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Posted 9 years ago
Motor Manufacturer Fined over Asbestos Contamination
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A motor manufacturer has been fined after discovery of asbestos boarding panels contaminated a site. General Motors UK Ltd was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after work being undertaken at its North Road, Ellesmere Port site in 2014 exposed contractors to risks associated with asbestos. An investigation by the HSE found that […]
Posted 9 years ago
Worker dies at Portsmouth ship scrapping yard
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A ship building and repair company, Diverse Ventures,has been fined following the death of a worker who was hit by a mooring rope. Hove Crown Court heard that 50-year-old Paul Hudghton died after being hit by a rope being used to pull the jib of a small Tori crane back into position at Tipner Wharf, Portsmouth. […]
Posted 9 years ago
Worker dies at Portsmouth ship yard
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Portsmouth firm supplying crane mounted barges has been fined following the death of a worker who was hit by a mooring rope. Hove Crown Court heard that 50-year-old Paul Hudghton died after being hit by a rope being used to pull the jib of a small Tori crane back into position at Tipner Wharf, Portsmouth. He […]
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London borough council fined for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A London borough council has been fined after a road worker suffered serious injury whilst cutting trees. Southwark Crown Court heard how an employee of London Borough of Havering sustained a serious cut injury just above his left knee after a Sthil cut-off saw he was using was fitted with an inappropriate blade and used […]
Posted 9 years ago
Annual workplace fatality statistics published
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Provisional annual data for work-related fatal accidents in Great Britain’s workplaces has been released today. The long term trend has seen the rate of fatalities more than halve over the last 20 years. However, provisional figures indicate that 144 people were killed while at work in 2015/2016 – up from 142 in 2014/5. The Health […]
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Worker injured in unguarded machinery
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Monmouthshire based company has been fined after a worker suffered injury in machinery. Newport Magistrates’ Court heard how an employee of Reid Lifting Limited was using an unguarded milling machine to manufacture an aluminium component. As he tried to brush some debris away, the index finger of his gloved left hand snagged in the […]
Posted 9 years ago
Worker injured when entangled in machinery
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An engineering company based in Sheffield has been fined after a worker became entangled in machinery. Sheffield Magistrates’ Court heard how an employee of Special Machined Products Limited (SMPL) became entangled with a rotating metal bar being used to prevent materials being ejected from the lathe he was operating. The employee’s jumper became entangled with […]
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Timber company fined for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Timber company based in Somerset has been sentenced for safety failings relating to a construction project. Oxford Magistrates’ Court heard how The Timber Frame Company (TFC) was contracted to work at Tracey Farm, a country retreat. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) served a Prohibition Notice on the company prohibiting work at height approximately […]
Posted 9 years ago
Timber company fined for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Timber company based in Somerset has been sentenced for safety failings relating to a construction project. Oxford Magistrates’ Court heard how The Timber Frame Company (TFC) was contracted to work at Tracey Farm, a country retreat. Concerns were raised about unsafe work across the site and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) served a […]
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Torbay plumber and company who contracted him prosecuted after illegal and dangerous gaswork
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An illegal gas fitter and the company that hired him have both been prosecuted after work was left in a dangerous condition at a home in Torquay. 1st Maintenance Ltd Director, Marc Robertson contracted Mark Baker, an unregistered plumber, to fit a gas boiler at a property on Coker Avenue, Torquay, where his company was […]
Posted 9 years ago
Healthcare company fined after death of elderly resident
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A care home company based in Middlesex has been fined after an elderly resident of a Surrey home died from scalding injuries. Guildford Crown Court heard how the 89-year-old was receiving personal care from two employees of European Healthcare Group Plc at Old Wall Cottage Nursing Home. She received significant scalding injuries, and subsequently died […]
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North Devon engineer undertook false gas safety checks
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A gas engineer undertook gaswork despite his registration with Gas Safe Register (GSR) lapsing and produced false documents claiming the work had been completed by a member of Gas Safe Register. Peter Strudwick, 58, appeared at Barnstaple Magistrates’ Court after undertaking servicing of commercial catering gas appliances at a mobile catering van in February 2015 […]
Posted 9 years ago
Worker crushed by metal box frame
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An engineering company has been fined after an employee suffered serious crush injuries when metal frames fell on him. Maidstone Crown Court heard how K&G Maintenance Services Limited was constructing four metal box frames. During the full welding of these frames, one of them fell from the lift which had been set up to allow […]
Posted 9 years ago
Worker killed after fall through roof
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Two companies based in Northamptonshire have been fined after a worker died following a fall through a roof. Northampton Crown Court heard how an employee of A-Lift Crane Hire Limited, who had been hired by Premier Roofing Systems Limited to provide them with a crane to lift roofing sheets onto a factory roof at Virani […]
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Cargo handling company fined for safety failings after worker injured
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A cargo handling company based in Aberdeen has been fined after a worker suffered serious injury. Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard that North East Stevedoring Company Limited (NESC), a cargo handling company was working at Clipper Quay, Aberdeen Harbour. On the morning of 13 June 2013, stows (containers) holding loose pipes were being transported by a […]
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Company fined £90,000 for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A coach company in Wrexham has been fined £90,000 after it repeatedly failed to comply with legal notices to get its lifting equipment examined. Wrexham Magistrates’ Court heard that, between 4 April 2014 and 28 August 2015, GHA Coaches Limited failed to have its lifting equipment thoroughly examined within the required timescales to ensure that […]
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Horticultural Firm Fined over Multiple Safety Failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
William Sinclair Horticulture Limited, has been fined over two separate incidents that occurred at their Ellesmere Port and Lincoln sites. The incident at Ellesmere Port resulted in serious injuries to a worker as he fell from an unsecured ladder. On the 8 January 2015, Darren Taylor, aged 40, was assisting in a deep clean of […]
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Fish processing firm fined after man killed by falling boxes
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Plymouth company has been fined £500,000 after an employee suffered fatal injuries when a stack of boxes of frozen fish fell on him. Tomas Suchy, 22, an employee of Interfish Limited, was helping to clear up a fallen stack of frozen fish boxes in one of the cold store areas when there was another […]
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Suspended prison sentence for unregistered gas worker
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A man who fitted central heating boilers at two houses in Greater Manchester has received a suspended prison sentence, after he admitted he did not have the required safety registration to do the work. Christopher Dignam, trading at Blue Flame Plumbing and Heating Services, has never been on the Gas Safe Register, the body which […]
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Wear helmets on quad bikes, pleads farm safety chief
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An agriculture safety chief has urged farmers not to ignore simple life-saving advice to wear helmets when riding quad bikes. Rick Brunt’s call comes after details of an horrific incident, when a teenager suffered a serious head wound, emerged in court proceedings. The farm worker, aged 17, from Shap, Cumbria, was trapped underneath an overturned […]
