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Posted 9 years ago
Shell UK sentenced over major oil release
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Oil and gas production company Shell U.K. Limited, has been sentenced after admitting failures that led to an oil leak in the North Sea. On 10 August 2011 a quantity of oil was spotted on the sea surface in the vicinity of Shell’s Gannet F field, 180 kilometres from Aberdeen. The initial reported surface area […]
Posted 9 years ago
Teesside firm fined after worker’s fatal fall
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A north east port has been fined £400,000 following the death of an agency worker who fell eight metres onto the steel deck of ship’s hold at Hartlepool Dock Robert Harrison, 59, from Middlesbrough, was one of six men who were loading 12m long steel pipes into the hold of a vessel at PD Teesport Ltd, […]
Posted 9 years ago
Metal firm fined after worker was killed by a crane
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company who specialise in metal and alloy products has been fined after a worker was killed when he was struck by a load on a moving crane. Sheffield Magistrates’ Court heard how an employee of ATI Speciality Materials Limited, Sheffield, was assisting in the moving of a crucible from a re-melt furnace. The crucible […]
Posted 9 years ago
Drainage company fined for excavation collapse
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Slough drainage company has been fined after a worker was seriously injured when an unsafe excavation collapsed during work to lay new pipes outside a home near Canterbury. Michael Simpkins, now 42, from Oxshott in Surrey, sustained multiple fractures to his left leg in the incident at a property in Conyngham Lane, Bridge, on […]
Posted 9 years ago
Company fined after failure to act on asbestos risks
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An engineering firm has been fined after asbestos was found at their factory and they failed to document or manage the risks to employees or visitors to the site. Darlington Magistrates’ Court heard how Blue Diamond Engineering Limited of County Durham, was notified of the presence of asbestos materials during a survey carried out at […]
Posted 9 years ago
Father and son fined after worker fell from roof
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A father and son have been fined after a worker fell four metres through a fragile roof he was working on in Hartlepool. Hartlepool Magistrates’ Court heard how the incident that happened on 19 February 2014 occurred when an employee of Keith and Matthew Brown was working on a roof of a farm when he […]
Posted 9 years ago
Workers injured due to unguarded machinery
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A soft furnishings company, has been fined over two incidents of failure to adequately guard machinery. Paul Boomer, trading as Carousel of Castle Industrial Estate, Beresford Street, Failsworth, Manchester, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive after it investigated the incidents, both of which led to injuries to workers. In the first, in January […]
Posted 9 years ago
New construction guidance to stop workers dying each week from occupational disease
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The construction industry has launched new guidance to encourage better management of occupational health risks. HSE is urging the industry to put an end to the hundreds of construction workers that die of occupational diseases every month. Inspectors issued more than 200 health related enforcement notices during the recent Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) construction […]
Posted 9 years ago
Worker suffered fatal crush injuries after being hit by lorry
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A commercial vehicle company was ordered to pay £212,500 in fines and costs after one of its workers was killed when a lorry travelling at less than 5km/h crushed him. Warwick Crown Court heard Imperial Commercials Limited failed to provide a safe place for its staff to work, failings which led to the death of […]
Posted 9 years ago
Worker suffers loss of eye in explosion while inflating tyre
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An Essex-based company which sells and services agricultural machinery has been fined £750,000 after an incident which left a worker permanently blind in one eye. Chelmsford Crown Court heard how the tyre technician, employed by Ernest Doe & Sons Limited at Ulting, near Maldon, was working with a colleague to re-fit and re-inflate the tyres […]
Posted 9 years ago
Chorley dairy bottling plant sentenced over worker’s death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Chorley farm operating a dairy bottling and processing plant has been fined £75,000 following the death of a worker crushed by an articulated lorry. Paul Davidson, 33, from Adlington, was in the process of coupling an articulated lorry tractor cab to a trailer close to the rear loading bay of J&B Woodcock & Sons […]
Posted 9 years ago
Stone masonry boss failed to protect his workers’ health
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The owner of a stone masonry company has been fined for failing to protect the health of his workers, exposing them to preventable risk of suffering life-changing conditions. Working in an industry where health risks from silica and vibration are well-known but manageable the required actions were not taken, despite Thomas Bushby having received previous […]
Posted 9 years ago
Building contractor fined for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A building company firm has been fined for safety failings after an employee suffered permanent injury to his eye from lack of correct protection. Luton Magistrates’ Court heard how on 15 November 2013 an employee of Steele & Bray Limited, of Northampton, was injured when he was hit in the eye by a shard of […]
Posted 9 years ago
Worker’s fall from scaffold leads to life-changing injuries
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A scaffold firm was fined after a worker was seriously injured after falling nine metres. Bristol Magistrates’ Court heard how an employee of Bristol-based Tubular Access Scaffolds Limited was dismantling a scaffold structure when he fell, causing life-changing head injuries. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into the incident, which occurred on […]
Posted 9 years ago
Worker killed by falling power press
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Wrexham firm was fined after a worker was killed when a machine weighing an estimated half a tonne fell on him. Chester Crown Court heard Christopher Williams, a maintenance supervisor at Morgan Technical Ceramics Limited, was moving a power press that was stored in a shipping container in the yard behind the factory. He […]
Posted 9 years ago
Contractor in court for putting workers lives at risk with poor site safety
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Manchester building contractor has been fined after unsafe excavations at a care home site put workers and members of the public at risk. Brierstone Limited was issued with an immediate Prohibition Potice (PN) by an inspector from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) stopping work being carried out within five meters of the excavations. […]
Posted 9 years ago
Building firm fined after worker hit by mobile platform
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Construction company Base Build Services Limited has been prosecuted after a worker was injured by a boom type mobile elevated working platform (MEWP) when it fell from the forks of a tele-handler machine. The 31-year-old worker from Birmingham broke his leg and suffered facial injuries in the incident at Abbey Trading Centre, Alvechurch Highway, Redditch […]
Posted 9 years ago
Landlord fined after family suffer carbon monoxide poisoning
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A landlord has been fined after a family of five suffered carbon monoxide poisoning at their rented home. North Avon Magistrates’ Court heard that on 30 December 2014, the tenant returned home to Burley Grove, Mangotsfield, and turned on the heating. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuting told the court he casing for the […]
Posted 9 years ago
Chief Inspector challenges small construction sites to act now to manage workers health and safety
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE’s) Chief Inspector of Construction is challenging the refurbishment industry to act now and protect their workers, after 46 per cent of sites fell below standards during a recent inspection initiative. HSE targeted small refurbishment sites during the month long drive and 692 enforcement notices and 983 notifications of contravention […]
Posted 9 years ago
Gas fitter sentenced after exposing family to carbon monoxide
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A gas fitter has been sentenced to community payback after his incompetent installation of a new boiler system at a cottage near Montrose put the tenant’s lives in danger. David Stott’s substandard work on the boiler in the rented cottage exposed a visiting family and the tenant’s family to potentially lethal carbon monoxide. Forfar Sheriff […]
