from his injuries. Nigel Lindley, an employee at Renold Power Transmission Ltd, was assembling a large metal gear case at a factory on Station Road in Milnrow when one of the sides collapsed on him. Further information: http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2011/coi-nw-09renold.htm?ebul=hsegen&cr=4/31-may-11  

The table showing TAG’s revision programme projected publication dates has now been updated and is available online.

A paper firm has been fined after a Derbyshire worker suffered severe and permanent hand injuries.

A chemical company has been fined £150,000 after a tank collapsed, releasing a large amount of waste solvents and water at a chemical plant in Rye, East Sussex.

A Middlewich roofer has been prosecuted after one of his workers was spotted power washing the sloping roof of a semi-detached house without anything in place to stop him falling off the slippery surface.

This project gathered information on the potential exposure of workers’ to gases in landfill, to provide evidence to develop guidance on good practice for the control of exposure.