Prosecutions
25/01/2012
Leicester man given prison sentence after worker is killed in fall
A Leicester man has been given a suspended prison sentence after a worker was killed when he fell through a roof at a disused factory unit in Leicester.
25/01/2012
Businessman fined £112,000 after labourer dies from fall
A Liverpool businessman has been fined £112,000 after a labourer died following a fall from the roof of an industrial unit, just months after another worker was injured in a fall at the same site.
11/01/2012
Belfast restaurant fined for failing food hygiene inspection
The owner of a Belfast restaurant has been fined a total of £2,800 for food safety offences.
11/01/2012
Chocolate manufacturer fined after worker breaks finger in machine
A high street chocolate chain has been fined after a worker broke her finger while operating a wrapping machine.
11/01/2012
Company fined after forklift driver is crushed by falling unit
A Lichfield logistics firm has been fined after a forklift driver broke his neck when a computer cabinet he was loading onto a trailer fell on him.
11/01/2012
Landlord fined after failing to carry out gas checks
A landlord has been fined after he failed to make sure gas safety checks were carried out at a house in Blackburn, putting a family of eight at risk.
04/01/2012
Construction firm prosecuted after worker suffers electric shock
A worker could have been killed when he cut into a live electricity cable on a building site near Wigan, a court has heard.
07/12/2011
Director prosecuted after worker suffers serious injuries on construction site
A Pembroke Dock construction company and its director have been prosecuted after a labourer suffered serious injuries on a construction site.
07/12/2011
County council prosecuted after contractor loses fingers in machinery
Warwickshire County Council has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive after a self-employed heating contractor lost most of two fingers in poorly guarded machinery.
06/12/2011
Plumber sentenced to community service after illegally performing gas work
An Ipswich plumber who put lives at risk by illegally working on gas appliances has been awarded 100 hours of community service.
05/12/2011
Two companies fined over £60,000 after worker falls to his death from cherry picker
Two construction companies have been fined a total of £60,000 following the death of a worker who fell from a cherry picker on a dual carriageway in Liverpool.
05/12/2011
Company prosecuted after worker dragged into conveyor belt by arm
A Cheshire factory worker could have lost his arm when it was dragged into an industrial conveyor belt, a court has heard.
30/11/2011
Fine of £26,000 after employee falls from height
A waste collection firm has appeared in court after poor safety measures led to a worker falling from the top of a truck in Blackburn.
30/11/2011
Construction firm fined £20,000 after child injured in construction site
A housebuilder has been fined £20,000 after a young boy was seriously injured when some timber roof trusses fell onto him.
28/11/2011
Company owner fined £10,000 after employee falls from ladder
The owner of a Blackpool double-glazing firm has appeared in court after one of his employees was seriously injured in a fall from a ladder.
28/11/2011
Firm prosecuted after employee crushed to death, fine reaches over £40,000
A Pontllanfraith company has been prosecuted after the fatal crushing of an employee under heavy machinery at its site.
28/11/2011
Bakery prosecuted after young worker injures hand in machinery
A baker from Hampshire has been fined after a teenage worker had his fingers crushed in a machine at a bakery near Ringwood.
28/11/2011
Logistics firm prosecuted after worker is crushed between vehicle and building
A Dartford firm has been fined after an employee was seriously injured when he was crushed by a reversing lorry at a logistics depot in Grays, Essex.
28/11/2011
Engineering firm fined over £10,000 after employee loses three fingers
A Rochdale engineering firm has been prosecuted after a 21-year-old employee had three fingers cut off by an industrial saw at its factory.
23/11/2011
Yorkshire firm prosecuted after employee left with disability
A North Yorkshire company has been fined under safety laws after a supervisor suffered severe injuries to his hand.
16/11/2011
Shropshire farm prosecuted for failing to protect workers
A Shropshire poultry farm has been fined after a worker fractured his pelvis falling nearly three metres from an unguarded platform.
16/11/2011
Roofing firm sentenced after employee is injured in fall from roof
A roofing firm has been sentenced after one of its employees was injured when he fell from a garage roof in Broughton.
16/11/2011
Firm fined over £6,000 after employee falls from ladder
A Norfolk chicken processing firm has been fined after one of its employees fell from a ladder and broke his back.
16/11/2011
Salmon farming company fined £70,000 after worker drowns in overloaded boat
A salmon farming company has been fined £70,000 after a worker drowned in an overloaded boat.
16/11/2011
Manufacturing firm fined over £17,500 after worker suffers severe injures in machine incident
A Nottinghamshire manufacturing company has been fined after a worker suffered severe hand and arm injuries.
16/11/2011
Father and son fined over £7,500 after being caught doing unsafe work on a roof
A roofer was caught on camera working on an industrial unit roof without any safety equipment, a court heard.
16/11/2011
Director of firm prosecuted after scaffolding collapse injures contractor
The director of a scaffolding company from Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, has been fined after a roofing contractor was injured during a scaffold collapse.
09/11/2011
Two roofers given suspended sentences after severely injuring worker
Two roofers have received suspended sentences after a Derbyshire office worker was injured when a roll of roofing felt crashed through the ceiling of her office.
09/11/2011
Suffolk furniture company and its directors fined over £12,000 for fire safety breaches
A Newmarket furniture company and two of its directors have been ordered to pay over £12,000 after they admitted breaching fire regulations and putting their workers at serious risk.
02/11/2011
Company fined after workers are exposed to asbestos fibres
A building contractor has been sentenced after its workers were exposed to potentially deadly asbestos fibres during refurbishment work at premises in Swansea.
02/11/2011
Leicester firm fined over £180,000 after employee is crushed in lifting incident
A Leicester manufacturer of quarrying plant and equipment has been fined after a worker was crushed between two nine-metre steel structures which were being lifted with an overhead travelling crane.
