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Posted 8 years ago
Solar panel installation company fined after worker falls through roof-light
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company that installs solar panels has been fined after a worker fell through a roof-light whilst installing solar panels on the roof of a barn at a property in Newton Stewart. Stranraer Sheriff Court heard that on 25 April 2014, an employee was placing solar panels onto a roof stepped back on to a […]
Posted 8 years ago
Brothers sentenced over unsafe work at height
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Two brothers have been fined for allowing employees to work at height unsafely after workers were spotted while building an agricultural farm building in Lewes. The brothers who are directors of building firm G E White and Sons Ltd had workers constructing a steel frame building at a property on Blakeney Avenue, Lewes on 17 […]
Posted 8 years ago
Bedfordshire manufacturer in court for worker injuries
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Bedfordshire manufacturer has been fined after two workers were seriously injured in separate incidents at its Dunstable factory. In the first, on 8 January 2013, Mohammed Janhgir Khan, 45, was operating a winding machine at Palagan Limited, on Tavistock Street, when his left arm was drawn into an in-running nip. He sustained severe bone […]
Posted 8 years ago
Coatings firm in court for legionella failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An international engineering firm, which refurbishes turbine blades, has been fined for failing to manage the risk to public and employees to potentially fatal legionella bacteria. Chromalloy UK Limited, which has sites in Eastwood in Nottinghamshire and Somercotes in Derbyshire, failed to properly manage the risk of bacteria growing in their cooling towers for over […]
Posted 8 years ago
Council fined for safety failings after child was injured
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Doncaster Council has been fined after an 8-year-old girl suffered multiple injuries, including a fractured hip, when a wooden hoarding was blown onto the pavement during high winds. Doncaster Magistrates’ Court heard how, in December 2013 a derelict site hoarding was blown onto the young girl trapping her between a panel and the pavement. The […]
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Paulamar Company fined over worker injuries
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A manufacturer of foam plastics and rubber materials was sentenced today after admitting safety failing leading to a teenage worker being permanently disfigured. Glasgow Sheriff Court was told that on 28 January 2013 at the firm’s business premises at Woodilee Industrial Estate, Kirkintilloch, a teenage employee was seriously injured while using an adhesive backing machine […]
Posted 8 years ago
Deeside man fined over safety breaches
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A contractor was today fined after admitting unsafe work at height practices and insurance breaches. James Young trading as Watertight Home Improvements today pleaded guilty at Chester Magistrates’ Court after an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The court heard that on 19 November 2014, an HSE inspection of the re-roofing of a […]
Posted 8 years ago
Company fined for safety failings leading to risk of Legionella
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A steel coating company has been fined for failing to manage the risks from legionella bacteria at two cooling towers over a period of five years. Newport Crown Court heard how in February 2014, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) visited Coilcolor limited in Newport, Gwent and found it had been operating two cooling towers […]
Posted 8 years ago
Company fined for sale of boilers containing asbestos
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A demolition and licensed asbestos removal company has been fined after it sold a boiler found to contain asbestos. Norwich Magistrates’ Court heard that in May or June 2012, Anglian Demolition & Asbestos Limited was the contractor for the demolition and asbestos removal work at the boiler house at the Princess of Wales Hospital, Ely, […]
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Firm fined after worker injures hand at saw mill
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company that manufactures garden timber products has been fined for safety failings that led to a worker sustaining serious injury to his left hand. Dumfries Sheriff Court heard how, in March 2014, while working at Forest Sawmills Limited’s premises in Stevens Croft, Lockerbie, the agency worker’s left hand was pulled into a twin band […]
Posted 8 years ago
Ministry of Manpower Singapore and Great Britain’s Health and Safety Executive sign agreement on closer ties and shared learning
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
HSE’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr Richard Judge, met with Ministry of Manpower (MOM) Singapore’s Permanent Secretary, Loh Khum Yean, to commit to working together to drive world-class innovation, science and specialist expertise around health and safety in both countries. A formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been agreed, marking a commitment between the two organisations […]
Posted 8 years ago
Suspended prison sentences for Torbay brothers’ poor gaswork
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An unregistered gas fitter and his brother illegally installed a gas boiler and left it in a dangerous condition. Lee Butterworth, 43, who trades as English Riviera Building Company Ltd, contracted his brother Scott Butterworth, aged 41, to carry out the work at a house at Crabtree Close, Plymouth. The pair were prosecuted at Torquay […]
Posted 8 years ago
Suspended prison sentence for unsafe gas work
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An unregistered gas installer was given a suspended prison sentence for carrying out unsafe gas work and using a fraudulent Gas Safe registration. Norwich Crown Court heard how James Gotts carried out gas work at five premises in the Norwich area between July 2013 and January 2014. At the time the gas work were carried […]
Posted 8 years ago
Transport company in court over driver’s death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Norfolk-based road transport company has been sentenced for safety failings after a driver suffered life-changing injuries and later died following an incident in Broxbourne, Herts. Keith Brookes, 61 (he was 59 at the time of the accident),from Milton Keynes, fell from a unsecured ladder during an operation to unload items from a lorry at […]
Posted 8 years ago
Major construction firm fined for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A construction company has been fined after a worker was injured by sound bloc boards (similar to plaster board) weighing a total of 544 kilograms that fell from a crane. Balfour Beatty Regional Construction Limited was the principal contractor in a construction project to build three blocks of flats in Branksome, Poole, Dorset. Bournemouth Magistrates’ […]
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Construction Company fined for insecure site
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A construction company has been fined for safety failings which led to a two-year-old boy wandering onto a building site. 360 Property Limited were the principal contractor for a new build housing development at Oak Road, Blaina. An improvement notice was served on the site after site security issues were not addressed, despite a previous […]
Posted 8 years ago
Construction Company fined for unsecure site
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A construction company has been fined for safety failings which led to a two-year-old boy wandering onto a building site. 360 Property Limited were the principal contractor for a new build housing development at Oak Road, Blaina. An improvement notice was served on the site after site security issues were not addressed, despite a previous […]
Posted 8 years ago
Food manufacturing company and director sentenced
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A multi million pound turnover food manufacturer and one of its directors have been fined after a worker was crushed by a forklift truck at its Warwickshire factory. Leamington Crown Court heard that agency worker Jamie Barsby was lucky to be alive after the incident at The Sandwich Factory Holdings Ltd on the Carlyon Road […]
Posted 8 years ago
Two companies fined for serious breaches in the removal of asbestos
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A construction management company and a director of a construction company were fined for serious safety failings whilst working on a construction site at Kensington Church Street, London. Work was carried out by three employees of construction firm Cowen Builders Limited, of Chelmsford exposed them to asbestos over several days after it was disturbed. It […]
Posted 8 years ago
Company fined after two workers injured by same conveyor
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A waste paper company has been fined for safety failings that led to two workers sustaining arm injuries in separate incidents. Bromley Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 10 March 2014, an employee of Ideal Waste Paper Company Limited got his arm entangled in the roller and belt of a conveyor. On 16 July 2014, another […]
