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Posted 7 years ago
Company fined after worker suffers crush injuries
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Lancashire based company Spectral Colours Limited (SCL) has been fined after a worker was crushed under machinery. Manchester Crown Court heard how the 57-year old employee of SCL was cleaning the dispersion mixing machine at the company’s premises in Crawford Street, Manchester on 30 April 2014. The worker sat on one of the clamping […]
Posted 7 years ago
Construction firm fined over safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A construction firm was fined after failing to safeguard the public from entering a construction site, and not providing adequate welfare facilities for workers. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how on 29 July 2016, Construction and Fit Out Limited was undertaking the refurbishment of a house in Manchester. A Health and safety Executive (HSE) Inspector found […]
Posted 7 years ago
Construction firm fined over safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A construction firm was fined after failing to safeguard the public from entering a construction site, and not providing adequate welfare facilities for workers. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how on 29 July 2016, Construction and Fit Out Limited was undertaking the refurbishment of a house in Manchester. A Health and safety Executive (HSE) Inspector found […]
Posted 7 years ago
Two contractors fined after worker fell from height
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Two London based construction contractors, Sager Construction Limited (SCL) and Shaun Dixon Services Ltd (SDSL) have today been fined after an employee fell more than three metres when a scaffold board that he was standing on broke. Southwark Crown Court heard SCL had been appointed the principal contractor for the construction of a shopping centre […]
Posted 7 years ago
Two contractors fined after worker fell from height
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Two London based construction contractors, Sager Construction Limited (SCL) and Shaun Dixon Services Ltd (SDSL) have today been fined after an employee fell more than three metres when a scaffold board that he was standing on broke. Southwark Crown Court heard SCL had been appointed the principal contractor for the construction of a shopping centre […]
Posted 7 years ago
Scaffold company and director sentenced after worker fell from height
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
St. Albans Scaffolding Limited and its director have today been fined after an employee fell more than 20ft to the ground. Luton Magistrates’ Court heard that on 24 February 2016, the 20-year old employee was working with colleagues to erect a scaffold at a house on Cunningham Avenue, St Albans when he lost all points […]
Posted 7 years ago
Scaffold company and director sentenced after worker fell from height
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
St. Albans Scaffolding Limited and its director have today been fined after an employee fell more than 20ft to the ground. Luton Magistrates’ Court heard that on 24 February 2016, the 20-year old employee was working with colleagues to erect a scaffold at a house on Cunningham Avenue, St Albans when he lost all points […]
Posted 7 years ago
HSE releases annual workplace fatality figures
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today released its annual figures for work-related fatalities, as well as the number of people known to have died from the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma, in 2015. The provisional annual data for work-related fatal accidents revealed that 137 workers were fatally injured between April 2016 and March 2017 (a […]
Posted 7 years ago
HSE releases annual workplace fatality figures
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today released its annual figures for work-related fatalities, as well as the number of people known to have died from the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma, in 2015. The provisional annual data for work-related fatal accidents revealed that 137 workers were fatally injured between April 2016 and March 2017 (a […]
Posted 7 years ago
Warburtons fined £1.9m after injury to agency worker
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Warburtons Ltd has been fined after a worker was injured when his arm got trapped against a running conveyor belt. Nottingham Crown Court heard how on 4 August 2015 the agency worker was cleaning parts of the bread line when his arm got trapped leaving him with friction burns which required skin grafts. An investigation […]
Posted 7 years ago
Man sentenced after death of retired farmer
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A contractor has been sentenced after a man who hired him was killed by a piece of barbed wire that shot out of his hedge cutting machine. On 13 February 2015 Adrian Pickett was hedge cutting for James Headland, a retired farmer, when the wire ejected out the machine and struck him in the neck. […]
Posted 7 years ago
Warburtons fined £1.9m after injury to agency worker
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Warburtons Ltd has been fined after a worker was injured when his arm got trapped against a running conveyor belt. Nottingham Crown Court heard how on 4 August 2015 the agency worker was cleaning parts of the bread line when his arm got trapped leaving him with friction burns which required skin grafts. An investigation […]
Posted 7 years ago
Paint manufacturing company fined for health and safety failings.
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A paint manufacturing company in Manchester has been fined for health and safety failings after a worker suffered burns while trying to clean the floor of a spray booth. Manchester Crown Court heard how an employee of HMG Paints Ltd was using a highly flammable solvent to clean the floor of a spray booth on […]
Posted 7 years ago
Man sentenced after death of retired farmer
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A contractor has been sentenced after a man who hired him was killed by a piece of barbed wire that shot out of his hedge cutting machine. On 13 February 2015 Adrian Pickett was hedge cutting for James Headland, a retired farmer, when the wire ejected out the machine and struck him in the neck. […]
Posted 7 years ago
Paint manufacturing company fined for health and safety failings.
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A paint manufacturing company in Manchester has been fined for health and safety failings after a worker suffered burns while trying to clean the floor of a spray booth. Manchester Crown Court heard how an employee of HMG Paints Ltd was using a highly flammable solvent to clean the floor of a spray booth on […]
Posted 7 years ago
Contractor fined over breaching Work at Height Regulations
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Mr Chris Martin trading as CI Martin Quantity Surveying and Project Management has been fined for failing to put in place simple measures to prevent the risk of a worker falling from height. Chester Magistrates’ Court heard that Mr Martin, who has worked as a Quantity Surveyor since 1963, was appointed by Helsby Methodist Church […]
Posted 7 years ago
Million pound fine for steel company after worker severely burnt following explosion
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A 57-year-old man’s employer has been fined £1m after an oxygen pipe exploded in front of him. The Sheffield Forgemasters Engineering Limited (SFEL) worker suffered life changing injuries after the explosion on 9 August 2013. Sheffield Crown Court heard that work was carried out by an in-house contractor to fit a valve to an oxygen […]
Posted 7 years ago
Company fined after death of worker
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Western Power Distribution (South West) PLC, a Bristol based company has been fined after the death of one of its employees at a remote site in Cornwall. Truro Crown Court heard that on 16 January 2013 the Company arranged for a group of 15 employees to replace overhead electricity cables at the site in Cawsand, […]
Posted 7 years ago
Visiting driver knocked down by a fork lift truck
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An international food company has been fined after a fork lift truck collided with a visiting recycling company driver. Preston Magistrates’ Court heard how on 14 April 2015 a visiting worker to the Leyland premises was securing a load of palletised metal drums when he was struck by a reversing fork lift truck knocking him […]
Posted 7 years ago
Roofing company fined after worker fell through a roof
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A London based roofing company has been fined after a 56-year old worker fell through two storeys onto a concrete floor. Southwark Crown Court heard how 56-year old Ali Mucoj, while working for Wessexmoor Ltd, had been completing roof work at a site on Glycena Road in London, when he fell from an unguarded rear […]