26/10/2011
Major food firm fined £230,000 for failing to protect employees
A major European food business producing raw and prepared chicken products has been fined a total of £230,000 after two incidents at its Suffolk factory, one of which led to an employee losing four fingers, part of his thumb and some of the palm of his right hand.
19/10/2011
Company prosecuted after visiting worker is hit by site vehicle
A visiting worker suffered severe leg injuries when he was hit by a reversing telehandler vehicle at a waste transfer site near Exeter.
19/10/2011
Cement firm fined £200,000 following the death of a worker in an explosion
A multinational cement firm has been fined £200,000 following the death of a worker in an explosion at its Rugby premises.
19/10/2011
Firm fined £12,000 after delivery driver is run over by fork lift
A Dorset manufacturing firm was today fined after a lorry delivery driver was run over by a fork lift truck.
12/10/2011
Farming company fined after worker is trapped inside machinery
A farming company has been fined after a worker had to have two toes from his right foot amputated, when he became entangled in machinery inside a grain reception pit.
11/10/2011
Rogue builder sentenced after carrying out illegal gas work
A builder from Stourbridge carried out gas work at four houses in Worcester despite not being Gas Safe registered.
11/10/2011
Building contractor fined for exposing employees to asbestos
A building contractor from South East London has been fined for running a construction site which led to workers being exposed to asbestos-containing materials.
11/10/2011
Landlord fined for ignoring warnings to complete safety checks
A man who rented out his Huddersfield home left his tenant at risk by ignoring repeated warnings to have the gas appliances in the property safety-checked.
11/10/2011
Malt company fined after workers leg is amputated in machinery incident
A malt company has been fined after a worker had to have the lower part of his left leg amputated, when he became entangled in machinery inside a grain silo.
04/10/2011
Farm owner fined £22,500 after agency workers fingers severed in machine
A farm owner has been fined £22,500 after an agency worker had his fingers severed in a wood cutting machine.
28/09/2011
Major UK retailer and three contractors issued fines totalling over £1.8million
A major UK retailer and three of its contractors have been fined for putting members of the public, staff and construction workers at risk of exposure to asbestos-containing materials during the refurbishment of two stores in Reading and Bournemouth.
23/09/2011
Workman fined over £5,000 after injuring toddler
A toddler was injured when part of a streetlight was dropped by a workman in Hackney as she was passing underneath, a court has heard.
23/09/2011
Construction site manager fined for failing to comply with safety orders
A Cardiff construction site manager has been fined after failing to comply with two safety orders issued to protect workers from injury.
23/09/2011
Two directors sentenced for repeatedly ignoring safety advice
The owners of a Bolton packaging manufacturer have been sentenced for deliberately ignoring formal safety warnings for more than three years.
23/09/2011
Worker sustained serious burns in electrical explosion
A worker sustained serious burns in an electrical explosion after a North London company failed to carry out basic Health and Safety checks.
23/09/2011
Scottish electrical company fined £10,000 after employee falls from height
An Aberdeen electrical and refrigeration services company, has been fined £10,000 after a worker was seriously injured when he fell 2.6 metres from a scaffolding tower.
07/09/2011
Birmingham council and its contractor are fined for exposing workers to asbestos
Birmingham City Council and a Solihull refurbishment company have been sentenced for exposing three men to asbestos during work on a school.
07/09/2011
Company partner fined £17,300 after pleading guilty to failing to protect employees
A Somerset man has been prosecuted after an 18-year-old employee lost four fingers while working on a milling machine.
05/09/2011
Company owner fined £12,700 after two employees suffer facial burns
A Liverpool boss has appeared in court after two of his employees suffered facial burns in a flash fire at the city's ferry terminal.
05/09/2011
Power Company fined £300,000 after employee suffers fatal electric shock
A national power company supplying the East of England, London and the South East has been fined £300,000 after an employee died while working at one of its Norfolk sites.
31/08/2011
Timber firm fined £10,800 after employee severs thumb in saw
A Lincolnshire timber company has been fined after a worker suffered a severe and permanent hand injury while using a circular saw.
31/08/2011
Company fined £22,900 after 600kg bag falls on worker
A North East fertiliser company has been fined after a worker was seriously injured when a 600kg bag of ammonium nitrate fell on him.
31/08/2011
Wholesaler and manager fined after handyman dies from fall
A Barnet-based wholesaler has been fined after a man died of injuries sustained when he fell from a stepladder.
19/08/2011
Firm fined £100,000 after worker killed in forklift accident
A Livingston firm has been fined £100,000 after a worker was killed when he was hit by a forklift truck so badly loaded its driver could not see him.
19/08/2011
Pork manufacturer fined after worker loses fingers in unguarded machine
The UK's biggest producer of pork products has been fined after a worker severed two fingers in an unguarded mixing machine.
19/08/2011
Company fined £80,000 after worker crushed between skips
An Ayr recycling company was fined £80,000 after a worker was severely injured when he was crushed between two skips.
19/07/2011
Hotel chef severely burns arm after slipping in kitchen
A Commis Chef working in a hotel kitchen was walking past a deep fat fryer carrying a box of potato peelings when his foot slipped from under him, as he reached out to steady himself he plunged his arm into hot oil.
19/07/2011
Farm fined almost £12,000 for compromising worker safety with homemade harness
A Wiltshire firm has been prosecuted for compromising worker safety after using a homemade harness system during a barn renovation project.
19/07/2011
Nottingham manufacturer fined £23,000 after truck falls on employee
A Nottingham cleaning products manufacturer has been fined after an employee was seriously injured when a powered industrial truck used to lift and transport materials toppled and fell on him.
19/07/2011
Major retailer and three of its contractors are convicted for failing to manage asbestos
A major retailer and two of its contractors have been convicted for putting members of the public, staff and construction workers at risk of exposure to asbestos-containing materials during the refurbishment of two stores.
