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Posted 8 years ago
Company fined £90,000 for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A coach company in Wrexham has been fined £90,000 after it repeatedly failed to comply with legal notices to get its lifting equipment examined. Wrexham Magistrates’ Court heard that, between 4 April 2014 and 28 August 2015, GHA Coaches Limited failed to have its lifting equipment thoroughly examined within the required timescales to ensure that […]
Posted 8 years ago
Horticultural Firm Fined over Multiple Safety Failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
William Sinclair Horticulture Limited, has been fined over two separate incidents that occurred at their Ellesmere Port and Lincoln sites. The incident at Ellesmere Port resulted in serious injuries to a worker as he fell from an unsecured ladder. On the 8 January 2015, Darren Taylor, aged 40, was assisting in a deep clean of […]
Posted 8 years ago
Fish processing firm fined after man killed by falling boxes
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Plymouth company has been fined £500,000 after an employee suffered fatal injuries when a stack of boxes of frozen fish fell on him. Tomas Suchy, 22, an employee of Interfish Limited, was helping to clear up a fallen stack of frozen fish boxes in one of the cold store areas when there was another […]
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Suspended prison sentence for unregistered gas worker
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A man who fitted central heating boilers at two houses in Greater Manchester has received a suspended prison sentence, after he admitted he did not have the required safety registration to do the work. Christopher Dignam, trading at Blue Flame Plumbing and Heating Services, has never been on the Gas Safe Register, the body which […]
Posted 8 years ago
Wear helmets on quad bikes, pleads farm safety chief
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An agriculture safety chief has urged farmers not to ignore simple life-saving advice to wear helmets when riding quad bikes. Rick Brunt’s call comes after details of an horrific incident, when a teenager suffered a serious head wound, emerged in court proceedings. The farm worker, aged 17, from Shap, Cumbria, was trapped underneath an overturned […]
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Suspended prison sentence for unregistered gas fitter
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A gas fitter from Walsall has received a suspended prison sentence after he fitted a hob at a house in Tamworth when not on the Gas Safe Register. Alan Nicholas Price’s work came to the attention of HSE after a registered fitter subsequently carried out repairs on the gas hob. Price, 57, from Pelsall, was […]
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Worker suffers serious injury from contact with overhead power line
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A stonemasonry company in Perth has been fined after an apprentice stonemason was seriously injured from contact with an overhead power line. Perth Sheriff Court heard how 20 year old apprentice Rodd McFarlane was working for T& M Stonemasonry, carrying out repairs at Waulkmill Cottage in Perth. During this work, McFarlane erected a tower scaffold […]
Posted 8 years ago
Worker contracts allergic contact dermatitis
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company based in Hereford which manufactures rubber sealants has been fined after a worker contracted allergic contact dermatitis. Hereford Magistrates’ Court heard how an employee contracted the skin disease after being exposed to sensitising ingredients in rubber compounds. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the company failed to assess […]
Posted 8 years ago
Gas engineer sentenced for putting tenants at risk
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A gas engineer has been sentenced to 120 hours of community service for putting tenants at risk in rented homes in Chelmsford. Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard that James Wilkinson was Gas Safe- registered for some types of gas appliances, but had been carrying out work for which he was not competent. Wilkinson was contracted to […]
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BT fined £500,000 after engineer breaks his back in fall
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
British Telecom plc (BT) has been fined £500,000 after an engineer fell seven metres from a loft in London, breaking his back and his ankles. The Old Bailey heard how a BT engineer, David Spurgeon, was fixing a telephone fault in the roof void of a residential block of flats in Tower Hamlets, East London. […]
Posted 8 years ago
Worker fatally crushed by refuse collection vehicle – firms fined £815,000
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Two companies were fined a total of £815,000 after a worker and father-to-be was crushed to death in Lancashire by a refuse collection vehicle. Veolia ES Sheffield Limited (Veolia) and John Fowler and Son (Blacksmiths and Welders) Limited (JFS) both pleaded guilty and were sentenced at Preston Crown Court, after an investigation by the Health […]
Posted 8 years ago
Firm fined after three employees overcome by fumes
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A food waste disposal and recycling firm has been fined £250,000 after three employees were overcome by toxic gases, including Hydrogen sulphide, and a reduced Oxygen atmosphere in an animal waste facility in Stoke-on-Trent. Prosecuting, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) told Stafford Crown Court that, on 23 April 2014, an employee of John Pointon […]
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Motor vehicle repair company fined after work experience student crushed by vehicle
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A motor vehicle repair company was fined after a 27 year old man gaining work experience at the garage, was crushed to death by a vehicle. Trafford Magistrates’ Court heard on 20 December 2014, Muhammed Zohaib Yasin, had been working at, Just Mercedes Limited, watching another employee carry out repair work on a Vauxhall Corsa. […]
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Firm fined for safety failings at property development
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company based in Cardiff has been fined for safety failings during a property development. Pontypridd Magistrates’ Court heard Ziman Trading Limited, formerly Ziman Investments Limited (Ziman), was acting as the principal contractor at the property development of the former New York Hotel, York Street, Porth. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) […]
Posted 8 years ago
Company fined for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A coach company in Wrexham, has been fined for failing have lifting equipment thoroughly examined and then failing to comply with improvement notice requiring that examination of lifting equipment. Wrexham Magistrates’ Court heard how that between 4 April 2014 and 28 August 2015, GHA Coaches Limited failed to have its lifting equipment thoroughly examined within […]
Posted 8 years ago
Company fined £250,000 for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A coach company in Wrexham has been fined £250,000 after it repeatedly failed to comply with legal notices to get its lifting equipment examined. Wrexham Magistrates’ Court heard that, between 4 April 2014 and 28 August 2015, GHA Coaches Limited failed to have its lifting equipment thoroughly examined within the required timescales to ensure that […]
Posted 8 years ago
Roofer fined for unsafe roof work
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Bracknell based roofer has been fined for safety failings after a complaint was made to HSE regarding unsafe roof work. No-one was injured in the incident at Sabine Gates, Old Bracknell Lane, Bracknell on 27 August 2014, however members of the public were endangered by the potential for falling objects. Reading Magistrates’ Court heard […]
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Farm labourer struck by falling tree
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A self-employed furniture maker from Hampshire was fined after felling a tree which struck a farm labourer. Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court heard how Colin Norgate, a sole trader and designer, making high gloss furniture, had rented a unit at Manor Farm in Petersfield, Hampshire. He was cutting down a tree on farm land which struck farm […]
Posted 8 years ago
Firm fines £1million after young worker killed by exploding tyre
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Kent tyre company has been sentenced for safety failings after 21-year-old Matthew Hoare, from Canterbury was killed when a tyre exploded. Canterbury Crown Court heard how Matthew, an employee of Watling Tyre Service Limited of Kent, was repairing a puncture to the tyre of a ‘dresser loading shovel’ when it exploded. An investigation by […]
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Christmas eve tragedy after man crushed by hydraulic ramp
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A general haulage company from Dumfries has been fined after the tragic death of a man who was crushed by a failed hydraulic ramp on Christmas Eve. Ayr Sheriff Court heard how J. & J. Currie Limited was delivering and offloading a vehicle from a trailer at Arnimean, Galloway Forest. One of the trailer hydraulic […]
