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Posted 9 years ago
Farm company fined after worker electrocuted
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A farming company in Cornwall has been fined £75,000 after a worker was electrocuted. Konrad Miskiewicz was working as part of a team harvesting potatoes when the incident happened, in Falmouth, in July 2011. Truro Crown Court heard the 24-year-old was working in an area behind a harvester where potatoes are sorted. Access to this […]
Posted 9 years ago
Key speakers announced for new hearing conference
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
HSE’s Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) has announced the keynote speakers who will speak at Listen UP! – the first European Hearing Conservation Conference. Taking place in Manchester, UK on 2 March 2016, Listen UP! will bring together international specialists in the field of hearing conservation to propose a fresh approach to the escalating problem […]
Posted 9 years ago
Fruit farm fined for safety failings at farm
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Kent based fruit farm has been fined for safety failings after the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), visited the site following a RIDDOR reportable incident. The farm manager at Paynes Stores Limited (PSL) fell from his ladder whilst carrying out repair work on the roof of the apple store at Bexon Manor Farm, Bredgar. […]
Posted 9 years ago
Scottish business leaders turn out as Glasgow kicks off ‘working well’ roadshow
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
There was a huge turnout at a Glasgow hotel on Monday as Scottish business leaders, worker representatives and regulators met to discuss the how to help more people come home safe and well from their jobs. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) held the first of seven events across Britain at Glasgow’s Grand Central Hotel. […]
Posted 9 years ago
Firm Sentenced after worker loses hand in Machine
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Manchester waste plastic recycling firm has been fined after an employee’s hand was severed when dragged into a granulator machine. CP Plastics Limited was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) following an incident at Manchester New Rd, Middleton, Manchester on the 4 March 2015. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard the employee, who has […]
Posted 9 years ago
Worker seriously injured in silo incident
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A wheat and barley blending plant has been fined after a worker was seriously injured whilst unblocking wheat in a silo. Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court heard the employee was working for Clynderwen and Cardiganshire Farmers Limited (CCF) and had entered a wheat silo to clear a blockage. As he did so the rotating auger started to […]
Posted 9 years ago
Glasgow hosts first event on the health and safety system strategy for Great Britain roadshow
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Leaders of Scottish business and supporting organisations are meeting today in Glasgow to discuss the development of Britain’s new strategy for workplace health and safety. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), wants leading industry figures and key influencers to have a say in shaping the future strategy for Great Britain’s health and safety system, and […]
Posted 9 years ago
NHS prosecuted after pensioner killed in mobility scooter plunge
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The NHS Litigation Authority has been prosecuted after an 82 year old man fell 12 feet to his death from an elevated walkway outside a health centre. Benjamin John Withers from Fareham in Hampshire died after the mobility scooter he was driving collided with a wooden weather screen which was situated around the main entrance […]
Posted 9 years ago
School fined after pupil paralysed when swing collapsed
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Hertfordshire school firm has been fined for safety failings after a pupil suffered permanent paralysis when a swing collapsed. St Albans Magistrates’ Court heard how on September 2011 a 13-year-old pupil at the school was playing on a wooden swing in an adventure playground. A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation found the swing […]
Posted 9 years ago
Firms fined after two employees were injured in cold store collapse
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Two companies were fined for safety failings that led to two workers being seriously injured at a construction site when a cold store collapsed under them. John Sisk and Son Limited (Sisk) of St Albans, Hertfordshire was appointed as principal contractor for fitting out a new distribution warehouse in Motherwell. Hemsec Installations Limited (HIL), of […]
Posted 9 years ago
Firm fined after worker suffered cement burns on first day of work
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A building products manufacturer was fined after a worker suffered serious cement burns on his first day of work. Leicester Magistrates’ Court heard how a 21-year-old inexperienced agency worker – on his first day of full time employment – was exposed to alkaline cement slurry by standing in a drainage pit with inadequate Personal Protective […]
Posted 9 years ago
Three companies fined after construction worker seriously injured in fall from height
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Three companies have been fined a total of £90,000 after a worker was seriously injured when he fell nearly six metres from a platform with unguarded rails. Southwark Crown Court heard that on 4 March 2013 two workers accessed the top level of a unit which was to be dismantled as part of construction work […]
Posted 9 years ago
Company director fined after worker falls through skylight
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The company director of a sash restoration company has been fined for safety failings after a worker fell three metres through an unprotected skylight. Salisbury Magistrates’ Court heard how on the 14 July 2014, an employee of the Sash Restoration Company (Dorset) Limited fell through an unprotected skylight whilst replacing sash windows on a large […]
Posted 9 years ago
Company fined after worker falls from van roof
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A glazing firm was fined after a worker fell from the roof of a van, causing severe head injuries. On 19 June 2012, Alan Campbell, who worked for Anglian Windows Limited, fell when loading an easi-dec system onto the roof of the van after working at a domestic property at Linlithgow. Mr Campbell, 47, suffered […]
Posted 9 years ago
Firm fined after worker’s hand was caught in machinery
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Northampton luxury kitchen manufacturer, Bespoke in Oak Limited, was sentenced on 12 January 2016 after a worker had two fingers amputated following an industrial accident. The incident occurred on 31st October 2014 when the worker caught his dominant right hand on a revolving cutting block. Northampton Magistrates’ Court heard that the cutting block provided […]
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School in court over science experiment injury
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A chemistry laboratory technician lost parts of three fingers and sustained a serious internal injury while preparing a highly sensitive explosive for use in a ‘fireworks’ demonstration to a class of children. Bristol Magistrates’ Court heard the now retired staff member lost the top joints of his left hand index, middle and ring fingers and […]
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Takeaway shop fined for failure to produce ELCI
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A takeaway shop was fined after for failure to produce an ELCI (Employers Liability Compulsory Insurance) certificate. Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court heard how the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) was alerted by the fire protection service that the business did not have ELCI. HSE wrote to the company asking for proof of ELCI, and after several […]
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Council sentenced after vulnerable man choked to death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A council has been prosecuted after the death of a vulnerable day visitor to one of its care centres. Shrewsbury Crown Court heard Michael Breeze, 53, choked while eating his lunch on 5 September 2012 at council-run day services centre Hartley’s Day Centre, in Shrewsbury. Prosecuting, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) told the court […]
Posted 9 years ago
Construction firms fined over electric shocks to workers
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Two companies have been sentenced after a construction worker suffered life changing injuries when he received an electric shock from an overhead power line. Ashley Coe, an agency worker, working on site for Pascon Limited was part of a group of workers laying cables in a trench when the incident happened on the 13 March […]
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Housing trust in court after mower mangles worker’s hand
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Tameside housing trust has been fined after a worker suffered severe injuries to his left hand when it was struck by a metal blade on a ride-on mower. The 24-year-old from Stockport, who has asked not to be named, sustained several broken bones and had to have his thumb and forefinger amputated following the […]