13/07/2011
Interior design firm fined £48,000 after two men injured in decking collapse
A Staffordshire-based interior design company has been fined after two men were injured while carrying out refurbishment work at a fashion outlet in Hounslow.
13/07/2011
School prosecuted after caretaker falls from height
A Shenfield school has been prosecuted after one of its staff fell from height while at work.
13/07/2011
Global firm fined £18,000 after worker loses fingers in machinery
A global chemical firm has been prosecuted for ignoring basic safety guidelines after a maintenance worker seriously injured his right hand at a Runcorn factory.
06/07/2011
Global firm fined £18,000 after worker loses fingers in machinery
A global chemical firm has been prosecuted for ignoring basic safety guidelines after a maintenance worker seriously injured his right hand at a Runcorn factory.
06/07/2011
Second company to be prosecuted under corporate manslaughter charge
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced that the second company to be charged with corporate manslaughter will be Lion Steel Equipment.
06/07/2011
Fine of £33,700 after teenager workers hand is severed
A teenage worker severed part of his hand while operating a vertical panel saw on which he had received little training, a court heard.
01/07/2011
Care home fined £65,000 after entrapped patient dies
The owners of a Preston care home have been fined £65,000 following the death of a 40-year-old mother-of-one, who became trapped between a mattress and a bed rail.
01/07/2011
Two companies fined almost £250,000 after failing to manage Legionella risk
Fines and costs totalling nearly £250,000 have been imposed on two firms after workers and members of the public were put at risk of exposure to the potentially fatal waterborne Legionella bacteria.
01/07/2011
Restaurant owner fined over £3,000 for fire safety breaches
The owner of an Indian restaurant in Gloucester has pleaded guilty to ten breaches of the Fire Safety Order (2005) and been ordered to pay £1,900 in fines.
24/06/2011
Care home company fined over £100,000 after elderly resident dies after falling from hoist
A care home company has been fined over £100,000 after an elderly resident died after falling from a hoist while being moved.
24/06/2011
Restaurant owner fined over £3,000 for fire safety breaches
The owner of an Indian restaurant in Gloucester has pleaded guilty to ten breaches of the Fire Safety Order (2005) and been ordered to pay £1,900 in fines.
24/06/2011
Gas company fined £140,000 after worker is killed in explosion
A gas company has been fined after an explosion killed a worker and severely injured a member of the public.
16/06/2011
Recycling firm fined £15,000 for stacking appliances dangerously
A worker was injured by a falling stack of cookers and washing machines at one of the UK's largest electrical equipment recycle firms.
16/06/2011
Engineering company fined over £150,000 after worker is crushed to death in lifting accident
An engineering company has been fined £100,000 with £75,000 costs after a worker was crushed to death at a factory near Pontypridd.
16/06/2011
Two firms fined after employee loses fingers in machinery
Two Bromsgrove firms have been fined after an employee had a thumb, index finger and most of his middle finger severed in machinery.
15/06/2011
Firm and client fined after trainee electricians forklift fall
A trainee electrician suffered severe injuries when a metal cage he was using fell 20ft from the fork lift truck supporting it.
15/06/2011
Shopfitting firm fined £6,000 “could have done more” to protect employee safety
A Southport-based shopfitting firm has been sentenced after one of its employees' fingers was severed in a rotating saw.
15/06/2011
Company fined £4,000 for not providing hot water to employees
Employees at a North Devon decorating supplies firm were not provided with hot water to wash their hands for years, despite being at risk of contracting the skin condition dermatitis.
14/06/2011
Fine of almost £1,000 for man masquerading as gas safe engineer
A Solihull man has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for carrying out gas work at an elderly widow's home without being registered to do so.
10/06/2011
Two workers badly injured in glass factory, company fined £25,000
Two workers were badly injured after a trolley load of glass panes fell on them at one of the UK's most well-known manufacturers, a Bristol court has heard.
10/06/2011
Site foreman fined after labourer dies in trench collapse
A site foreman has been fined after a labourer in his team was killed when a trench collapsed.
09/06/2011
Construction firm fined £22,000 after loose cladding causes injuries to the public
A Harrow construction firm has been sentenced after poorly secured panelling fell from a building under refurbishment and injured two passers-by.
08/06/2011
Drama school fined over £20,000 after volunteer left paralysed from fall
A film school has been fined after a volunteer was left permanently paralysed after falling 2.25 metres from a mock staircase on set.
07/06/2011
Engineering firm fined £35,000 after driver dies at tractor pulling contest
An engineering firm has been sentenced following the death of a Dutch father-of-three in a high-speed crash at a tractor pulling competition in Lancashire.
06/06/2011
Two companies fined over £500,000 after worker dies from 12 metre fall
An energy company and its contractor must pay a total of £510,000 after a maintenance worker fell to his death at a South Wales power station.
06/06/2011
Former takeaway owner fined over £10,000 after hot oil burns employee
The former owner of an Exeter Fish and Chip shop has been fined £10,000 after an employee was severely burned by hot fat while cleaning a fryer.
01/06/2011
Fined totalling £130,000 handed out to four firms after worker electrocuted
Two companies, a director and a sub-contractor have been fined a total of £130,000 for health and safety failings after a construction worker suffered serious burns following an electric shock from an overhead power cable.
23/05/2011
Chemical firm fined £150,000 after major spill
A chemical company has been fined £150,000 after a tank collapsed, releasing a large amount of waste solvents and water at a chemical plant in Rye, East Sussex.
23/05/2011
Roofer fined after exposing worker to unnecessary risks
A Middlewich roofer has been prosecuted after one of his workers was spotted power washing the sloping roof of a semi-detached house without anything in place to stop him falling off the slippery surface.
23/05/2011
Three prosecutions after construction site foreman killed
Fines totalling £18,700 have been handed down after a foreman died when an excavator bucket filled with concrete fell on him at a London construction site.
