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Posted 8 years ago
Solar panel firm fined after worker fell through roof void
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Bristol based solar panel installation company has been fined after a 49-year-old worker fell more than 3.5 metres through a void in a roof. The fall inflicted serious injuries on the man, including bleeding on the brain, a fractured spleen and fractured ribs. Bristol Magistrates Court heard how the worker was one of several […]
Posted 8 years ago
Worker jailed for unsafe gas work
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Gareth Scott Redford has today been sentenced to serve 16 months in prison for carrying out unsafe gas work. Cambridge Crown Court heard how Mr Redford, a plumber, carried out gas work at four properties in the Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire areas. Concerns were raised in 2014 and the homeowners of each property separately made complaints […]
Posted 8 years ago
Food manufacturer fined after workers death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A North West food firm has been fined after a worker died when plastic bales fell on top of him. On 4 February 2015, 29 year old father of one Jacek Adamowicz was cleaning a storage yard when a number of plastic bales weighing 703kg fell towards him trapping him against the ground. Manchester Crown […]
Posted 8 years ago
Girls’ School fined after teacher seriously injured in fall from height
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard that on 9 May 2016 a teacher was conducting rigging and adjustments to spotlights and cabling in the school drama studio when he fell from a stepladder. A fellow teacher present in the room turned to find her colleague had fallen from the ladder and was unconscious on the drama studio floor having suffered multiple fractures to the skull, wrist and elbow […]
Posted 8 years ago
Unregistered gas worker jailed after unsafe gas work
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A self-employed gas fitter has been imprisoned after installing a new boiler without being Gas Safe registered. Michael Trent Algar today pleaded guilty at Manchester Magistrates’ Court after an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The court heard that Algar had been employed to install a new boiler in a domestic property. The […]
Posted 8 years ago
Roofing contractors sentenced over unsafe roof work
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Two local roofing contractors have been sentenced after putting their workers at risk of harm during roof replacement works in Oldham. MKM Fabrications Ltd had been employed as the principal contractor to carry out a roof replacement on one of the buildings at Valley Mills, Millgate, Delph, Oldham which is currently used for textile production. […]
Posted 8 years ago
DWP announces appointment to HSE Board
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The Secretary of State for the Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed Martin Esom as a Non-Executive Director to the Board of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). He will take up his appointment in July 2017. Full story on Gov.uk here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/non-executive-director-appointment-to-the-health-and-safety-executive
Posted 8 years ago
Principal contractor fined after worker fatally crushed
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
CMF Ltd has been fined after 31-year-old sub-contractor Richard Laco died when working on large construction project in London. Southwark Crown Court heard that Richard had been contracted by CMF to work on the Frances Crick Institute project. He was fatally crushed on 6 November 2013 by a concrete staircase that was in the process […]
Posted 8 years ago
Contractor fined after worker fatally crushed
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
CMF Ltd has been fined after 31-year-old sub-contractor Richard Laco died when working on large construction project in London. Southwark Crown Court heard that Richard had been contracted by CMF to work on the Frances Crick Institute project. He was fatally crushed on 6 November 2013 by a concrete staircase that was in the process […]
Posted 8 years ago
South West Water fined after death of employee
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
South West Water has been sentenced following the death of 54-year-old Robert Geach. Truro Crown Court heard Mr Geach, a catchment operator, was working on the sand filtration unit of the Falmouth Waste Water Treatment Works on 30 December 2013 when a colleague discovered him face down in water. He died at the scene having […]
Posted 8 years ago
Construction company fined after death of worker
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Hague Construction Limited has been sentenced following the death of Daniel Clifford Yeowell. Lewes Crown Court heard Mr Yeowell was employed by Hague as a ground worker and on 4 October 2013 he and his colleagues were constructing and installing drainage boxes at a site at Langley Green Primary School, Crawley, West Sussex. Mr Yeowell was […]
Posted 8 years ago
Food manufacturer fined after worker suffers hand injuries
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
SCLA Limited has been fined after a worker suffered life changing hand injuries while operating machinery. Westminster Magistrates Court heard how on 17 December 2015 the worker was working to clear a blockage on one of the noodle production lines when his index and middle fingers on his right hand were severed by the machine. […]
Posted 8 years ago
Council fined after member of public crushed by tractor
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Nottinghamshire County Council has been sentenced after a disabled member of the public was struck by a vehicle used for collecting branches. Nottingham Crown Court heard employees were working in the County Park in Rufford Abbey on 1 June 2015, collecting branches and transporting them, using a tractor mounted grab attachment, to be burned. At […]
Posted 8 years ago
Food company fined after worker suffers crushed hand
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Beckett’s Foods Limited has been fined after a worker’s hand was crushed in a meat separating machine at the company’s Moat House base in Coventry. Coventry Magistrates’ Court heard that on 11 May 2016 the 22-year-old worker was loading meat into the machine, when he fell and his hand entered the machine. The worker suffered […]
Posted 8 years ago
Firm fined after worker injured when pipe fell into trench and struck him
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An Essex company who are specialists in gas infrastructure have been fined after an employee suffered serious injury when a pipe fell into the trench he was working in and struck him. Maidstone Crown Court heard how an employee of Forefront Utilities Limited had entered a trench in Rochester, Kent to connect gas pipes. The […]
Posted 8 years ago
Engineering firm fined after worker crushed in machinery
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Moy Park Ltd has been fined after a worker was injured at the company’s site in Anwick near Sleaford, Lincolnshire Lincoln Crown Court heard on the an engineer was checking the blades on the cutting line when the machine restarted and he wasn’t able to move his hand away from the blade he was inspecting […]
Posted 8 years ago
Company fined after worker suffers hand injuries
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
PD Lift Services Limited has been fined £36,000 after a worker lost his thumb while working on passenger lifts in north London. Westminster Magistrates Court heard how the worker was replacing the lifts at Tufnell Park underground station. On 26th October 2015, while lowering and guiding weights down the lift void, the load fell and […]
Posted 8 years ago
Bakers fined after workers suffer hand injuries
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Penrith based bakery Bells of Lazonby Limited has been fined after two workers suffered hand injuries while operating machinery on site. Carlisle Magistrates’ Court heard that on the 26 January 2016 a worker lost the top of their right hand middle finger, after it caught the moving blade of a dough-dividing machine. The second incident […]
Posted 8 years ago
Manchester Hostel owners sentenced over asbestos failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Two family run companies have been fined after admitting health and safety failings at a site in Manchester, where they were carrying out a basement conversion. Manchester Crown Court heard how Hatters Taverns Limited had appointed sister company Hatters Hostel Limited as the main contractor for the basement conversion beneath a hostel at 50 Newton […]
Posted 8 years ago
Company fined after worker hurt while unloading heavy glazed doors
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Munster Joinery (UK) Ltd has been fined after one of its workers was struck by a triple-glazed double door during unloading at a construction site. Oxford Crown Court heard that in October 2013 the worker, Michael Jephcott, was part of a Munster team at a large house building site in Cholsey Meadow, Fairmile, Oxfordshire to […]
