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Posted 8 years ago
School fined for safety failings at summer camp
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A School in Canterbury, has been fined for safety failings at a summer activity camp. Canterbury Crown Court heard a seven year old boy was at a summer activity camp run by St Edmunds School. Whilst taking part in a scheduled swim he got into difficulties and struggled for over three minutes before becoming motionless […]
Posted 8 years ago
Edinburgh charitable company sentenced over injury to service user
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A limited company providing housing support services for vulnerable adults and children has been sentenced after a service user was burnt at one of its properties. The Action Group, has a variety of residential properties that it operates or leases. One of those properties is at Greenbank Grove, in the Morningside area of Edinburgh. Edinburgh […]
Posted 8 years ago
Refinery firm fined £400,000 after gangway fall
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Valero Energy UK Limited has been fined £400, 000 following a serious accident at its Pembroke Refinery. Judge Peter Heywood sitting at Swansea Crown Court heard the Berth 6 access tower walkway that provided gangway access to a stationary tanker vessel on 5 March 2012 had dropped 3.5 metres, causing operator David Thomas to be trapped by […]
Posted 8 years ago
Bakery company fined for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A bakery company based in Hertfordshire has been fined for safety failings. Stevenage Magistrates’ Court heard how Arnaouti Pitta Bread Bakery Ltd was inspected in April 2015 by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and four Improvement notices were issued. HSE found the electrical network was not operated or maintained in a safe condition, guarding […]
Posted 8 years ago
Manufacturing firm fined after worker’s arm injured in roller
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Wirral based company has been fined £170,000 after a worker’s arm was injured in machinery. Warwick Crown Court heard how an installation engineer of Sovex Limited suffered a broken arm when it was pulled into machinery at the UK Mail site in Coventry, where he was commissioning a new conveyor belt system. An investigation by the […]
Posted 8 years ago
Suspended Sentences and compensation Order for Non Gas Safe Self-employed Gas Engineer
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Peter Read, Stubbington Avenue, North End, Portsmouth, has received two suspended prison sentences, for not being Gas Safe Registered and for making out he was Gas Safe Registered when he was not. Mr Read’s offences came to light when his work was checked by a registered Gas Safe engineer who found his work immediately dangerous […]
Posted 8 years ago
Construction firm in court after worker fractures spine in roof fall
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Construction firm Montway Ltd has been fined £144,000 after a worker was seriously injured when he fell off a roof during demolition work. Southwark Crown Court heard that on 25 February 2013 two workers were working on the roof of a two storey detached house at 17 Basing Hill, Golders Green in London. Romanian labourer Mr. […]
Posted 8 years ago
Engineering firm fined after worker suffers severe leg injuries
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company based in Milton Keynes has been fined for safety failings after a worker suffered serious injuries to his leg. Aylesbury Crown Court heard how workers at GEA Mechanical Engineering Limited (GEA) were attempting to lift a 900kg decanter scroll back into its mobile trailer, following a service in the workshop. Struggling to manoeuver […]
Posted 8 years ago
Textile factory owner fined for insurance failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The owner of a textiles firm has been prosecuted after failing to demonstrate that up-to-date insurance was in place. Merthyr Magistrates’ Court heard that William Cuthbert trading as BC Shirts, failed to provide evidence of Employer’s Liability Compulsory Insurance (ELCI) to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) over a period of six months. William Cuthbert, […]
Posted 8 years ago
Engineering Company in court over fork lift incident
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An engineering company in Knowsley has been fined after an employee was badly injured when he was struck by a metal structure during a lifting process. The 46 year old worker from Skelmersdale sustained serious flesh wounds and a fractured arm in the incident on the 30th June 2014. Knowsley Engineering Services Ltd was prosecuted today by the […]
Posted 8 years ago
Conservatory roof manufacturer fined after workers fall
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A conservatory roof manufacturer and installer has appeared in court after a worker suffered serious injuries in a fall from a conservatory roof. The 59 year old worker from Bolton suffered a fractured skull which resulted in a bleed on his brain and a shattered eye socket in the incident which occurred at a property […]
Posted 8 years ago
Company director jailed following workers death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company director has been jailed for 12-months following the death of one of his workers. Father-of-three Paul Williamson, who was 51 years old, died on 29 January 2014 when a remote controlled Mobile Elevated Working Platform (MEWP) he was loading on to a truck fell from the ramps and crushed him. Manchester Crown Court […]
Posted 8 years ago
Gas engineer fined for unsafe installation
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Gas Safe registered engineer from Middlesex has been fined for safety failings after he carried out an unsafe installation. In a one day trial at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court it was heard how Michael Efthymiou, a self- employed gas engineer, carried out an unsafe installation of a gas combination boiler and flue at a domestic property in […]
Posted 8 years ago
Roofing firms fined after worker fell to his death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Two roofing companies and one of their directors have been fined after a worker fell to his death through a skylight. Cardiff Crown Court heard how 46 year old Lance Davies, a father of seven, died after falling over seven metres through a roof light at industrial premises in the Crumlin area of South Wales. […]
Posted 8 years ago
Farm prosecuted following death of young worker
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A farm in Nottinghamshire has been fined following the death of a young worker, when he became trapped between two vehicles. The 23 year-old from Lincolnshire sustained fatal injuries during the incident at Park Farm, Gainsborough on 7 April 2013. Lincoln Crown Court heard how the young worker was alone at the farm at the […]
Posted 8 years ago
Distillery blaze left 21-year-old worker engulfed in flames
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A distillery in Oldbury has been fined after an employee was engulfed in flames in a fire that destroyed the warehouse and its contents. Wolverhampton Crown Court heard how ethyl acetate (highly flammable liquid) was being transferred from a bulk storage tank into an intermediate bulk container when an employee was engulfed in flames. The […]
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Bulgarian firm fined for poor work at height
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Bulgarian construction firm has been fined after a member of the public reported unsafe working practices during the construction of an adventure course in Markeaton Park, Derby. Walltopia fined Derby Magistrates’ Court heard how a passing member of the public noticed work at height being carried out from a pallet on the forks of […]
Posted 8 years ago
Construction firm sentenced after worker falls down a lift pit
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Cardiff-based construction company, Jehu Project Services Ltd, has been sentenced after a worker was seriously injured falling down a lift pit. Fall from height The incident happened on 8 July 2015 at a construction site in Pontcanna, Cardiff. Stephen Harrison, a specialist drilling contractor, was employed by Jehu to help refurbish a 73-bed care home […]
Posted 8 years ago
Man sentenced for pretending to be Gas Safe Registered
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A 35-year-old self-employed worker from Edmonton has been given two suspended jail terms for falsely pretending to be Gas Safe Registered. At the Old Bailey the court heard how Winters signed Gas Safe certificates for a number of properties. This was only discovered after a gas leak was reported by National Grid at a rented property. Brian Winters of Byron Court, Cheshunt was found guilty […]
Posted 8 years ago
Worker suffers serious burns after clothing catches fire
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A foundry based in Batley has been fined after a worker suffered serious burns when his clothing caught fire. Bradford Crown Court heard how an employee of Batley Foundry Limited was undertaking work involving the use of isopropanol and a paint-like solution. The bucket containing the solution caught fire which then set light to his clothes, causing […]