20/05/2011
Nottingham steeplejack fined over £100,000 after worker killed in 34 metre fall
A Nottingham firm has been fined £100,000 after one of its workers was killed and another injured in two separate falls.
20/05/2011
Steel firm fined £60,000 after worker loses fingers in machinery
A Cardiff-based steel company has today been fined after a worker sustained a serious hand injury while operating machinery at its city centre plant.
20/05/2011
Leamington Spa company fined almost £10,000 after employee falls from roof
A Leamington Spa clutch manufacturer has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for putting its staff at risk when working at height.
03/05/2011
Hire firm fined £65,000 and employee fined £4,000 after fork lift driver killed
A Buckinghamshire plant hire company and one of its mechanics have been fined after a forklift truck overturned, killing the driver.
03/05/2011
Company owner fined £4,000 after man dies after falling from roof
The owner of a Bristol scaffolding company has been fined after the death of one of its employees who fell from a temporary roof he was dismantling.
03/05/2011
Vehicle manufacturer fined £80,000 for failing to complete risk assessments properly
A major vehicle manufacturer has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive for failing to take into account the risks associated with workers at its Solihull plant using vibrating hand tools.
27/04/2011
Waste company fined £300,000 after woman killed in reversing incident
A waste company has been fined over £250,000 after a bin lorry ran over and killed a member of the public.
26/04/2011
Builder fined £16,000 for failing to provide safe system of work on roof
A Hampshire roofing boss has been fined after workers were spotted removing roof tiles without scaffolding or safety barriers to prevent them falling.
26/04/2011
Engineering firm fined £60,000 after employee crushed to death under vehicle
A Cannock engineering firm has been fined after an employee was crushed to death while working under a plant vehicle.
26/04/2011
Woodworker fined £5,300 after failing to maintain machinery guarding
A Dewsbury woodworker risked serious injury to himself and an employee after ignoring safety guidance and continuing to use an unguarded circular saw.
26/04/2011
Restaurant fined £16,000 for carbon monoxide levels 700% above limits
A restaurant has admitted 10 health and safety and food hygiene offences, including failure to repair a gas burner emitting carbon monoxide levels of more than 700 per cent above acceptable limits.
18/04/2011
Company fined £4,000 after worker falls from height
An animal grain company has been fined after one of its workers fell from an excavator bucket onto a concrete floor, sustaining head injuries.
18/04/2011
Contractor fined £3,500 for working without safety equipment on roof
Two roofers were caught on CCTV working on top of a shopping centre without any safety equipment, a court heard.
13/04/2011
Steel mill fined £40,000 after workers leg is amputated in crushing incident
A Gateshead steel firm has been fined a total of £40,000 after a worker’s feet were crushed in a rolling mill.
13/04/2011
Two companies fined £8,500 after plumber falls through ceiling
A Warrington plumber has been able to return to work despite landing on his neck when he fell through a fragile ceiling tile, a court has heard.
13/04/2011
Builder jailed for four months for putting profit before safety
A Bradford builder has been jailed for trying to cut costs by doing his own gas and electric installation in a granny flat he was working on.
13/04/2011
Worker suffers broken back after falling from roof, company fined £17,000
A Halifax man's life was shattered after he plunged from the roof of a two-storey house because the firm he worked for paid scant attention to safe systems of working at height, a court was told today.
13/04/2011
Two companies fined £400,000 after labourer dies from fall
Two companies have been fined a total of £400,000 for breaches of health and safety legislation that resulted in the death of a stonemason's labourer at a Glasgow construction site.
11/04/2011
Workers overcome by carbon dioxide, company fined £8,500
Three Sheffield workers were almost overcome by fumes when a decontamination unit began to fill with deadly carbon monoxide, a court heard.
11/04/2011
Fabrication firm fined £14,000 after worker’s hand severed
A metal fabrication firm has been fined after a 22-year-old worker's hand was severed by a machine.
06/04/2011
Company fined £12,200 after employee struck by forklift
A food processing company has been prosecuted for safety failings after an employee broke his leg when he was struck by a fork-lift truck at a Harwich factory.
06/04/2011
Construction firm prosecuted for breaching regulations and ignoring advice
A Coventry construction firm has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after repeatedly breaching health and safety regulations.
06/04/2011
Property developer sentenced to community service after exposing workers to asbestos
A property developer put his workers at risk by failing to identify the presence of asbestos before allowing them to start work on a nightclub in Wrexham.
06/04/2011
Manufacturer fined £28,000 after worker shatters bone in lifting accident
A Cheshire motor component manufacturer has been sentenced after a worker was injured when a 31-tonne load was dropped from an overhead crane.
30/03/2011
Aerospace firms fined £145,000 after worker is crushed to death
Two aerospace firms have been fined a total of £75,000 with £70,000 costs after a worker was crushed to death at a Darwen factory.
30/03/2011
Scaffolder charged with erecting dangerous scaffolding
A Plymouth man who erected scaffolding and left it in a dangerous condition had ignored an order to undertake safety training, city magistrates' heard.
30/03/2011
Lorry driver killed by falling load, haulage firm and client fined £53,300
A lorry driver was killed when he was hit by steel gates falling off his vehicle as it was unloaded by a forklift truck.
29/03/2011
Construction firms fined £120,000 for exposing workers to asbestos
A plant hire company and a construction services firm have been fined for exposing employees and members of the public to asbestos.
29/03/2011
Company fined £7,000 after workers hand ripped off in machine
The owner of a Knowsley factory has been fined for safety failings after a worker's left hand was severed in a plastics mixing machine.
22/03/2011
Recycling firm fined £6,800 after teenager injured by forklift
A Nuneaton recycling company has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an 18-year-old employee was pinned to the ground by a forklift truck.
