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Posted 8 years ago
Firms fined after worker loses fingers in power press
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A London-based metal packaging company has been fined after a worker trapped his hand in a power press and lost two fingers. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard how an employee of Roberts Metal Packaging Limited suffered severe damage to his left hand after getting his hand trapped underneath the punch on a mechanical power-press. An investigation […]
Posted 8 years ago
Worker crushed between two vehicles
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A waste management and plant hire company in Derbyshire has been fined after a worker was fatally crushed between two vehicles while refuelling. Derby Crown Court heard how 39-year-old Matthew Lambert was refuelling his road sweeper at the yard of Leedale Limited. The refuelling point on the vehicle was at the rear, and it was […]
Posted 8 years ago
ScottishPower fined £1.75m after worker seriously scalded
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Scottish Power was fined after a worker was seriously scalded at Longannet Power Station in Alloa. Dunfermline Sheriff Court heard how a plant controller working for ScottishPower Regeneration Limited (SPGL) was injured when he opened a faulty valve which emitted high pressure, high temperature steam. He sustained serious burns to his chest and legs. An […]
Posted 8 years ago
Scottish power firm fined £1.75m after worker seriously scalded
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Scottish energy company was fined after a worker was seriously scalded at Longannet Power Station in Alloa. Dunfermline Sheriff Court heard how a plant controller working for ScottishPower Generation Limited (SPGL) was injured when he opened a faulty valve which emitted high pressure, high temperature steam. He sustained serious burns to his chest and legs. An […]
Posted 8 years ago
British Telecommunications PLC fined £600,000 after workers injured
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
British Telecommunications PLC has been fined after two of its employees were seriously injured in falls from height. Teesside Crown Court heard how two British Telecommunications (BT) Open Reach engineers had been given a job at BT’s Darlington Automatic Telephone Exchange. One of the engineers was installing a cable through a hole on the first […]
Posted 8 years ago
NHS Foundation Trust fined £200,000 for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An NHS Foundation Trust has been fined for safety failings in its management of the use and maintenance of Anetic Aid QA3 trolleys. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) followed an incident that happened in March 2011 when a patient at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, 90-year-old Major Fyfe, suffered a broken […]
Posted 8 years ago
BUPA Care Homes fined £400,000 over bedrail failures
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
BUPA Care Homes (CFC Homes) Ltd has been fined over the inappropriate management of bedrails at one of its care homes. Following an earlier guilty plea in Carlisle Magistrates’ Court the District Judge referred the case to Carlisle Crown Court for sentencing. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) told the court that at Beacon Edge […]
Posted 8 years ago
Recycling company fined after worker was injured in machinery
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A recycling company in Nantwich has been fined after a 24 year old worker was seriously injured when he was dragged into machinery. Chester Crown Court heard how a worker for Nick Brookes Recycling Limited was dragged into the unguarded conveyor resulting in his right arm having to be amputated up to his shoulder. An […]
Posted 8 years ago
Firm fined after two workers suffer severe electrical burns
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An engineering company based in Birmingham has been fined after two workers suffered severe electrical burns Walsall Magistrates’ Court heard how CISM Limited of Birmingham were contracted to dismantle and remove redundant electrical cable and equipment at the former McKecknie Brass site, Middlemore Lane, Aldridge, Walsall. An employee and a sub-contract electrician began work at […]
Posted 8 years ago
Company fined for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Bedford company that produces shower trays has been fined for safety failings following an inspection. Luton Magistrates’ Court heard how The Shower Tray Company Limited was using a ‘mezzanine floor’ above some ground floor rooms as storage. This area was not fitted with handrails. The company had stored packaging materials in this area, which […]
Posted 8 years ago
Death of road worker prompts HSE warning to HGV drivers
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
HGV drivers are frequently putting lives at risk by not following basic safety procedures when coupling and uncoupling vehicles, the Health and Safety Executive warned today. The workplace health and safety regulator urged drivers to apply parking brakes and use (or retrofit) warning alarms to avoid a repeat of an incident in January 2015 when […]
Posted 8 years ago
Company fined for release of natural gas and crude oil
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Hampshire-based energy company has been fined for releasing natural gas and crude oil. Humbly Grove Energy Limited is a top tier COMAH operator whose main activity is the injection of natural gas into depleted underground oil reservoir for storage. Winchester Crown Court heard how on 26 February 2014, an incident occurred during a maintenance […]
Posted 8 years ago
Royal Mail fined after worker suffered injuries
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The Royal Mail Group Limited has been fined £100,000 after a worker’s foot was run over by a reach truck in a bundling warehouse. Medway Magistrates Court heard how an incident happened at the Royal Mail Group Limited (RMG) bundling centre in Rochester where a worker stepped out into an aisle and another worker, who […]
Posted 8 years ago
Two Companies fined after worker falls three metres from ledge of building
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A window fitting company and the principal contractor at a construction site have been fined for safety failings after a worker fell a total of three metres while installing glazed units Bournemouth Magistrates’ Court heard how on 4 November 2014 an employee of GFT Frames Limited (GFT), was installing glazed units in a block of […]
Posted 8 years ago
Ban on throwing mortar boards is a tired health and safety myth
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A number of media outlets have reported today (Wednesday 18 May 2016) that a university plans to ban their students from throwing mortar boards in the air on graduation day for health and safety reasons. HSE has provided a response to this age-old myth: Geoff Cox, who heads the Health and Safety Executive public sector team, said: “You’d think […]
Posted 8 years ago
Pipe manufacturing company fined for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A pipe manufacturing company based in Newport has been fined for safety failings after seven reported cases of Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) or Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) between April 2014 and July 2015. Newport Crown Court heard that employees of Asset International Limited used vibrating tools without proper training or practical controls to reduce […]
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Man jailed for illegal gas work
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Darlington man has been jailed for carrying out illegal gas work on three occasions. Teeside Magistrates’ Court heard Neil Simon McKimm (trading as Macs Plumbing Services) carried out gas work including servicing boilers. McKimm used the alias of a legitimate gas engineer to deceive his customers. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive […]
Posted 8 years ago
Body manufacturing firm fined after workers crushed between vehicles
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A vehicle body manufacturing company in Stoke on Trent has been fined after two workers were seriously injured when they were crushed between a moving vehicle and stationary vehicles. North Staffordshire Magistrates’ Court heard that a colleague of the two men was attempting to manoeuvre an 18 tonne vehicle in the work shop of Commercial […]
Posted 8 years ago
Bakery fined after worker injured with powered bowl mixer
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Wiltshire bakery has been fined for safety failings after a worker was injured with a powered bowl mixer. Swindon Magistrates’ Court heard how an employee of Haydens Bakery who manufacture confectionary items, caught his wedding ring on an unguarded attachment of the rotating shaft on a powered bowl mixer. He suffered injuries to his […]
Posted 8 years ago
Crystal company sentenced over injury to worker
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Cumbrian lead crystal manufacturer has been fined after an employee suffered a serious hand injury while using machinery. Laura Ponsford, who was 21 at the time of the incident in February last year, had the middle finger of her right hand torn off while operating a drill to widen the neck of a glass […]
