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Posted 8 years ago
Self-employed builder electrocuted at work
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A real estate lettings company was sentenced today for safety breaches after a self- employed builder suffered 1st and 3rd degree burns to his face, hands, neck and chest. The injured worker 50 year old Michael Phillips suffered an electric shock in October 2015 when he was carrying out work for IPH Investments Ltd at […]
Posted 8 years ago
Sentence after self-employed builder suffers serious electric shock
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A real estate lettings company was sentenced today for safety breaches after a self- employed builder suffered first and third degree burns to his face, hands, neck and chest. The injured worker 50-year-old Michael Phillips suffered an electric shock in October 2015 when he was carrying out work for IPH Investments Ltd at an address in Station […]
Posted 8 years ago
Construction company fined after worker fell 6 meters
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Derbyshire based engineering construction company has been prosecuted after a worker fell and suffered severe injuries. A worker was repairing a fibreboard roof of a barn and using two homemade crawling boards when he fell 6meters on to the floor below, sustaining serious injuries to his head, hip, and lungs. Derby Magistrates Court heard […]
Posted 8 years ago
Council fined £250,000 for not protecting workers health
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Thanet District Council has been fined after a worker was left with permanent injured after being diagnosed with hard arm vibration (HAV). Canterbury Crown Court heard how a worker from Thanet District Council was diagnosed with suffering from HAV after visiting his GP. Symptoms of the condition can include tingling, pins and needles, numbness and […]
Posted 8 years ago
Council fined £250,000 for not protecting workers’ health
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Thanet District Council has been fined after a worker was left with permanent injuries after being diagnosed with hard arm vibration (HAV). Canterbury Crown Court heard how a worker from Thanet District Council was diagnosed with suffering from HAV after visiting his GP. Symptoms of the condition can include tingling, pins and needles, numbness and […]
Posted 8 years ago
Worker injures hand in printing press
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A seal and label producing company based in Kent has been fined after a worker Injured his hand in a printing press. Maidstone Crown Court heard how an employee of Fuji Seal Europe Limited (FSE) was cleaning a blade on a printing press when his hand was drawn into the running nip on the machine. […]
Posted 8 years ago
Worker injures hand on drill
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company in Essex, has been fined after a worker suffered injury to his hand on a drilling machine. Chelmsford Crown Court heard how an employee of Amtek Aluminium Castings (Witham) Limited had been drilling a hole in a casting when his glove got caught on the moving bit and his hand was dragged into […]
Posted 8 years ago
Company fined after workers fall into pulping machine
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A maintenance company has appeared in court after a worker suffered serious injuries after falling 7 metres. The worker, suffered fractures to his left foot in the incident on the 9 July 2014. The incident was investigated by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) which found serious safety failings by Valmet Limited, an embedded contractor […]
Posted 8 years ago
Council fined after boy nearly drowns
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A council has been fined £75,000 after a four-year-old boy nearly drowned during a swimming lesson. Evan Rhys Davies was taking part in a mix-age and ability play session at the end of his swimming lessons at Bro Ddyfi Leisure Centre when he got into difficulty. The lifeguard had left his station to put out […]
Posted 8 years ago
International Engineering Company in Court over workers death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An international engineering company has been sentenced following the death of a worker who fell 30 feet from an electricity pylon. Vincent John Richards, 49, from Walsall was installing fall arrest lines for painters to use on the pylon at Great Orton, Carlisle on the 5 July 2014 when the incident happened. The Health and […]
Posted 8 years ago
Four receive suspended jail sentences for health and safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The director of a Port Talbot furniture factory and three of its managers have received suspended prison sentences for ongoing health and safety failings. Swansea Crown Court heard how the factory at Margam Hall Upholstery Limited in Henshaw Street, Port Talbot was included in the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) programme of visits to woodworking […]
Posted 8 years ago
Three fined after man loses life due to fall through fragile roof
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company, its director, and a self-employed contractor have been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), after Terry Lewis (a 65 year old retired mechanic) was fatally injured by falling through a roof light. Warrington Crown Court heard how on 11 June 2013, Terry Lewis was working with his friend, Leigh Bakewell. They […]
Posted 8 years ago
Window fitter in court after worker suffered fatal head injuries
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Southampton window installation company has been fined after a worker suffered fatal head injuries following a fall from a ladder. Brighton Magistrates Court heard how Mark Taylor, 48, a window fitter from Southampton, was helping in the installation of UPVC windows at a 3 storey house in Brighton on the 10 September 2014. He […]
Posted 8 years ago
Chemical company fined £3mil after the release of toxic vapour cloud on two separate occasions
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A chemical company was sentenced today after a worker was killed and one left with life changing injuries when they were overcome by a toxic vapour cloud. A little over sixteen months later there was another incident involving the same toxic chemical. Grimsby Crown Court heard that in the early hours of the 5 March […]
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 […]