22/03/2011
Father-of-two dies after being hit by forklift, company fined £444,000
A Llanelli-based automotive manufacturer has been fined over £400,000 after an employee died on the day he was to take voluntary redundancy.
22/03/2011
Firm fined £7,300 after worker falls through skylight
An engineering manager was seriously injured after plunging through a factory skylight at a Milton Keynes plastics manufacturer, a court heard.
22/03/2011
Leicestershire firm fined £7,500 after worker is trapped in machine
A farm worker suffered a serious injury when his right hand became trapped in a hop press in Suffolk, a court heard today.
22/03/2011
Retail giant and contractor fined £35,000 for releasing asbestos fibres in store
A high street clothing chain has been sentenced, alongside a shopfitting firm, after construction workers were exposed to potentially deadly asbestos fibres at a store in Liverpool.
22/03/2011
Construction firm fined £14,600 after man injured falling from roof
A construction firm has been sentenced after a man was seriously injured when he fell more than five metres through a fragile roof at a Worcester building site.
22/03/2011
Two companies prosecuted after scaffolding collapses onto pedestrian
Two North East companies have today been fined after a member of the public was seriously injured when scaffolding collapsed during high winds.
16/03/2011
Two companies fined £160,000 after worker is crushed to death by 32-tonne beam
Two companies have been fined a total of £160,000 after an Aylesbury worker was killed by a 31-tonne concrete beam on a building site in Thurrock.
08/03/2011
Contractor fined £40,000 after man falls six metres down lift shaft
A construction company has today been fined after a man fell six metres down a lift shaft at a construction site in Brighton.
02/03/2011
Haulage firm fined £8,000 for failing safety standards
A Scottish haulage partnership has been fined £8,000 for health and safety failures at its site in Stirling.
02/03/2011
National retailer fined £51,250 in new scheme after worker injured in roller door
In the first prosecution of a participant in the primary authority scheme, a national retailer has been fined £51,250 for a breach of health and safety law.
01/03/2011
Construction company fined £10,000 after worker dies in trench collapse
A Buckinghamshire construction company has been fined after a worker died when a trench collapsed on him.
01/03/2011
Workers narrowly avoid being hit by falling 4-ton girder, contractor fined £15,000
A court heard how workers removing a crane runway from a Newcastle warehouse narrowly avoided being struck by a steel girder weighing almost four tons.
01/03/2011
Nottingham City Council fined £42,000 for failing to manage asbestos
Nottingham City Council has been fined £30,000 for failing to manage the risk of asbestos after around 150 people were exposed to the potentially lethal material at one of its depots.
01/03/2011
Building maintenance firm fined £7,000 after worker falls eight metres
A Stoke-on-Trent building maintenance firm was fined when a steeplejack suffered serious injuries after falling eight metres from a church roof.
01/03/2011
Construction company fined £3,000 after worker falls from unsafe scaffolding
A Tyneside construction company has today been fined after a worker suffered serious injuries following a fall from unsafe scaffolding.
28/02/2011
Teenager burned after chemical spillage ignites clothes, construction firm fined £26,000
A construction firm has been fined after a teenager suffered horrific burns to his legs at its depot in Sevenoaks, Kent.
28/02/2011
Worker loses use of fingers after unguarded drill incident, company fined £7,250
An engineering firm has appeared in court after a worker was badly injured when his hand became entangled in an unguarded drill.
23/02/2011
Bristol nightclub fined £13,600 for exposing staff and customers to electrical
The company running a Bristol nightclub has been prosecuted for exposing staff and customers to potentially lethal electrical hazards.
16/02/2011
First company convicted of new corporate manslaughter offence & fined £385,000
Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings has become the first company to be convicted of the new offence of corporate manslaughter. They were later sentenced to a fine of £385,000.
14/02/2011
Carpentry firm fined £17,200 for lack of safety training
A South London carpentry firm's lack of safety precautions consistently put the health and safety of its workers at risk a court heard today.
14/02/2011
Two north east firms fined £12,400 after worker comes into contact with power lines
Two North East companies have today been fined after a worker suffered serious burns and an electric shock while working near overhead power lines.
14/02/2011
Packaging firm fined £7,500 after workers fingers severed in machine
A global packaging firm has been sentenced after a worker's fingers were severed at a St Helens factory.
14/02/2011
Food manufacturer fined £22,000 after two workers injured at same site in separate incidents
A Hull-based food manufacturer has been fined £22,000 for repeated safety failings after two workers in Barnsley suffered severe injuries in separate incidents just three months apart.
08/02/2011
Food firm fined £19,600 after worker hospitalised in forklift incident
A Lincolnshire food company which packs vegetables for supermarkets has been fined £15,000 after a worker ended up in hospital when hit by a falling crate.
08/02/2011
Charity fined £15,000 after pensioner dies from being thrown from wheelchair on minibus
An elderly woman died of her injuries after being thrown from a wheelchair while in a senior citizens minibus, a court heard recently.
08/02/2011
Chemical firm sentenced with £26,000 fine after worker suffers toxic burns
A chemical company has been sentenced after a worker suffered toxic burns to his arms and chest at an Ellesmere Port factory.
08/02/2011
Businessman fined £6,000 after fall from ladder breaks employees back
A Lancashire businessman has been sentenced after one of his employees broke his back when he fell off a ladder.
12/01/2011
Four workers injured in fall from height, two companies fined £22,000
Two Lincolnshire companies have been fined after four workers were injured in a 3.5m fall at a vegetable processing and packaging site.
05/01/2011
Agency worker crushed to death on first day of work, company fined £96,000
A Newmarket retail display firm has been sentenced after an employee was crushed to death by a stack of glass he was unloading on his first day at work.
05/01/2011
Two companies fined £91,000 after worker falls to death through rooflight
Two companies from Cardiff and Surrey have been prosecuted after a man fell to his death through a rooflight.
