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Posted 9 years ago
Employee crushed under van during inspection
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A contract gardening company has been fined for safety failings that led to a worker sustaining serious crush injuries to his chest. Derby Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 19 June 2014, an employee of A Hydes Limited was seriously injury when a van slipped off a trolley jack and fell onto an employee whilst he […]
Posted 9 years ago
Steel worker left scarred for life
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
International steel giant Tata has been fined £180,000 after pleading guilty to safety breaches after an employee narrowly escaped death when he was showered in scalding molten metal in a massive explosion at its Rotherham plant. The furnace where the worker was injured The 49-year-old furnace operative, who has asked not to be named, suffered […]
Posted 9 years ago
Illegal gas fitter fined
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A self-employed Middleton man was fined for carrying out gas work while not being registered with Gas Safe Register. Paul Gregory of Hollin Lane, Middleton, Manchester installed a boiler at a property in Trent Road, Shaw, Oldham between 8 July and 19 August 2014. Manchester Crown Court, (Minshull Street) heard on 22 September 2015 that […]
Posted 9 years ago
Worker badly burned after digging into electricity cable
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A man sustained serious, life-changing injuries after striking a 415v electricity cable during work to refurbish a pharmacy in central London. The labourer struck the underground cable while digging a trench during work to lay a new sewage pipe. After suffering burns to his body and throat, the 41-year-old man is unable to work and […]
Posted 9 years ago
Ladder fall leads to court for Nottingham sub-contractor
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Nottingham sub-contractor has been prosecuted after a worker was injured when he fell from an unsafe ladder. Lincoln Crown Court heard Charanjit Singh had been employed by Hardev Gutheran Singh to carry out refurbishment work at a site in Ark Road, North Somercotes, Louth. On 11 May 2013, Charanjit Singh, 57, was painting metal […]
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Carpenter in court after trainee’s fingers were severed
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The owner of a Bedfordshire joinery and carpentry business pleaded guilty to failing to report an accident, where a person had two fingers amputated, which had occurred at his workshop. Alex Defeo, a woodworking trainee, was employed at Fabs Designs’ workshop in Bedford, Bedfordshire, when the incident occurred on 4 December 2012. On Wednesday 4 […]
Posted 9 years ago
Plumber left gas boiler in dangerous state
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A self-employed plumber left a boiler with numerous faults and in a dangerous state at a customer’s home at Hillyfield Road, Exeter. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated the incident and prosecuted Mr Dunn at a hearing before Exeter Magistrates on 4 November 2015. The court was told that Michael Dunn of Luscombe Crescent, […]
Posted 9 years ago
Forklift collision injures worker
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An Essex haulage firm has been fined after an employee was struck by a forklift truck (FLT) driven by an untrained operative. Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard that on 29 November 2013, an employee was working at Unico Services UK’s warehouse in Rayleigh. While he was standing taking parcels from a cage, he was struck by […]
Posted 9 years ago
Roofing firm fined after workers are exposed to lead
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Gloucestershire roofing company pleaded guilty to health and safety failings after workers were put at risk of significant levels of exposure to lead. On Wednesday 4 November 2015, Worcester Magistrates’ Court was told that during a routine HSE inspection, the company was observed carrying out replacement lead work on a roof in Worcester. The […]
Posted 9 years ago
Farm owners sentenced after injury to worker
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The proprietors of a Northumberland farm were fined after an employee suffered leg injuries after a concrete panel fell on him. Mid and South East Northumberland Magistrates’ Court heard that on 04 August 2014, the farm worker and another employee were using a telehandler with a fork attachment to build cattle troughs using reinforced concrete […]
Posted 9 years ago
Food firm fined after worker’s injury
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A food manufacturing firm has been sentenced after an employee had two fingers severed in a workplace incident. On Monday 2 November 2015, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), prosecuting, told Boston Magistrates’ Court the worker’s fingers were severed when his hand came into contact with the paddles of a mixing machine, while he was […]
Posted 9 years ago
River Brain scaffold collapse lands three in Court
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Three companies working on construction of residential apartments have been sentenced after workers narrowly escaped injury when a huge scaffold collapsed in the River Brain. The work was being undertaken at the Former Riverside Centre, in Braintree when on 1 July 2014 the scaffold, which was forty metres in length and five lifts high, collapsed […]
Posted 9 years ago
Skip company and director fined after worker killed in excavator fall
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
West Sussex waste management firm South Coast Skips Ltd and its owner have been prosecuted after one worker died and another was left seriously injured when they fell from the bucket of an excavator. Lindsay Campbell, a 66-year-old father of ten from Waterlooville in Hampshire, was killed when the bucket of an excavator he was […]
Posted 9 years ago
Plastics Company fined after worker’s injury
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A plastics company who engineer nylon products has been sentenced after an employee had his finger amputated as a result of an incident with a circular saw. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), prosecuting, told Oldbury Magistrates’ Court the worker’s hand slipped into a moving circular saw causing damage to his knuckle resulting in amputation […]
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Building firm in court for ignoring regulator
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A building contractor has been sentenced after ignoring enforcement notices from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Sandwell Magistrates’ Court heard that HSE attended for a routine inspection at the former Timbertree Primary School in Graingers Lane, Cradley Heath, on 14 January 2015 and found issues with scaffold and other work at height practices and […]
Posted 9 years ago
Firms sentenced after construction death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Two associate companies have been fined after the death of a worker in London, killed when concrete joists fell on him. Electrician John Walker, who worked for 777 Environmental Limited, met his death while working on a demolition site on Walworth Road, Elephant and Castle, where the Strata Building now sits. He was working on […]
Posted 9 years ago
Logistics company fined after driver struck by falling pallet
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A logistics company firm has been fined for safety failings after a driver was injured when he was hit by a pallet that fell from a fork lift truck. Basildon Crown Court heard how on 19 December 2014, Darren Andrews, a 49-year-old employee of a transport services firm was making a delivery to CWT Commodities […]
Posted 9 years ago
Food firm fined after worker’s injury
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A food manufacturing firm has been sentenced after an employee had two fingers severed in a workplace incident. On Monday 2 November 2015, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), prosecuting, told Boston Magistrates’ Court the worker’s fingers were severed when his hand came into contact with the paddles of a mixing machine, while he was […]
Posted 9 years ago
Roofer sentenced after safety breaches
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The owner of a specialist roofing company has been sentenced after admitting dangerous working practices. Richard Lavers, 48, who owns RFL Metal Roofing, was on site and supervising two employees while they were installing zinc sheets to a roof on a property in Stevenage, Herts. On Friday 30 October 2015, Stevenage Magistrates’ Court was told […]
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Firm sentenced after worker dies after inhaling paint stripper
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An employer has been fined after a worker died after inhaling fumes while cleaning a chemical stripping paint tank at a motor vehicle repair company. Dundee Sheriff Court heard how on 18 August 2011, Steven Conway, 33, from Dundee, was employed by Diamond Wheels (Dundee) Limited to undertake general duties at its Dryburgh Industrial Estate, […]
