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Posted 8 years ago
Housing company and builder prosecuted for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Poisonous and potentially fatal gasses could have been pumped into the loft space of two properties after a builder capped the chimneys, a court was told. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive found the chimneys were used to flue working gas boilers and fires at the properties in Devon and Cornwall, meaning the […]
Posted 8 years ago
Man jailed and grandson fined for illegal and dangerous gas work
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A man has been jailed for 26 weeks and his grandson fined thousands of pounds for carrying out illegal and dangerous gas work in Doncaster. Michael Atkinson installed a new boiler at a house in Fairfield Court, under the direction of his grandfather, Graham Atkinson. The latter’s registration with Gas Safe had expired and Michael’s […]
Posted 8 years ago
Playground inspector in court after boy seriously injured in swing collapse
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A playground inspector has been fined after a seven-year old-boy suffered life-threatening head injuries when the rope swing he was playing on collapsed. The young boy was playing with friends, supervised by an adult, at Cherry Lane Adventure playground in Crawley on 8 April 2014. Worthing magistrates heard that the wooden pole of the rope swing […]
Posted 8 years ago
Fencing company fined after worker injured in machinery
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A fencing company has been fined for safety failings after an employee suffered serious injuries to his left arm. Taunton Crown Court heard how, on 18 January 2014, an employee of Weavo (Fencing) Products Limited was using a band re-saw (large saw used for cutting timber) when his gloved hand became caught on the spiked […]
Posted 8 years ago
Council fined after man killed by swing barrier
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
North Lincolnshire Council has been fined after a man died when his car drove into a horizontal swing barrier gate to a car park at a sports ground. Hull Crown Court heard how, in August 2012, Andrew Matthews, aged 51 and a father of two, had gone to Foxhills sports ground in Scunthorpe to watch […]
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Jaguar Land Rover in court over Halewood death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover has been sentenced for safety breaches discovered during an investigation into a death of a worker at its Merseyside plant. Liverpool Crown Court. Heard Graham Begley, 49 from Halewood, was found trapped between two 24 tonne pieces of car making machinery called ‘dies’ on 26 September 2011 at the firm’s […]
Posted 8 years ago
Tape supplier fined after worker injured
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A tape supply company has been fined for safety failings after an employee suffered crush injuries to his hand whilst operating a cutting press. Watford Magistrates’ Court heard how on January 2014 an employee of Stokvis Tapes UK of Tring was operating a cutting press when his hand slipped under the guard which was not […]
Posted 8 years ago
Automotive components company find after worker injured
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An automotive components company from West Midlands has been fined for safety failings after an employee suffered crush injuries after entering a guarded area of a machine. Nuneaton Magistrates’ Court heard how on 30 September 2014 an employee of International Automotive Components Limited of Coleshill was maintaining a carpet forming machine. The employee had only […]
Posted 8 years ago
Automotive components company fined after worker injured
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An automotive components company from West Midlands has been fined for safety failings after an employee suffered crush injuries after entering a guarded area of a machine. Nuneaton Magistrates’ Court heard how on 30 September 2014 an employee of International Automotive Components Limited of Coleshill was maintaining a carpet forming machine. The employee had only […]
Posted 8 years ago
Woodham Ferrers firm fined for ignoring safety law
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Cheltenham firm has been fined a total of £15,000 for repeatedly failing to have its systems on its local exhaust ventilation (LEV) system for extracting wood dust and lifting equipment on its rider operated trucks thoroughly examined. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Welsted Joinery Ltd today at Chelmsford Magistrates Court and told […]
Posted 8 years ago
Polythene firm sentenced over employee’s life changing injuries
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Widnes film polythene manufacturer has been fined a total of £40,000 for serious safety breaches after an employee was badly injured when he became trapped in a machine. British Polythene Ltd was prosecuted today by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) following an incident at BPI Widnes Films, Warrington Road on 21January 2014. Chester […]
Posted 8 years ago
Landlord fined for Gas Safety Record failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A landlord has been fined for failing to have a valid Gas Safety Record in place for five tenants of his properties. Medway Magistrates’ Court heard how as part of a joint intervention between HSE and Medway Council Housing Officers in March 2014, statements were taken from various tenants, of the seven, only one was […]
Posted 8 years ago
Landlord prosecuted over carbon monoxide risk
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A mother and her young son were put at risk of suffering carbon monoxide poisoning for seven years at their home in Ashton-under-Lyne, a court has heard. The woman’s landlord, Rent4U Ltd, of Manchester, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an inspection of the gas boiler at her home found it […]
Posted 8 years ago
Construction company fined for gas safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company that constructs extensions to houses has been fined after incorrectly working on gas flue, potentially putting lives at risk as harmful could have seeped back into the house. Southwark Crown Court heard how, between June 2013 and June 2014, Wedgewood Design and Build Limited of London, was building an extension across the full […]
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Recycling firm sentenced over safety failing after death of father of six
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A waste recycling firm has been sentenced after admitting safety failings related to a worker being killed at its premises in Batley. Simon Brook Bradford Crown Court heard that on 17 August 2012, Simon Brook, an employee of Gwynn Davies-McTiffin Ltd was found lying seriously injured at the bottom of a horizontal baling machine. His […]
Posted 8 years ago
Wiring manufacturer in court for worker injuries
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A wiring manufacturer has been fined after a worker was seriously injured when he was caught in machinery at their site in Doncaster. Doncaster Magistrates’ Court heard how on the July 2014 an operator was cleaning the base track of an unguarded automatic palletising line when the reel loading arm activated. It caught the operator […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