05/01/2011
Children left fatherless after man killed in machine, company fined £126,000
A Glossop packaging manufacturer has been fined after a worker was killed when a machine he was working on was activated while he was still inside.
05/01/2011
Care home operator fined £120,000 after patient is allowed to die
A care home operator was today fined £120,000 for serious training failures following the death of a patient as a result of "inappropriate and dangerous" restraint techniques.
15/12/2010
Site supervisor fined £17,000 for not looking after contractors
A roofing contractor from East London broke his back when falling through the skylight of a building extension, after safety procedures were overlooked.
15/12/2010
Company fined £4,000 after worker caught between lorry and platform
A 10-year-old equipment fault at a stationery supply firm saw a worker sustain serious injuries after he was caught between a reversing lorry and a loading platform.
15/12/2010
Fencing company fined £5,000 for ignoring prohibition notices from the HSE
A Gloucester fencing company ignored orders to provide access to hot running water for staff and to ensure its local exhaust ventilation system was working.
14/12/2010
Care home fined £41,500 after vulnerable resident dies after fall from window
A vulnerable 92-year-old woman died after falling from a first floor window in a Worcestershire care home, a court heard.
14/12/2010
Maintenance firm fined £19,000 after employee fractures kneecap
A worker suffered injuries to his face and knees when he fell two metres in a maintenance hangar at Heathrow Airport.
14/12/2010
Workers exposed to asbestos at university, HSE prosecution leads to fines of £8,000
A Birmingham-based university has been fined, along with a security systems firm, after two workers were exposed to dangerous asbestos fibres while fitting CCTV cameras.
14/12/2010
Company fined £41,000 after banksman crushed to death by truck
A Buckinghamshire engineering company has been fined £30,000 after a worker was crushed to death at its premises.
14/12/2010
Steel fabricating firm fined £50,000 after employees hand crushed
An Edinburgh steel fabricating firm has been fined after an employee's arm and hand were severely injured while lifting steel plates.
14/12/2010
Manager and two companies fined £490,000 after worker dies from burns
Two companies and a manager have been fined a total of £490,000 after a worker suffered 90 per cent burns and died, when the aerosol canisters he was crushing caught fire.
14/12/2010
Scottish council fined after young boy’s foot crushed under sculpture
East Lothian Council has been fined after a young boy was injured when a sculpture near a children's play area fell onto his foot.
14/12/2010
Energy provider fined £178,000 after man killed by fallen cable
The death of a young man who spent his last moments warning motorists about a live electricity cable has prompted the prosecution of a power company.
14/12/2010
Worker severs two fingers in drilling incident at Komatsu
A worker had two fingers severed when his hand was caught in the drilling machine he was operating at one of the UK's major producers of construction and mining equipment.
14/12/2010
£31,000 fine for factory after woman’s fingers severed by modified machine
A worker in a factory, manufacturing lids for food containers, had four fingers severed in a lid-punching machine that had been modified by her employers.
08/12/2010
Demolition firm fined £12,000 after teenager blinded in eye
A demolition firm has been fined £8,000 after a teenager was blinded in one eye while helping to demolish a mill in Tameside.
30/11/2010
Builder fined £7,900 after roofers spotted working dangerously on Manchester roof
A builder has been sentenced after two of his employees put themselves, staff and customers at risk while working on the roof of a restaurant in Salford Quays.
30/11/2010
Pub operator fined £25,000 after exposing workers to asbestos fibres
A major UK pub operator has been fined after three electricians and two plumbers were exposed to asbestos during refurbishment works at a Darlington pub.
30/11/2010
Printing firm fined £7,000 after worker is injured in machine
An Oxfordshire printing firm has been fined after a worker was injured when part of his hand was pulled into a printing machine.
30/11/2010
Construction company fined £8,900 for putting lives at risk on building site
A construction company has been sentenced after the lives of up to 30 workers were put at risk at two new waterfront apartment blocks in Liverpool.
24/11/2010
Gas company fined £33,500 after car is flipped on side
A gas company has been fined £20,000 after a car flipped on its side when it hit a metal plate during road works.
24/11/2010
£12,200 fine after farm worker suffers severe electrical shock
A farm worker sustained severe injuries after getting an electric shock while working for one of the largest potato growers in the UK.
24/11/2010
Homebuilder and plant operator fined £39,500 after man killed and other seriously injured in forklift truck accident
A leading homebuilder and one of its construction plant operators have been fined £14,500 after an incident on a site in Banbury left one man dead and two others severely injured.
24/11/2010
Window company fined £4,615 for exposing workers to asbestos
The owner of a Welshpool-based window and conservatory installation company has been fined for failing to protect its workers from exposure to asbestos.
24/11/2010
West Midlands firm fined after worker crushed to death
A Birmingham galvanising firm was sentenced on 17 November after a man was crushed to death when a crane's jig and load fell on him.
24/11/2010
London waste company fined £21,000 after workers legs crushed
A London-based waste management firm has been fined after an employee's legs were crushed between two steel frames while unloading a truck.
24/11/2010
Cardiff recycling firm ordered to pay over £230,000 after employee dies after being hit by jib
A Cardiff-based recycling company has ordered to pay over £230,000 after an employee died following an incident at its premises.
24/11/2010
International food firm fined £6,000 after worker injured in freezer
An international frozen food company has been fined after a worker was injured by the moving blades of an industrial freezer.
15/11/2010
Global chemical company fined £34,000 after worker engulfed in fireball
A subsidiary of a global chemical company has been fined £20,000 after a welder suffered serious burns in a dust explosion at one of its plants in Cumbria.
15/11/2010
West Midlands heating firm in court after worker suffers serious burns
A Birmingham heating company has been convicted after one of its workers suffered serious burns from a power cable.
