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Posted 9 years ago
York scientist handed MBE in New Year Honours
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
York scientist Paul Hamey, who was awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours list, says the accolade is as much a thank you to talented and supportive colleagues as to him. Paul is Head of the Exposure Branch in the Health and Safety Executive’s Chemicals Regulation Directorate (CRD), and was awarded the honour for services […]
Posted 9 years ago
HSE Chair made a Dame in New Year’s Honours List
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Judith Hackitt CBE, the Chair of the Health and Safety Executive, has been made a Dame in the New Year’s Honours List for 2016. More good news for HSE is that Paul Hamey, a long-serving member of its Chemical Regulations Directorate, is awarded an MBE. Judith’s award recognises her services to health and safety and for […]
Posted 9 years ago
University fined after bomblet explosion seriously injures worker
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Cranfield University has been fined after a worker suffered potentially life-threatening injuries whilst dismantling a bomblet. Swindon Crown were told that, on 4 February 2011, three employees from the Explosives Research Section at the Defence Academy of Cranfield University were working to deactivate former military cluster bomblets, so they could be recovered for use in […]
Posted 9 years ago
Companies sentenced over death of scaffolder
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Two companies have been fined a total of £1.3million following the death of a scaffolder who was just weeks away from his wedding day. The court was told John Altoft, 29, from Scunthorpe was killed when he fell to his death after being struck by falling debris inside an industrial tower. John Altoft On 18 […]
Posted 9 years ago
Failure to plan on multi-storey refurbishment put over 100 lives at risk
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Company carrying out construction work to convert an eight storey former Ford office block into 384 flats has been prosecuted for safety failings that put many at risk. On the 26 May 2015, HSE was contacted by the Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) to inform them of concerns for men sleeping on […]
Posted 9 years ago
Companies sentenced over worker injury
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Two companies have been fined after a worker suffered serious head injuries when he fell during loading operations. Rehau Ltd, based in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd produce extruded plastic products including window frames and insulated pipe. Mold Magistrates Court heard that on 2 August 2013, Rehau’s haulage contractor Hughes Specialist Transport Ltd, was jointly engaged in […]
Posted 9 years ago
Worker injured from safety failings at concrete manufacturers
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company manufacturing precast concrete panels was fined after a worker was injured while loading freestanding concrete units onto a vehicle. Nottingham Magistrates’ Court heard how on 8th August 2014 a contractor working for Unbrako Precast Concrete Limited of Langar was loading freestanding concrete units onto his vehicle using a sideloader. He was unscrewing a […]
Posted 9 years ago
Total E&P UK Ltd received record fine following largest ever North Sea gas release
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Oil and gas production company Total E&P UK Ltd has been fined a record £1.125 million at the Sheriff Court in Aberdeen after it admitted failures that led to largest release of gas on record from the Elgin Offshore platform. On 25th March 2012, as rig workers were attempting a ‘well kill’, there was a […]
Posted 9 years ago
Two companies fined for safety failings after two separate incidents
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Tata Chemicals Europe Limited and Capper Industrial Contractors have been fined following safety failings on two separate occasions. Chester Crown Court heard how the first incident which occurred on the 30 May 2012, at Tata Chemicals Europe Limited (TCEL) plant in Lostock, when an employee of Cappers Industrial Contractors (CIC) was engulfed in hot caustic […]
Posted 9 years ago
Construction worker falls from height suffering serious injury
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A construction firm was fined after a worker was seriously injured after falling head first approximately two and a half metres. Taunton Magistrates’ Court heard how an employee of DGJW Construction Limited of Devon, was working at height on a construction site in Taunton. The employee was installing formwork panels when they gave way and […]
Posted 9 years ago
National Grid fined £2million over failings related to death of schoolboy
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
One of the UK’s biggest gas distributers was sentenced today after admitting safety failings in relation to the death of a young boy. On 24 April 2014, 11-year-old Robbie Williamson and two friends were crossing the Leeds and Liverpool Canal using a pipeline running on the outside of Dugdale Bridge at Lowerhouse Lane, Burnley. As […]
Posted 9 years ago
Leicestershire tradesman fined after employee lost fingers
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Richard John Pullinger, a sole trader that recycles cardboard in Polesworth, was fined after a 19-year-old employee suffered severe damage to his left hand when it was drawn into a roller press that had no guards on it. Nuneaton Magistrates Court heard that the employee, Wade Moore, who had only been working for Mr Pullinger […]
Posted 9 years ago
Worker injured after falling through rooflight
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A painting company has been fined after a worker fell through a roof light whilst working at height. Cwmbran Magistrates’ Court heard the employee working for Williams Contractors Limited of Pontypridd, carrying out painting work when he fell off a Youngman board and through the roof lights. He suffered a broken left wrist and injuries […]
Posted 9 years ago
Worker killed by falling from ladder during boiler inspection
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A sub-contractor was fined after a worker was killed when he fell from a ladder during an inspection of a boiler. Winchester Magistrates’ Court heard how third party contractor, David Wood, (62 at the time of the accident), of Hampshire was inspecting a boiler in the loft space of a private residence. The ladder had […]
Posted 9 years ago
Worker injured when he was crushed by metal folding machine
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company which manufactures office equipment has been fined after a trainee worker was injured when he was crushed by a metal folding machine. Newport Magistrates’ Court heard how an employee of F C Brown (Steel Equipment) Limited of Newport had entered the guarded area of a metal folding machine to fix a fault. Whilst […]
Posted 9 years ago
Companies sentenced in HSE inspector’s “most horrific case”
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Two North West companies have been fined following the death of two workers at a Merseyside woodchip factory. James Bibby, 25, and Thomas Elmer, 27, were both killed when carrying out maintenance work on a conveyor belt at the Sonae factory in Kirkby. Liverpool Crown Court heard today that on 7 December 2010 Mr Elmer, […]
Posted 9 years ago
Quarry Company Fined After Worker Injured Due to Unguarded Drilling Rig
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A quarry company has been fined after an employee lost two fingers after coming into contact with a drill fitted to a hydraulic excavator at a dimension stone quarry. The employee was directing the drilling operation while a colleague operated the controls in the excavator, when the employee’s glove became entangled around the rotating drill […]
Posted 9 years ago
Unlicensed company removes asbestos ceiling from Luton school
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A construction firm removed an asbestos ceiling in a school despite not being legally approved to do the work. Luton Magistrates’ Court heard that Clarks Construction Limited were contracted by the Board of Governors of Caddington Village School to refurbish changing rooms, toilets and associated areas at the school complex. The school had arranged for […]
Posted 9 years ago
Construction company Director fined after worker’s ladder fall
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The director of a construction company has been fined for safety failings after a worker fell from a ladder, resulting in life-changing injuries. Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court heard an employee of MP Jacobs fell from a ladder whilst replacing guttering on a two-storey block of residential flats at Totton Walk, Havant, on 29 October 2014. The […]
Posted 9 years ago
Unlicensed company removes asbestos ceiling from school
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A construction firm removed an asbestos ceiling in a school despite not being legally approved to do the work. Luton Magistrates’ Court heard that Clarks Construction Limited were contracted by the Board of Governors of Caddington Village School to refurbish changing rooms, toilets and associated areas at the school complex. The school had arranged for […]
