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Posted 8 years ago
Trailer firm fined after worker injured between vehicles
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Bedfordshire trailer firm has been sentenced after an employee suffered crush injuries when he was trapped between a lorry’s cab and a trailer. Luton Magistrates’ Court heard the worker was arranging the movement of lorry trailers in the transport yard of BS Trailer Services Ltd in Leighton Buzzard, on 15 September 2015. Another employee […]
Posted 8 years ago
£160,000 fine for aircraft company after workers fell from the tail of a plane
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An aircraft engineering company has been fined after two men fell about 15 feet while they were carrying out checks at the tail of an aeroplane. Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard that an employee of Inflite Engineering Services and an agency worker suffered broken bones after the fall at Stansted Airport on 10 June 2015. They […]
Posted 8 years ago
Health and safety events focus on sectors
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Great Britain’s independent safety and health regulator is holding a series of events across the country to look at what businesses can do to look after people at work. As part of its ongoing commitment to reducing death, injury and ill-health in the workplace, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is hosting the engagement opportunities […]
Posted 8 years ago
Construction Worker seriously injured in wall collapse
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Manchester building contractor and a company owner have appeared in court after a worker was seriously injured on a refurbishment site. The 53-year-old father of two from Salford was employed as a labourer at the site of a refurbishment project at Manchester One, Portland Street Manchester when the incident occurred on 29 August 2014. […]
Posted 8 years ago
Construction firm fined after worker fell from height
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Construction company Kier Construction Limited has been fined £400,000 after a worker fell from height. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard how Jair Morales was installing plywood boards covering holes on the third floor of the building when he fell a distance of 3.95m to the floor below. The court heard no steps had been taken to […]
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Norfolk farming company fined after death of worker
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The grain storage facility A family owned Norfolk farming company has been fined after an employee died at its grain storage facility. Norwich Crown Court heard that on 9 July 2014, Arthur Mason, 21, took turns with a colleague to undertake cleaning work inside grain bins at Hall Farm, Fincham, near Kings Lynn, run by […]
Posted 8 years ago
Care home fined after boy drowned in disused quarry
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Kettering based care home company has been fined after a 16-year-old boy drowned at a disused quarry on a day trip. The Old Bailey heard how two 16-year-old boys who were residents at Castle Lodge Home near Ely, Cambridgeshire, were taken on a day trip to Bawsey Country Park near Kings Lynn, Norfolk. The […]
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Paper recycling company fined after worker’s death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Recycle Paper UK Ltd has been fined after a worker was thrown from a fork lift truck and died as a result of the injuries he sustained. Wolverhampton Magistrates’ Court heard that at on 4 January 2013, Mr Mohammed Yasin was using the fork lift truck to carry a load weighing about 980kg when it […]
Posted 8 years ago
£600,000 fine for Council contractor after major burns to employer
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The underground cabling at the scene of the incident Gloucester Crown Court heard the 61-year-old man was working at the site on Eastgate Street on 29 May 2015. While trying to replace the traffic light pole he came into contact with a live underground cable which immediately gave him the electric shock and set him […]
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Company fined after worker’s foot was exposed to machinery
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company that produces and supplies wood shavings for use as horse bedding has been fined after a worker suffered a serious foot injury at its site in Andover, Hampshire. Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court heard that Bedmax Limited failed to protect its employee from dangerous parts of machinery. On 26 October 2015 Philip Eyers was operating […]
Posted 8 years ago
Construction company fined after worker fell from height
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Construction firm Structural Metal Decks Limited (SMDL) has been fined after a worker was left paralysed following an accident at a building site in Kilsyth. The worker suffered injuries to his spinal cord and is now paralysed from the neck down following the incident. Airdrie Sheriff Court heard how Structural Metal Decks Ltd had been […]
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Sentence after worker seriously injured after fall
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Kent based haulage company has been sentenced after an employee fell four and a half metres through a fragile sky light onto a concrete floor while cleaning a roof. Southwark Crown Court heard that a 29-year-old HGV driver employed by Erith Haulage Company Limited sustained significant injuries when he fell at the company’s premises […]
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£300k fine for concrete firm after employee has leg amputated
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A producer of concrete blocks has been fined £300,000 after an employee had to have a leg amputated. Newcastle-under-Lyme Magistrates’ Court heard the 42-year-old man was working near a trailer on 30 June 2015, as large concrete blocks were being unloaded onto the outside yard area of Buchan Concrete Solutions Ltd’s Drakelow site in Burton-on-Trent. […]
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Director and Company fined for lift shaft death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Two London-based companies have been fined for safety failings after one man died and another was left seriously injured falling six storeys through a lift shaft. Southwark Crown Court heard how work was being carried out to decommission a lift shaft in a building that was being converted into luxury apartments, when the chain supporting […]
Posted 8 years ago
Company and self employed contractor sentenced for lift shaft death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company and a self employed contractor have been fined for safety failings after one man died and another was left seriously injured falling six storeys through a lift shaft. Southwark Crown Court heard how work was being carried out to decommission a lift shaft in a building that was being converted into luxury apartments, when […]
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Sole trader receives suspended sentenced after scaffold collapse
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Wigan scaffolder has been sentenced after scaffolding collapsed at a retail site in Loggerheads. North Staffordshire Justice Centre heard Mr Kinsley had been subcontracted to erect a scaffold, with debris netting attached along its full length, for roofing work on a Co-Op retail store. Mr Kinsley erected the scaffold with two of his employees, […]
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HSE issues MOD with Crown Censure over driver death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been issued with a Crown Censure by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an agency driver, working for the MoD, was fatally injured by a reversing vehicle. Mr Graham Wood, 55, of Bicester, Oxfordshire, was crushed between a reversing lorry and a stationary vehicle on the evening of […]
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Contractor fined for poor asbestos assessment
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Bedfordshire based contractor has been fined after failing to carry out suitable assessment of asbestos removal work. Luton Magistrates Court heard how Anthony West was contracted to complete demolition work at a building in Biggleswade. West then had a pre-demolition asbestos survey carried out for the building. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) had […]
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Balfour Beatty fined for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A construction company has been fined after flooring at a house-building development gave way, injuring a worker. Newcastle Crown Court heard how a worker was on the first floor of a new build domestic property when the floor gave way at one side. The worker and approximately 70 building blocks slid 2.4 metres, vertically, to […]
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Teenage apprentice loses finger while on work experience
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A construction company has admitted to failing to properly train and supervise work on a dangerous machine after a teenage boy on work experience had a finger amputated while working unsupervised on a log splitter. Ed Rogers Landscape Construction and Maintenance Ltd of Jericho Street, Thorverton, pleaded guilty at Exeter Magistrates Court to the offence […]
