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Posted 8 years ago
Essex Companies fined after employees exposed to asbestos
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Two Essex-based companies have been fined after exposing workers to potentially deadly asbestos over a period of years, despite knowing of its presence, in units that they occupied in Manor Road Trading Estate, Benfleet. Basildon Magistrates heard that asbestos had been found in poor condition when Connect Packaging Ltd moved into the Benfleet premises in […]
Posted 8 years ago
Essex companies fined after workers exposed to asbestos
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Two Essex-based companies have been fined after exposing workers to potentially deadly asbestos over a period of years, despite being alerted to the risks at their premises. Basildon Crown Court heard that asbestos was found in poor condition when Connect Packaging Ltd moved into industrial units in Manor Road Trading Estate, Benfleet in 2007, but […]
Posted 8 years ago
National airline prosecuted for not protecting workers
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
British Airways PLC has been prosecuted for not protecting their workers’ from hand arm vibrations. Paisley Sheriff Court heard how employees working within the composite workshop at the Glasgow base, who in the course of their work used hand held power tools to carry out repairs on various components, were exposed to the risk of […]
Posted 8 years ago
Employee prosecuted for dangerous work at height
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An employee of a steel erection firm has been sentenced at Manchester Magistrates Court after admitted working unsafely at height on a hotel development in central Manchester. Manchester Magistrates Court heard on the 21 January 2015 a member of public contacted HSE claiming that a man had been seen balancing on scaffold tubes in the […]
Posted 8 years ago
Asbestos removal supervisor fined for exposing workers to deadly fibres
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An asbestos removal supervisor has been sentenced after admitting exposing numerous workers to deadly asbestos fibres during licensed asbestos removal works. Manchester Magistrates Court heard that a concern was received by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) claiming that Alan Burdett was allowing people into the sealed asbestos enclosure, which is designed to keep dangerous […]
Posted 8 years ago
Crushing plant operative left seriously injured
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A crushing plant firm has been fined after worker lost his left arm when it was dragged into exposed machinery. Rotherham Magistrates Court heard how the worker was cleaning down a large piece of machinery at a titanium alloy processing plant in Rotherham when his left arm was dragged into part of part of the […]
Posted 8 years ago
Trio of firms fined £2million after worker’s leg is broken in trench collapse
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Three companies have been sentenced today (19 December 2016) in Lincoln Crown Court after a worker’s leg was broken in six places when a trench which he was working in collapsed on him Vincent Talbot, 47, from Lincoln, suffered serious leg injuries when his leg was crushed in the incident at Fleet Street, Holbeach, Lincolnshire […]
Posted 8 years ago
Air conditioning maintenance company in court over workers fall
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Leeds based air conditioning maintenance company has been fined after a worker fell 3 metres through a false ceiling. The 26 year old worker from Warrington suffered serious injuries in the incident which occurred at Iceland Foods Ltd in Clayton, Manchester on the 17 June 2015. The incident was investigated by the Health and […]
Posted 8 years ago
Fatal accident to company Managing Director
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A textile manufacturing company and one of its directors, Wazir Hussain were sentenced after a fatal accident to the company’s Managing Director, 36 year old Nasir Hussain. On the 1 February 2012 the carding machine forming part of a production line at Felt Supplies Ltd Dewsbury, had become blocked with waste. Nasir Hussain, brother of […]
Posted 8 years ago
Minister helps launch HSE’s Health and Work Strategy
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work, Penny Mordaunt MP will today (Thur 15 Dec) pledge her support for a new strategy for health in Britain’s workplaces. The Heath and Work strategy engagement is launched at a time when stress and musculoskeletal disorders account for around 80 percent of all working time […]
Posted 8 years ago
Building company fined for putting childminder and children at risk
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A building company and its director have been fined for breaching Gas Safety law after putting a childminder and children in her care at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. Plastic and Wood Specialists Ltd built a structure, that the childminder used to shelter sleeping babies and young children, around the flue outlet for the boiler. […]
Posted 8 years ago
Staffordshire Logistics Company fined over safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Logistics company based in Staffordshire has been fined after two employees were injured in two days. Oxford Crown Court heard how a 39 year old male employee sustained crush injuries to his left foot when he was hit by a forklift truck (FLT) at the Oxford Mini plant on 6 October 2014. The court […]
Posted 8 years ago
Construction company fined after worker injured
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A construction company from Crawley, West Sussex has been sentenced after a worker fell from scaffolding and was injured. Paisley Sheriffs Court heard how Alan Wilson, a sole trader contracted to supply labour to carry out all joinery work , fell from scaffolding between timber panels at a construction site at Ivy Gardens, Millerston, Paisley […]
Posted 8 years ago
Engineering firm fined over safety breach
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An engineering firm was sentenced today for safety breaches after a worker suffered life affecting injuries. Leeds Magistrates’ Court heard how 39 year old father of two James Smith suffered a shattered knee cap in October 2015 when his leg was struck by a rotating chuck of a CNC lathe machine at Sigma Technologies Ltd […]
Posted 8 years ago
Drunk farmer imprisoned for killing young boy while driving tractor
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A self-employed farm worker has been imprisoned after running over and killing a young boy with his tractor, while 2.5 times over the legal drinking limit. Harry Whitlam regularly attended Swithens Farm where his mother worked. Parts of the petting farm were open to the public, while other sections were closed off and separated from […]
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Builder prosecuted for worker’s fall
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A builder from Surrey has been prosecuted for the fall of a worker. Redhill Magistrates heard how the worker fell 3.2 m through an opening in a roof onto a concrete floor. He survived the fall but was left with broken ribs, swelling to his brain and nerve damage. An investigation found that he was […]
Posted 8 years ago
Prosecution of local roofing specialist company and its directors over unsafe roof work
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A specialist roofing company and its two directors have been sentenced after admitting working unsafely at height on a hotel development in central Manchester during a major refurbishment and extension works. On the 17 March 2015, a member of public witnessed and photographed unsafe work at a construction site and contacted the Health and Safety […]
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Construction companies fined after failing to carry out basement excavation work safely
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Two London based construction companies were prosecuted after a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspection identified serious safety breaches on a double basement construction project. Westminster Magistrates Court heard that emergency services had been called to a property at Bathurst Mews, London, where excavation work to form a double basement was being carried out. They […]
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Employee Seriously Injured after Fork Lift Truck Overturns
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A construction company has been fined after a 58 year old worker suffered serious injuries when the fork lift truck and attached man-riding cage that he was working from overturned and he fell to the floor. Worsley Projects Limited trading as Egan Projects, had been employed by Edmundson Electrical to carry out refurbishment work on […]
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Suspended prison sentence for Plymouth landlord who endangered tenants
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The landlord of a property in Plymouth risked the lives of his tenants and their young family by not undertaking annual safety checks on gas appliances in the property and by undertaking gaswork which was found to be dangerous. Paul Perry was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) at Plymouth Crown Court today […]
