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Posted 8 years ago
Norfolk farming company fined after death of worker
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The grain storage facility A family owned Norfolk farming company has been fined after an employee died at its grain storage facility. Norwich Crown Court heard that on 9 July 2014, Arthur Mason, 21, took turns with a colleague to undertake cleaning work inside grain bins at Hall Farm, Fincham, near Kings Lynn, run by […]
Posted 8 years ago
Care home fined after boy drowned in disused quarry
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Kettering based care home company has been fined after a 16-year-old boy drowned at a disused quarry on a day trip. The Old Bailey heard how two 16-year-old boys who were residents at Castle Lodge Home near Ely, Cambridgeshire, were taken on a day trip to Bawsey Country Park near Kings Lynn, Norfolk. The […]
Posted 8 years ago
Paper recycling company fined after worker’s death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Recycle Paper UK Ltd has been fined after a worker was thrown from a fork lift truck and died as a result of the injuries he sustained. Wolverhampton Magistrates’ Court heard that at on 4 January 2013, Mr Mohammed Yasin was using the fork lift truck to carry a load weighing about 980kg when it […]
Posted 8 years ago
£600,000 fine for Council contractor after major burns to employer
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The underground cabling at the scene of the incident Gloucester Crown Court heard the 61-year-old man was working at the site on Eastgate Street on 29 May 2015. While trying to replace the traffic light pole he came into contact with a live underground cable which immediately gave him the electric shock and set him […]
Posted 8 years ago
Company fined after worker’s foot was exposed to machinery
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company that produces and supplies wood shavings for use as horse bedding has been fined after a worker suffered a serious foot injury at its site in Andover, Hampshire. Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court heard that Bedmax Limited failed to protect its employee from dangerous parts of machinery. On 26 October 2015 Philip Eyers was operating […]
Posted 8 years ago
Construction company fined after worker fell from height
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Construction firm Structural Metal Decks Limited (SMDL) has been fined after a worker was left paralysed following an accident at a building site in Kilsyth. The worker suffered injuries to his spinal cord and is now paralysed from the neck down following the incident. Airdrie Sheriff Court heard how Structural Metal Decks Ltd had been […]
Posted 8 years ago
Sentence after worker seriously injured after fall
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Kent based haulage company has been sentenced after an employee fell four and a half metres through a fragile sky light onto a concrete floor while cleaning a roof. Southwark Crown Court heard that a 29-year-old HGV driver employed by Erith Haulage Company Limited sustained significant injuries when he fell at the company’s premises […]
Posted 8 years ago
£300k fine for concrete firm after employee has leg amputated
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A producer of concrete blocks has been fined £300,000 after an employee had to have a leg amputated. Newcastle-under-Lyme Magistrates’ Court heard the 42-year-old man was working near a trailer on 30 June 2015, as large concrete blocks were being unloaded onto the outside yard area of Buchan Concrete Solutions Ltd’s Drakelow site in Burton-on-Trent. […]
Posted 8 years ago
Director and Company fined for lift shaft death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Two London-based companies have been fined for safety failings after one man died and another was left seriously injured falling six storeys through a lift shaft. Southwark Crown Court heard how work was being carried out to decommission a lift shaft in a building that was being converted into luxury apartments, when the chain supporting […]
Posted 8 years ago
Company and self employed contractor sentenced for lift shaft death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company and a self employed contractor have been fined for safety failings after one man died and another was left seriously injured falling six storeys through a lift shaft. Southwark Crown Court heard how work was being carried out to decommission a lift shaft in a building that was being converted into luxury apartments, when […]
Posted 8 years ago
Sole trader receives suspended sentenced after scaffold collapse
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Wigan scaffolder has been sentenced after scaffolding collapsed at a retail site in Loggerheads. North Staffordshire Justice Centre heard Mr Kinsley had been subcontracted to erect a scaffold, with debris netting attached along its full length, for roofing work on a Co-Op retail store. Mr Kinsley erected the scaffold with two of his employees, […]
Posted 8 years ago
HSE issues MOD with Crown Censure over driver death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been issued with a Crown Censure by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an agency driver, working for the MoD, was fatally injured by a reversing vehicle. Mr Graham Wood, 55, of Bicester, Oxfordshire, was crushed between a reversing lorry and a stationary vehicle on the evening of […]
Posted 8 years ago
Contractor fined for poor asbestos assessment
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Bedfordshire based contractor has been fined after failing to carry out suitable assessment of asbestos removal work. Luton Magistrates Court heard how Anthony West was contracted to complete demolition work at a building in Biggleswade. West then had a pre-demolition asbestos survey carried out for the building. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) had […]
Posted 8 years ago
Balfour Beatty fined for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A construction company has been fined after flooring at a house-building development gave way, injuring a worker. Newcastle Crown Court heard how a worker was on the first floor of a new build domestic property when the floor gave way at one side. The worker and approximately 70 building blocks slid 2.4 metres, vertically, to […]
Posted 8 years ago
Teenage apprentice loses finger while on work experience
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A construction company has admitted to failing to properly train and supervise work on a dangerous machine after a teenage boy on work experience had a finger amputated while working unsupervised on a log splitter. Ed Rogers Landscape Construction and Maintenance Ltd of Jericho Street, Thorverton, pleaded guilty at Exeter Magistrates Court to the offence […]
Posted 8 years ago
Animal feed manufacturer in court over worker injury
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An animal feeds producer has been fined after a mill cleaner suffered a serious hand injury. Norwich Magistrates’ Court heard the 64-year-old worker was vacuuming a mill which produces animal feeds at the company’s Saxlingham Thorpe Mill site on 7 April 2016. When working inside the narrow gantry, he rested his right hand onto the […]
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Boat builders fined after worker suffers burns
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Norfolk Broads based boat building company has been fined after a worker suffered serious burns. Norwich Magistrates’ Court heard how an electrician was working in the hull of the boat whilst operating a battery powered drill on 26 June 2015. The drill was later found to have ignited fumes from ‘Propeel’, a highly flammable […]
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Sentence after historic home butler fatally crushed in lift incident
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The operators of one of Britain’s most iconic stately homes have been sentenced after a domestic servant was crushed to death by a lift. Arthur Mellar, 48, a butler at Burghley House in Stamford was killed on 12th July 2014 when a luggage lift descended on him while he was trying to free an item […]
Posted 8 years ago
Oldham building contractor in court over fall from height risk
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An Oldham based building firm has been fined for exposing its workers to dangerous work at height. An Inspector from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) issued an immediate Prohibition Notice ordering Select Quality Homes Ltd to stop work at a site at Newmarket Road, Ashton under Lyne until workers had protection against falling from […]
Posted 8 years ago
Care worker imprisoned after the death of service user
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Nikki Deaney, a former care worker at Springwood Day Centre, has been sentenced after the death of service user Majid Akhtar. Nottingham Crown Court heard how a group of service users from the day centre, including Majid, had been on a trip to Kings Mill Reservoir. Ms Deaney, who at the time was supposed to […]
