Heathrow Express tunnel collapse - main contractor fined 1.2 million pounds sterling
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Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering, the main contractor building the Heathrow Express tunnel, has been fined 1.2 million pounds sterling over the tunnel's collapse. Geoconsult of Salzburg, tunnelling experts, were also fined after being found guilty of offences under Sections two and three of the Health and Safety at Work Act. The tunnel collapsed under the terminal buildings in 1994, leaving craters in the ground and bringing the airport to a standstill. Balfour Beatty was accused of failing to properly plan remedial works and failing to contact authorities when collapses was inevitable.
Publication Name: Health & Safety at Work
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0141-8246
Year: 1999
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Stressed employee wins 125 000 pounds sterling
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Tom Mackenzie, a former shift supervisor in the production of gun cotton at Royal Ordnance in Bishopton, Scotland, has received compensation of 125,000 pounds sterling for post-traumatic stress disorder. He was frequently exposed to toxic fume clouds caused by 'fume-offs,' and was given no monitoring equipment to assist with the task of deciding when to allow evacuated staff to return to the building. He still suffers from nightmares and short term memory impairment.
Publication Name: Health & Safety at Work
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0141-8246
Year: 1996
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3 billion pounds sterling pain in the back
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Surveys have revealed that 67 million working days were lost due to back pain in the UK in 1991. This is four times the 1970 figure, and back pain is on the increase amongst women. Back problems at work are caused by lifing, sitting for too long, stooping, vibration and stress.
Publication Name: Health & Safety at Work
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0141-8246
Year: 1992
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