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Posted 9 years ago
Company director fined for failing to comply with enforcement notices
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The managing director of a Hertfordshire company specialising in recycling of wood waste has been prosecuted for safety failings. Stevenage Magistrates’ Court heard how Janbor Limited was served with three Improvement Notices in October last year relating to work activity at its plant, but failed to comply with them. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) […]
Posted 9 years ago
Woodworking firm fined over safety breach
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A woodworking firm was fined for safety breaches after stacks of boards fell onto two employees and injured both of them. Leeds Magistrates’ Court heard that, in August 2012, a fork-lift truck was working closely with two pedestrians during a lifting operation. It hit a stack of boards which knocked into one worker, who then […]
Posted 9 years ago
HSE to prosecute Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
HSE has charged Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust following a thorough and comprehensive investigation into the circumstances of four deaths of patients under its care. Wayne Owen, HSE Principal Inspector in the West Midlands, said: “We have concluded our investigation into the death of four patients at Stafford Hospital and have decided there is sufficient […]
Posted 9 years ago
Manufacturing company fined for safety breaches
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company which makes body parts for lorries has been fined for safety failings after an employee was injured when unsecured panels fell on to him during lifting operations. The incident which led to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court happened in July 2014, at Mayfield Avenue Industrial Estate, Weyhill, Andover. The […]
Posted 9 years ago
Midland fabrication firm fined over worker injury
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Midlands firm has been sentenced after a worker suffered serious injury when he became entangled in a length of galvanised pipe being turned in a machine. Stafford Magistrates’ Court heard Craig Horton, 26, of Stone, was working for ASLR Fabrication Services Ltd in his home town on 12 September 2014. Mr Horton was carrying […]
Posted 9 years ago
Landlord fined over gas safety breach
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A landlord has been fined after a defective gas appliance was found to be in operation at his premises. Ashby Bedeau rented out a property in Rutland Road, Bedford. In February this year his tenants felt unwell and contacted the gas helpline. An engineer arrived and stopped the property’s gas supply as carbon monoxide was […]
Posted 9 years ago
Staffordshire construction firm fined after agency worker fall
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A construction company has been fined after an agency worker suffered life threatening chest injuries when he fell three and a half metres through a gap in a new floor. Kevin Quinn, 50, from Bognor Regis fractured his collarbone and ribs and suffered a collapsed lung in the fall, at Swanwick Marina, Hampshire on 3 […]
Posted 9 years ago
Logistics company fined after man injured at work
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A logistics company was fined £20,000 after a worker was hit by a fork-lift truck in a busy yard and suffered head injuries. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated and prosecuted UCH Logistics Limited over its failure to segregate vehicles and people in a yard where the danger of such an incident happening was […]
Posted 9 years ago
Recycling firm fined £200,000 after employee struck by vehicle
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A national recycling firm was fined after an employee was struck by a 7.5 tonne telehandler. Preston Crown Court heard Sita UK Limited failed to provide adequate segregation between pedestrians and moving vehicles at a waste transfer station in Darwen, Lancashire. As an employee walked across an outside plastics hand sorting area, he passed behind […]
Posted 9 years ago
Sentence after man dies in industrial blender
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A pellet manufacturing company based in Mansfield has been fined after an employee was killed when he was pulled into an industrial blender. 51-year-old George Major, a father of one from Mansfield was clearing material from the blender at Rettenmaier UK Manufacturing Limited, a pellet manufacturer based in Mansfield, when it unexpectedly started up. The subsequent […]
Posted 9 years ago
Worker injures hand in unguarded machinery
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A supplier of dried fruit, nuts and seeds was fined after a worker was injured in a machinery incident. Northampton Magistrates’ Court heard how on 24 October 2014 the worker was attempting to clear a blockage in a machine. She was able to remove a flexible hose attached to a short length of outlet pipe. […]
Posted 9 years ago
Worker injures hand on unguarded machinery
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A national company specialising in products and services to rural communities was fined after a worker was injured in a woodworking machinery incident. Salisbury Magistrates’ Court heard how on 3 September 2014, a worker’s hand came into contact with the blade of a rotating circular saw, at the Amesbury premises of Countrywide Farmers PLC (CWF).The […]
Posted 9 years ago
Sentence after worker injured on unguarded machinery
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A national company specialising in products and services to rural communities was fined after a worker was injured in a woodworking machinery incident. Salisbury Magistrates’ Court heard how on 3 September 2014, a worker’s hand came into contact with the blade of a rotating circular saw, at the Amesbury premises of Countrywide Farmers PLC (CWF).The […]
Posted 9 years ago
Agency worker suffers injuries from unguarded machinery
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A furniture manufacturer was fined after a worker suffered injuries to his hand while cleaning an unguarded machine. Derby Crown Court heard how on 9th May 2014, the worker on only his fourth day at work for the company, was cleaning wood dust inside a board-edge processing machine when his right hand came into contact […]
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LPG supplier fined following tanker gas leak
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An LPG supplier was fined after a large leakage from a tanker caused the emergency services to evacuate 15 people from nearby houses. Swansea Magistrates’ Court heard how on 28 October 2012, a LPG tanker vehicle was offloading propane LPG into a number of smaller LPG vessels. During the offloading, the tanker driver heard a […]
Posted 9 years ago
Saw mill fined after employee suffers severe hand injuries
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A saw mill in Kettering was fined after an employee suffered a serious injury to his left hand. Unguarded blade on machinery The agency worker, was working at Brigstock saw mill on 14 August 2014 when his hand was drawn into the rotating blade of an inadequately guarded large band saw. Northampton Magistrates’ Court heard on Tuesday […]
Posted 9 years ago
Contractor’s neglect of safety leads to £16,000 in fines
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A specialist piling contractor has been fined after it was found to be operating a powerful rig without a safety guard around the rotating auger. The piling rig that did not have a guard Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court heard how Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector Melvyn Stancliffe made an inspection of a site in Maidstone, Kent, […]
Posted 9 years ago
Manufacturing firm fined after worker was injured in machinery
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company that manufactures heat recovery units has been fined for safety failings after an employee suffered an injury to his left hand. Dudley Magistrates’ Court heard how on 10 March 2015, a 36-year-old employee of AirDesign (UK) Limited, Dudley, was operating an unguarded notching machine when his finger became entangled in the machinery causing […]
Posted 9 years ago
Steel frame company fined for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company that erects steel frames has been fined for safety failings while cladding a steel framed building. Safety failings whilst working on a fragile roof Swindon Magistrates’ Court heard how on 15 May 2015, Industrial Steel Frames Limited, of Derby was inspected by a Health and Safety Inspector who found that the company was […]
Posted 9 years ago
Hydraulic company sentenced after employee loses sight in one eye
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Clitheroe hydraulic cylinder manufacturer has been fined for serious safety breaches after an employee was badly injured when he was struck in the face during a test procedure. Lodematic Components Ltd was prosecuted on Friday 2 October 2015 by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) following an incident at Numbers 1,2 and 3 Works, Primrose […]
