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Posted 7 years ago
Printing company fined after worker’s fingers severed
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A printing firm who supply and cut paper and film for the floristry industry has been fined after a worker suffered injuries from accessing an unguarded printing press. Liverpool Magistrates’ Court heard how Brown Brothers Group Limited’s employees and contractors had been exposed to risk through operation of the printing press without suitable guarding in […]
Posted 7 years ago
Furniture manufacturer fined after multiple safety breaches
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Manchester based office furniture manufacturer has been fined after putting employees at risk with widespread safety failings. Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court heard that the company had failed to comply with several Improvement Notices (IN’s), training to use machinery was inadequate and the risk of employees gaining access to the dangerous parts of machines […]
Posted 7 years ago
Employer fined after unsafe work at height
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An employer from Greater Manchester has been fined for exposing workers to dangerous work at height conditions. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard that Mr Ahmed Ali had unsafe scaffolding on all three sides of a semi-detached property in Cardigan Drive Bury (missing guard rails, missing boards and unsafe base materials for scaffolding) putting people at risk […]
Posted 7 years ago
Company fined following fatality at South Yorkshire site
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A wood waste company was sentenced today for safety breaches after a worker was killed when he fell four metres from a walking floor trailer in South Yorkshire while manually un-sheeting the unit. Paul Littlewood died from his injuries following the incident at R Plevin & Sons’ site in Hazlehead. The trailer access to the […]
Posted 7 years ago
Company fined £880k after ‘horrific’ fatality – Ancaster
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A recycling company has been fined £880,000, and two people have been given suspended prison sentenced after the death of an agency worker who was drawn into machinery while cleaning in the area. Nottingham Crown Court heard how Karlis Pavasars working at Mid –UK Recycling Limited at the Barkston Heath site near Ancaster lost his […]
Posted 7 years ago
Construction firm fined after employee suffered serious burns
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company undertaking excavation work has been fined for safety breaches, when a worker was burned after striking underground electrical cables. Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard that in February 2016 an employee was excavating the ground at a site on Spare Lease Hill in Loughton, Essex. He struck an electrical cable and was set on fire. He […]
Posted 7 years ago
Agency worker traps hand in machine
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A quarrying company has been sentenced for safety breaches after a worker trapped his hand in machinery. Redditch Magistrates’ Court heard how the injured person suffered a chipped bone in his wrist and a partial degloving injury to his right hand while he was cleaning a conveyor belt in April 2016 at Wildmoor Quarry Products […]
Posted 7 years ago
Utility company fined after exposing employees to asbestos
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Paisley based utility services company has today been fined for exposing four of its employees to asbestos during work at Anderson Tower in Motherwell in 2014. Hamilton Sheriff Court today heard that four electricians employed by IQA Operations Group Ltd had been drilling through door transom panels to fit electric cables into each property […]
Posted 7 years ago
Two companies fined after worker crushed to death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A vehicle recovery company and a recovery vehicles manufacturer have been fined after a worker died of crush injuries. Southwark Crown Court heard how, on 31 May 2013, John Wallace, an employee of Ontime Automotive Ltd, was jet washing a twin deck recovery vehicle at the company’s base in Hayes, Middlesex when the upper deck […]
Posted 7 years ago
Company director receives suspended prison sentence after lorry touches overhead power lines
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The director of a London-based waste contractor has been fined and handed a suspended sentence after a lorry contacted 132kV overhead power lines (OHLs) in North London. Southwark Crown Court heard how, on 10 June 2013, Hanly Waste Services Limited had been contracted to construct a bund (an earth hill) on a farm, directly underneath […]
Posted 7 years ago
Contractor fined after worker suffers serious injury
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A specialist electric engineering contractor has been fined after an employee suffered serious crush injuries. Newcastle-under-Lyme Magistrates Court heard how, on 2 February 2016, an employee at Instrument and Control Services Ltd was injured when a top heavy 650-750kg electrical control panel which he was moving fell, trapping him to the ground. He suffered life changing […]
Posted 7 years ago
Contractor fined after worker falls through roof
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Michael Kurz (trading as Weathersure Industrial Roofing) has been sentenced today after a worker fell through a roof whilst working at height. Grimsby Magistrates’ Court heard that on 31 July 2015, Mr William Hill was working for Michael Kurz, assisting in the re-roofing of an industrial building. Mr Hill was carrying roofing sheets across the […]
Posted 7 years ago
Self-employed labourer jailed for unregistered gas work
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An unregistered gas fitter has been sentenced to twelve months in prison after impersonating a registered engineer, and leaving gas appliances in a dangerous state. Southend Magistrates’ Court heard how Robert Ruszczak undertook the servicing of five gas appliances in May and September 2016 at a hotel and restaurant in Harlow. A subsequent investigation by […]
Posted 7 years ago
Company fined after work falls to death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Glasgow based demolition contractor has been fined after a worker fell to their death from a mezzanine deck during a demolition project in Edinburgh. Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard how, on 15 January 2015, an employee of Walker Demo Limited died 10 days after he fell while dismantling a mezzanine deck at the Fort Kinnaird […]
Posted 7 years ago
Contractor fined after worker suffers serious injury
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A specialist electric engineering contractor has been fined after an employee suffered serious crush injuries. Newcastle-under-Lyme Magistrates Court heard how, on 2 February 2016, an employee at Instrument and Control Services Ltd was injured when a top heavy 650-750kg electrical control panel which he was moving fell, trapping him to the ground. He suffered life changing […]
Posted 7 years ago
Unregistered gas fitter given prison sentence after unsafe gas work
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A self-employed fitter has been jailed after carrying out gas work that endangered a young family-of-four. Cardiff Magistrates’ Court heard how Eric Parry, trading as EHP Building Services, removed pipework that supplied gas to a cooking hob at a family home in Rhoose, South Wales without sealing the end of the pipe to ensure it […]
Posted 7 years ago
Company fined after worker suffers life-changing injury
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A welding and fabrication company has been fined after an employee’s foot was crushed by a falling metal grid. Chesterfield Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 15 December 2016, Nicholas Jenkin, an employee of Swadlincote Aluminium and Welding Co Ltd, had been instructed to paint several metal truck wash grids when one of the metal grids, […]
Posted 7 years ago
Construction company fined after worker injured
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A construction company has been fined after a worker fell three metres and lost consciousness. Peterborough Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 10 February 2016, an employee of HI-Pro Scaffolding Ltd was dismantling a temporary scaffold roof when he fell about three metres through the temporary roof, onto the fixed roof below. The employee was knocked unconscious, […]
Posted 7 years ago
Company director receives suspended prison sentence after lorry touches overhead power lines
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The director of a London-based waste contractor has been fined and handed a suspended sentence after a lorry contacted 132kV overhead power lines (OHLs) in North London. Southwark Crown Court heard how, on 10 June 2013, Hanly Waste Services Limited had been contracted to construct a bund (an earth hill) on a farm, directly underneath […]
Posted 7 years ago
Britain’s annual injury and ill health statistics released
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The latest annual injury and ill health statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show 1.3 million workers were suffering from work related ill-health and there were 609,000 workplace injuries in 2016/17. The figures show that while Britain remains one of the safest places to work, there is still work to do to drive […]
