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Posted 7 years ago
Trailer repair company fined after worker killed
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Suffolk-based trailer service firm has been fined after an employee suffered fatal head injuries. Ipswich Crown Court heard how an employee of the defendant was operating a scissor-lift working platform when this was struck by a Long Goods Vehicle (LGV), causing him to be ejected onto a roadway from a height of 1.5 metres. […]
Posted 7 years ago
Contractor fined after worker suffers serious injury
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A specialist scaffolding contractor has been fined after an employee suffered serious injuries. Derby Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 22 February 2016 at a site in Chaddesden, a 24-year-old employee, Lee Gaskin was injured during the loading of bins of scaffold fittings onto a lorry using a Hi-Ab lorry mounted crane. The Hi-Ab arm knocked […]
Posted 7 years ago
Principal contractor and site manager sentenced following asbestos exposure at a construction site
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The principal contractor and site manager of a construction site in Derby city centre have been sentenced after workers were exposed to asbestos during refurbishment work. Derby Magistrates’ Court heard how, on or before 5 January 2017, at the St Peters Churchyard site, labourers removed asbestos insulating board (AIB) ceiling panels from a store room, […]
Posted 7 years ago
HSE encourages farmers to manage the risks of building maintenance well as it launches latest inspection initiative
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is reminding farmers to take simple steps to avoid, or manage, risk when carrying out building maintenance as it launches its latest inspection initiative. HSE inspectors will be visiting farms across the country this month to ensure risks during building maintenance, such as falling from a roof or ladder […]
Posted 7 years ago
Staffordshire company fined after worker suffers serious crush injuries
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An engineering metal fabrication company has been fined after an employee suffered serious crush injuries. Newcastle-under-Lyme Magistrates’ Court heard how an employee at Interdri Engineering Services (a trading name of Berryville Ltd) suffered serious injuries when his left hand was drawn into the rollers of a 3-roll bending machine. He suffered life changing injuries which […]
Posted 7 years ago
Principal contractor fined after poor safety practices
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Surrey based construction company has been fined after the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found safety breaches on site. Reading Magistrates’ Court heard how HSE inspectors were carrying out a proactive inspection at a domestic property in Sunningdale, Ascot which Portico Design and Developments Limited were appointed as the principal contractor. This proactive inspection […]
Posted 7 years ago
Company fined after employees exposed to asbestos fibres
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
SSE Hornsea Ltd, operators of a natural gas storage facility near Atwick on the East Yorkshire coast, has been sentenced today after 13 employees and contractors were exposed to asbestos fibres. Beverley Magistrates’ Court heard that a team of three mechanical maintenance personnel were tasked with the removal of a non-return valve from a compressed […]
Posted 7 years ago
Toilet roll company fined after worker injured by machinery
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A 22-year-old man had part of his finger severed whilst working at a toilet roll manufacturing company in Blackburn. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how the worker lost the top of his right index finger when he touched a moving blade as he fed paper between two rollers, as part of the manufacturing process. The incident […]
Posted 7 years ago
Company fined after worker covered in chemicals after tank failure
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An Essex based chemical company has been sentenced today after an employee was injured when a storage tank failed. South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court heard that, on 17 September 2016, Mr Anthony Nichols, an employee of Industrial Chemicals Limited, was working at the company’s premises at Waggonway Road Industrial Estate, Hebburn, Tyne and Wear when a […]
Posted 7 years ago
Bridgend County Borough Council to face prosecution following death of school pupil
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has informed Bridgend County Borough Council that it will be prosecuted following the death of Ashley Daniel Talbot, a pupil at Maesteg Comprehensive School, on 10 December 2014. Ashley was a 15 year old pupil at Maesteg Comprehensive who was involved in a collision with a minibus on the […]
Posted 7 years ago
Lewisham council fined after failing to control risk
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The London Borough of Lewisham has today been found guilty and fined for failing to manage and control the risk of persons falling into vehicle inspection pits at their Wearside Service Centre in Ladywell. Southwark Crown Court heard how, a visitor to the Wearside Service Centre fell into a vehicle inspection pit striking her head […]
Posted 7 years ago
Company fined after worker falls from height
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company has been fined after an employee died following a fall through a skylight. Leicester Crown Court heard how the deceased was working with another employee on the roof, re-siting a heater and new chimney flue, when the incident occurred. He suffered severe injuries and died from these injuries approximately 6 months later. An […]
Posted 7 years ago
Landlord sentenced after failing to comply
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Staffordshire-based landlord has been sentenced after failing to provide evidence that a gas safety check had been carried out at one of his tenanted properties. Newcastle-under-Lyme Magistrates’ Court heard how David Corry failed to present a Landlords Gas Safety Record to the HSE after numerous attempts from HSE representatives to obtain this certificate. On […]
Posted 7 years ago
Civil engineering company fined after death of employee
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A civil engineering company has been sentenced for safety breaches after father of three Darren Richardson suffered fatal crush injuries. Sheffield Crown Court heard in December 2014 RMB Contractors Ltd were working on laying a new concrete slab at Ballast Phoenix Ltd, Claywheels Lane, Sheffield. During ground preparation an old cable duct had to be […]
Posted 7 years ago
Engineering company fined after worker injured
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An engineering company has been fined after a worker lost his leg from the knee down when he was hit by a forklift truck. West Hampshire Magistrates’ Court heard how a Puma Engineering and Construction Limited employee was seriously injured whilst carrying out a lifting operation involving the transporting and loading of pipe spools onto […]
Posted 7 years ago
Construction firms fined after tenant seriously injured during refurbishment work
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Two construction firms have been fined after a tenant suffered serious injuries when she fell through a fragile surface. Southwark Crown Court heard how the tenant was injured when, in the process of gaining access to her flat, she fell 5.5m through a fragile cement sheet to the balcony walkway below. She suffered serious injuries […]
Posted 7 years ago
HSE food manufacturing inspections target the causes of workplace ill-health
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Companies and people working in food manufacturing are being told they must pay closer attention to how they manage workplace health risks or face serious penalties. The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) programme of proactive inspections will review health and safety standards in food manufacturing businesses across the country, and the sector is being warned […]
Posted 7 years ago
Retail company and construction contractor fined over safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Martin McColl Limited and JMS Retail Concepts Limited have both been sentenced today after two members of the public tripped and fell over construction work outside a convenience store in Dinas Powys, Vale of Glamorgan. Cardiff Magistrates’ Court heard that during the three-day construction of a concrete disabled ramp in January 2016, two members of […]
Posted 7 years ago
Company fined after member of the public injured by falling branch
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Bolton tree care company has been fined after a member of the public sustained serious injuries when she was struck by a large falling branch. The 49-year-old woman from Hyde, Greater Manchester was walking along a public footpath at Johnsonbrook Road, Hyde when the incident occurred on 2 March 2017. Gibsons Joiners and Builders […]
Posted 7 years ago
Company and one of its directors fined for the unsafe storage of unauthorised biocidal products
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A pest control company and one of its directors have been sentenced for the unsafe storage of unauthorised biocidal products and phostoxin (aluminium phosphide). Ipswich Crown Court heard how Rodent Service (East Anglia) Limited stored non-approved biocides and pesticides including phostoxin (used for the control of pests and vermin) at its premises at Cooke Road, […]
