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Posted 8 years ago
Residential care home fined after resident choked to death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A care home based in Fleet, Hampshire has been fined after an elderly resident who had difficulties swallowing choked to death on food which had not been cut up. Winchester Crown Court heard how Mrs Margaret Humphreys’ family had arranged for her to stay at Marlborough House for respite care. They had left clear instructions […]
Posted 8 years ago
Employee dies after collapse of waste material covers him
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Kent-based waste and recycling company has been fined after an employee died when wasted material collapsed on top of him. Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court heard how Neville Watson, aged 39 and a father of two, was working close to the pile of waste material after connecting a shredder to the loading shovel he was driving. […]
Posted 8 years ago
Builder handed suspended prison sentence and community service following unsafe gas work
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A builder has been sentenced to 250 hours of community service for putting a home owner at risk following renovations to their house in Cardiff. Cardiff Crown Court heard that Brian James was hired to carry out renovations to a bungalow in Cardiff specifically to install new plumbing and heating, including a boiler. Brian James […]
Posted 8 years ago
Packaging firm fined over safety breaches
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A packaging company has been fined after a worker’s thumb was severed due to the company’s failure to take adequate measures to prevent access to dangerous parts of machinery. Jiffy Packaging Company Limited, which produces packaging for the food industry and stationery products, was found guilty at Liverpool Crown Court today after an investigation by […]
Posted 8 years ago
Worker dies when temporary platform collapses
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A worker died and two others were badly injured at a construction site in Putney, when a temporary platform collapsed. Southwark Crown Court heard how, on 29 October 2012, a carpenter and a steel-fixer had been standing on a temporary wooden platform above a stairwell opening on the 9th floor of a construction site when […]
Posted 8 years ago
Worker seriously injured in mobile platform fall
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Buckinghamshire waste equipment maintenance firm has been fined after a worker suffered serious head injuries when a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) overturned. Geoffrey Hatton, 49, from County Durham, was in the process of dismantling a compactor at a site in Wilmslow, Cheshire when the incident occurred on the 19th January 2015. Minshull Street Crown […]
Posted 8 years ago
Farming and drilling contractors fined after mast strikes power line
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Two Norfolk-based companies have been fined after a worker suffered life-changing injuries following an overhead power line strike. Norwich Crown Court heard that L F Papworth Ltd and T. W. Page & Son Ltd had organised drilling work for the purposes of crop irrigation at Felmingham, Norfolk. On 29 April 2014 Jonathan Howes, an employee […]
Posted 8 years ago
Recycling firm fined after worker injured in shredder
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Kent based recycling company has been fined after a worker was injured whilst repairing a shredder. Maidstone Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 7 October 2013, a plant mechanic employed by Countrystyle Recycling Limited was in the process of repairing a shredding machine after the metal plate forming the roof of the hammer drum had […]
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Environmental Services firm fined over electrocution of worker
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company providing environmental services has been prosecuted after a worker was killed during asbestos removal work at a Welsh High school. Newport Magistrates Court heard how the 26-year-old father from Gwent had accessed a ceiling void at Cwmcarn High School on 19 July 2013 to create an enclosure to contain the asbestos during its removal. While […]
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Testing Services firm fined over worker’s CO death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Nottingham based company has been fined after a worker died from carbon monoxide poisoning while using an accommodation unit. Southwark Crown Court heard that the father of three from Nottingham was carrying out pile testing for Non Destructive Testing Services Limited at a construction site in Brixton, London on 29 May 2012. The accommodation unit he was […]
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Council and contractors fined after man dies and another seriously injured in roadworks
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Liverpool City Council and two of its contractors have been prosecuted following two separate incidents involving roadworks on a busy city centre road. One man died and another was seriously injured while attempting to cross Queens Drive in Liverpool during major resurfacing works in the summer of 2012. Enterprise Liverpool Limited and Tarmac Trading Limited […]
Posted 8 years ago
London garage owner sentenced for health and safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A garage owner in Seven Sisters, North London, has been fined for several health and safety breaches after a worker was attacked by a guard dog. A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation into the dog attack in January 2013 which left a mechanic with injuries to his thigh, uncovered a wide range of serious health […]
Posted 8 years ago
Environmental services firm fined for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Lancashire based environmental services company has been fined after a worker suffered serious injuries when his arm was crushed by machinery. Preston Magistrates’ Court heard how on the 20th May 2015 30-year-old worker, Muhammad Shoaib, was working on a waste line cleaning out waste plastic material from a conveyor belt when the machinery was […]
Posted 8 years ago
Landlord given suspended prison sentence over gas failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Durham landlord has been given a suspended prison sentence following his failure to maintain or check the gas fittings in one of his properties. A gas fire with back boiler at a tenanted property in Wilton Street, Middlesborough, was found to be immediately dangerous when examined by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). HSE prosecuted Christopher Hobaiter after […]
Posted 8 years ago
Building contractor in court after worker killed by falling load
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A building contractor has been fined after a worker was killed when a load fell from a tower crane during a lifting operation in Colchester. Urban Summit Construction Ltd was the Principal Contractor on a construction site at King Edward Quay, Haven Road, Colchester, where 780 student accommodation apartments were being built. On 8 January […]
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Star Wars film maker fined £1.6 million for injuring Harrison Ford
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The makers of Star Wars: The Force Awakens have been sentenced after failing to protect the actors and workers while on set during filming at Pinewood Studio, Slough, Buckinghamshire. Harrison Ford suffered a broken leg and deep lacerations when he was knocked off his feet and pinned to the floor of the Millennium Falcon set, […]
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Manufacturing firm fined after worker crushed to death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Oldham manufacturing firm R Tindall (Fabricators) Ltd has been prosecuted after a worker died after he was crushed under metal pipework. Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard that 53-year-old Frank Dunne was operating a side-loader forked lift truck which was carrying a vacuum packed pipe bundle. While he was attempting to load a second bundle weighing […]
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Metal company fined after worker loses foot
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Bedfordshire metal company has been fined for safety breaches after a worker suffered severe leg injuries and lost most of his foot. Luton Magistrates’ Court heard how 24 year-old Luke Simpson, who was an agency worker for the company, was injured when a trolley carrying metal stock fell on his legs causing severe injuries. […]
Posted 8 years ago
Torbay plumber sentenced after illegal gas work
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An illegal gas fitter has been prosecuted after he installed a gas boiler and left it in a potentially dangerous state because he did not commission it. Mark Evans, aged 52, an unregistered plumber, fitted the gas boiler at a property on Denys Road, Torquay, after he was recommended to the homeowners by a family […]
Posted 8 years ago
Council fined after employee was injured from fall
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Yorkshire council has been fined after an employee was injured when he fell from a ladder. Hull Magistrates’ Court heard how an employee of East Riding of Yorkshire Council (ERYC) fell from a ladder while descending from a porch roof which was being re-felted. He fell 2.4 metres and suffered two broken vertebrae. An […]