10/11/2010
B&B owners fined £1,500 after guest receives electric shock
The owners of a North Yorkshire bed and breakfast have been fined £1,000 after a guest was hospitalised by an electric shock from a set of faulty lamps.
10/11/2010
Foam manufacturer fined £18,000 after drivers back is broken
A Derbyshire foam manufacturer has been sentenced after a lorry driver's back was broken when a pile of insulating board fell on him at the firm's premises in Stoke on Trent.
10/11/2010
International cement firm fined £159,000 after worker set alight in electrical explosion
An international cement company has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a worker was set alight in an explosion.
10/11/2010
Recycling firm fined £19,000 after worker inhales dangerous levels of nitrogen
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a Black Country recycling firm after nitrogen gas, used to stop explosions, made a worker pass out.
10/11/2010
Norfolk firm fined £1,000 for failing to have compulsory insurance
A Norfolk landscaping firm has been fined for failing to buy compulsory insurance to protect its employees.
13/10/2010
Company fined £16,000 after allowing safety guards to be removed
A Manchester fencing manufacturer has admitted putting its employees in danger by allowing them to use unguarded machinery.
12/10/2010
Engineering company fined £14,000 after machinery falls on labourer
A Rochdale engineering company has been fined after a two-tonne piece of machinery fell onto a labourer, leaving him with multiple fractures.
29/09/2010
Construction firm fined £160,000 after man falls to his death
A major construction firm has been fined £160,000 after a labourer fell to his death while building a Premier League football clubs new training academy.
29/09/2010
Chicken firm fined £13,500 after worker skins hand
A chicken company has been prosecuted after a worker using a carcass 'de-skinning' machine tore the skin off the back of his own hand.
29/09/2010
Engineering firm prosecuted and fined £29,000 for workers death
A Preston engineering firm has been fined after a worker was killed when he became entangled in machinery.
29/09/2010
Glass maker fined £10,600 for lead contamination in unannounced HSE visit
A Black Country glass maker has been fined £3,600 after its premises were found to be contaminated by lead.
28/09/2010
Snack food manufacturer and chemical distributor fined £350,000 for toxic gas death
A snack food manufacturer and a chemical distributor have been fined a total of £350,000 after a worker died when he inhaled a green cloud of toxic gas.
22/09/2010
Company fined £37,800 after 17 year old worker falls through rooflight
A 17-year-old worker was injured only a few weeks into his first job after falling through a roof light.
22/09/2010
UK’s biggest food manufacturer £20,800 after mans skull is crushed
The UK's biggest food manufacturer has been fined £14,000 after a 65kg metal pillar fell on a maintenance engineer in Merseyside, crushing his skull.
22/09/2010
Glass company fined £12,500 for putting lives at risk
A glass company has been prosecuted for health and safety offences after putting workers' lives at risk at a site in Bradford.
22/09/2010
North Yorkshire firm fined £10,000 for failing its workers
A North Yorkshire company making innovative machinery fitted with the latest safety devices failed to protect its own workers from the risk of injury as they manufactured them, magistrates were told today.
22/09/2010
Manchester roofer fined £4,000 for failing to provide safety equipment
An Atherton roofer has appeared in court after being spotted working on roofs with no safety equipment to prevent him and his staff falling off.
06/09/2010
Building firm fined £13,000 after joiner catches fire in electrical explosion
An Aberdeen building firm has been prosecuted after a joiner's boilersuit was set on fire when a short circuit caused a localised electrical explosion.
06/09/2010
Boarding school fined £40,000 after worker is killed whilst demolishing a building
A Shropshire boarding school has been fined £25,000 after a worker was killed while demolishing a building on the site.
06/09/2010
Fine of £15,000 after worker suffers severe burns
A company has today been fined £10,000 after a worker received 60 per cent burns following an explosion at a Nottingham factory.
The welder from was working for the company, which manufactures industrial bakeware, on 16 December 2008 at its unit in Beeston, Nottingham.
02/09/2010
Building company & director fined £40,000 after worker falls nearly 30ft
The welder from was working for the company, which manufactures industrial bakeware, on 16 December 2008 at its unit in Beeston, Nottingham.
A building company and its director have been fined a total of £30,000 after a worker fell nearly thirty feet from scaffolding at a building site in Llanfairfechan, sustaining severe injuries.
02/09/2010
Firm fined £28,000 after two employees suffer severe injuries within three months
A Troon sawmilling firm has been fined a total of £28,000 after two of its employees were severely injured in separate incidents less than three months apart.
31/08/2010
Company directors prosecuted after mans fingers crushed by hydraulic press
Two Leeds-based company directors have been prosecuted after an employee had his fingers crushed in a hydraulic press. The 57-year-old worker, who asked not be named, had the ends of two fingers severed in the incident in April 2009 at a metal fabricating company formerly owned by the directors.
31/08/2010
Schoolboy dies after falling through farm roof
A Moray farming partnership has been fined £13,500 at Elgin Sheriff Court following an incident where a 13-year-old boy fell through the roof of a farm building and sustained serious injuries from which he later died.
31/08/2010
Lorry driver left with permanent brain damage following
A haulage company was today fined £5,000 after one of its employees suffered brain damage when he was struck on the head by a 290 kilogram panel saw.
25/08/2010
Four tonne load crashes down beside college, company fined over £30,000
A company has been fined after the hook broke off a tower crane and its four tonne load crashed 36 metres to the ground, narrowly missing a footpath.
25/08/2010
£125,000 fines for two companies after worker falls over 20 metres
Two UK construction companies have today been fined a total of £125,000 after a worker was seriously injured when he fell 21 metres from a hospital building under construction in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
25/08/2010
Company fined after worker loses finger in roller shutter
A Tyneside firm has today been fined £8,000 after a worker's hand was badly injured when it was drawn between two rotating metal rollers.
25/08/2010
Building firm fined £3,200 after disturbing asbestos in primary school
A Solihull building firm has been fined £1,000 after failing to take precautions against asbestos while working at a school.
