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Posted 8 years ago
Window firm fined for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The unsatisfactory approach to workers’ safety shown by a north east London firm led to a young employee having a thumb and three fingers severed, a court has heard. Walthamstow-based Maple Windows Co Ltd failed to ensure employees were using a powered saw in the right way. It also failed to properly supervise them. On […]
Posted 8 years ago
HSE releases annual workplace fatalities
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Provisional annual data for work-related fatal accidents in Great Britain’s workplaces shows small change from previous years, sustaining a long term trend that has seen the rate of fatalities more than halve over the last 20 years. Provisional annual data released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reveals 142 workers were fatally injured at […]
Posted 8 years ago
HSE releases annual workplace fatalities
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Provisional annual data for work-related fatal accidents in Great Britain’s workplaces shows small change from previous years, sustaining a long term trend that has seen the rate of fatalities more than halve over the last 20 years. Provisional annual data released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reveals 142 workers were fatally injured at […]
Posted 8 years ago
Leeds firm in court after worker hit by crane
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A metal finishing company has been fined after a worker was seriously injured. Leeds Magistrates’ Court heard that an employee of Leeds Galvanising & Powder Coating Hire Ltd broke two ribs, fractured his pelvis and punctured a lung after the incident in March 2014 at the city’s Albion Business Park. The injured man was one of […]
Posted 8 years ago
Leeds firm in court after worker hit by crane
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A metal finishing company has been fined after a worker was seriously injured. Leeds Magistrates’ Court heard that an employee of Leeds Galvanising & Powder Coating Hire Ltd broke two ribs, fractured his pelvis and punctured a lung after the incident in March 2014 at the city’s Albion Business Park. The injured man was one of […]
Posted 8 years ago
Staffordshire Company sentenced over cooker death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Staffordshire animal rendering and food waste recycling company has been fined £660,000 after a worker died as he tried to fix an industrial cooker. Self-employed contractor Mark Bullock, 50, of Milton, Stoke on Trent, was carrying out repairs inside the cooker at John Pointon & Sons Ltd when the incident happened on 5 November […]
Posted 8 years ago
Building firm fined for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A building firm has been fined for serious safety failings after a worker was injured when his fingers were cut in the moving parts of a flip over saw. George Warren Heath, then aged 19, an employee of the firm, suffered injuries to three fingers, one being amputated at the middle joint, and another was […]
Posted 8 years ago
Chemical company fined for acid fumes exposure
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Chemical processing company, Airdale Chemical Company Ltd, was fined after people at a neighbouring company were exposed to Nitric acid fumes. On 29 April 2014, employees from Joda Freight were exposed to the chemical fumes during transfer of the substance from a road tanker into a storage vessel. The fumes escaped through a vent situated […]
Posted 8 years ago
Norfolk chemical site fined after contractor suffered electrical burns
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Chemical site operator, Bayer Crop Science Limited and an on-site electrical contractor Holmes E & M Services Ltd have been fined after an employee suffered electrical burns. Norwich Crown Court heard that on 30 July 2012, Stephen Moore, a 29-year-old employee of Holmes E & M Services was working at the site to install a […]
Posted 8 years ago
Staffordshire Company sentenced over cooker death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Staffordshire animal rendering and food waste recycling company has been fined £660,000 after a worker died as he tried to fix an industrial cooker. Self-employed contractor Mark Bullock, 50, of Milton, Stoke on Trent, was carrying out repairs inside the cooker at John Pointon & Sons Ltd when the incident happened on 5 November […]
Posted 8 years ago
Building firm fined for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A building firm has been fined for serious safety failings after a worker was injured when his fingers were cut in the moving parts of a flip over saw. George Warren Heath, then aged 19, an employee of the firm, suffered injuries to three fingers, one being amputated at the middle joint, and another was […]
Posted 8 years ago
Chemical company fined for acid fumes exposure
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Chemical processing company, Airedale Chemical Company Ltd, was fined after people at a neighbouring company were exposed to Nitric acid fumes. On 29 April 2014, employees from Joda Freight were exposed to the chemical fumes during transfer of the substance from a road tanker into a storage vessel. The fumes escaped through a vent situated […]
Posted 8 years ago
Norfolk chemical site fined after contractor suffered electrical burns
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Chemical site operator, Bayer Crop Science Limited and an on-site electrical contractor Holmes E & M Services Ltd have been fined after an employee suffered electrical burns. Norwich Crown Court heard that on 30 July 2012, Stephen Moore, a 29-year-old employee of Holmes E & M Services was working at the site to install a […]
Posted 8 years ago
London firm fined after worker injured in fall
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A London firm specialising in bespoke staircases has been sentenced for safety failings after a worker was injured when the personnel cage he was working in was knocked to the ground by an overhead crane. The 30-year-old man, from Wembley, had been replacing and cleaning light fittings in the workshop of Elite Metalcraft Co Ltd […]
Posted 8 years ago
Scaffolding company and client fined for unsafe practices
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A property developer and the firm it contracted to erect scaffolding, have both been fined for safety breaches. Chart Forte Court (West Ealing) Limited (CFC) was the client for the refurbishment of a building into a hotel. They contracted LS Scaffolders to erect the scaffold on the site before appointing a principal contractor to work […]
Posted 8 years ago
London firm fined after worker injured in fall
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A London firm specialising in bespoke staircases has been sentenced for safety failings after a worker was injured when the personnel cage he was working in was knocked to the ground by an overhead crane. The 30-year-old man, from Wembley, had been replacing and cleaning light fittings in the workshop of Elite Metalcraft Co Ltd […]
Posted 8 years ago
Council sentenced after theatre injury
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Stafford Borough Council was today fined after an incident at a theatre in which a worker suffered fractured bone in his back. Stafford Magistrates’ Court heard two Stafford Gatehouse Theatre employees were using a tallescope (a telescopic aluminium manually operated work platform, used for one-person spot access) to undertake high level work to stage curtains and […]
Posted 8 years ago
Glasgow firm fined after worker killed
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Glasgow construction firm has been sentenced for serious safety failings after a worker was crushed to death when a 1.6 tonnes frame fell onto him during construction of a steel stair tower. Daniel Hurley, then aged 31 years, who was born in Ireland but was living in Glasgow, was employed as a groundworker by […]
Posted 8 years ago
Gas fitter in court for illegal gas work
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A qualified gas fitter has been fined for deliberate breaches of Gas Safety regulations despite having worked in the gas industry for many years. Gary Byrne, 38, a qualified gas fitter was registered with Gas Safe Register through a former employer. However his registration ended when his contract ended but he continued to do gas […]
Posted 8 years ago
Man breaks legs at dance academy in lift shaft fall
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) has been sentenced after a member of the public fell into a vacant lift shaft. Mr Hector Maclean, 23, fell into a vacant lift shaft after leaning on a set of double doors at street level. The doors were operated and controlled by RADA at its Central London […]