25/08/2010
Company fined £21,000 after worker is impaled on steel cable
A Workington company has been fined £15,000 after a steel cable shot through a worker's leg, leaving him with a hole through his shin.
18/08/2010
Cornish vineyard owner crushed after load falls from lorry
The owner of a Cornish vineyard died after a delivery of empty wine bottles crashed onto him when they fell from the tail lift of a lorry he was helping to unload.
18/08/2010
Two companies fined after 44 tonne machine falls onto main road
Two construction companies have been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a 44 tonne machine crashed onto a busy main road in Hull.
17/08/2010
Quarry fitter crushed to death after digger rolls on top of him
An Aberdeen-based quarrying company has been fined £96,000 after a man was crushed to death while working beneath a mechanical digger.
11/08/2010
Firm prosecuted for unlicensed asbestos work
A Pontypool building firm carried out unlicensed asbestos removal despite being warned that materials they were handling contained the potentially lethal substance.
11/08/2010
Teenager pleads guilty to burning down supermarket
A teenager has admitted starting a fire which destroyed a supermarket in Hampshire last month. The 19-year old from pleaded guilty to two counts of arson, by setting fire to bread crates at the rear of the store. He is due to be sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court on 20 August.
02/08/2010
Architect and construction firms fined after worker dies from nine metre fall
An architect's practice and a construction company involved in a Somerset development have today been fined a total of £195,000 following a fatality on the site.
26/07/2010
International food supplier fined £13,500 after workers finger is amputated
A Lincolnshire-based frozen food supplier has been fined after a man's finger was amputated when his hand was crushed at work. The incident occurred at the company’s site in Boston on 10 February 2009 when the worker tried to straighten some boxes on an automatic palletising machine.
26/07/2010
Construction firm fined £18,000 after worker loses lower leg
A Somerset construction firm has been fined £10,000 after a worker's foot was crushed under a paving machine - and he had to have his lower leg amputated.
26/07/2010
Car firm fined £50,000 after work is struck by robot
A Birmingham automotive firm has been fined after one of its employees was struck by a manufacturing robot, leaving his voice box damaged and almost paralysing him down one side of his body.
23/07/2010
Company fined £10,000 after manager is hit by fork lift truck
A portable toilet hire company has been prosecuted for health and safety failings after an employee was struck by a reversing fork-lift truck at its depot.
23/07/2010
Farm owner fined £3,000 after employee cuts arm with chainsaw
A Suffolk farmer has been fined after one of his employees cut into his left arm with a chainsaw after being asked to cut back an overgrown hedge despite being given no supervision and no protective clothing to do so.
23/07/2010
Rochdale Manufacturer fined £150,000 after cleaner is crushed to death
A Rochdale plastics manufacturer has been fined £140,000 after a cleaner was crushed to death by a pallet of bags weighing nearly one and a half tonnes.
23/07/2010
Farming company fined £75,000 after worker is crushed to death
A farming and haulage company has been fined £21,000 with £54,000 costs after a 24-year-old agriculture worker was crushed to death on a farm in Norfolk.
23/07/2010
Worker loses fingers in unguarded machine, company fined £10,000
A worker at a Caerphilly company suffered serious injuries after his fingers were severed in an unguarded machine, a court has heard. The company was fined £10,000 in total for it's role in the incident.
23/07/2010
Three men are fined £5,000 after worker falls eight metres
Three men have been fined at total of £5,000 after a worker suffered multiple injuries when he fell eight metres through a barn roof in Greater Manchester.
23/07/2010
Company fined £14,000 after mans finger gets amputated in machine
A Staffordshire company appeared in court last week (14 July) after one of its workers had part of a finger amputated while working on a rubber conveying machine.
17/06/2010
High street retailer loses appeal against a record £400,000 fine for Fire Safety breaches
A major high street retailers appeal against its record £400,000 fine for fire safety breaches at its Oxford Street store was dismissed last week (Thursday 17th), with the Court of Appeal saying the fine was not excessive in view of the company’s “lamentable” performance of fire safety duties.
06/04/2010
Business owner fined for not having employee liability insurance
A Northumberland fruit shop owner has been fined for not having compulsory insurance to cover injury claims by employees.
06/04/2010
Landlords fined £19,000 after mother and daughter suffer carbon monoxide poisoning
Two landlords and a gas service engineer have been fined a total of £19,000 after risking the lives of a mother and her six-year-old daughter.
06/04/2010
£100,000 fine after worker is killed
The brother of a dead factory worker has spoken out today after a company was prosecuted for his death.
06/04/2010
Company and director fined after worker falls to his death
A neon-sign manufacturer and its director have been fined a total of £12,000 after a worker was killed when he fell from the city's Albert Memorial statue.
06/04/2010
East Yorkshire building company fined after worker run over by digger
An East Yorkshire building company has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a construction worker suffered serous injuries when he was run over by a digger.
06/04/2010
Employer fined £20,000 after worker dies
A West Kent construction employer has been found guilty of health and safety breaches following the death of an employee.
10/03/2010
Company fined £33,300 after worker was almost crushed to death
A lorry-trailer building company in Manchester has been fined after a worker was seriously crushed by more than two tonnes of metal.
10/03/2010
Building firm fined £8,100 after worker is trapped in trench for two hours
A building firm has been fined £5,000 after a worker was injured and trapped for more than two hours when the trench he was in collapsed.
22/02/2010
Illegal gas fitter prosecuted and fined £3,000
A bogus gas fitter from Manchester has been prosecuted after being caught illegally carrying work out at a property in Grimsby.
08/02/2010
Bolton company fined after builder falls to death
A Bolton house-building company has today been fined £7,500 after one of its workers fell to his death.
01/02/2010
Care home fined £145,000 after scalding disabled teenager
A care home provider has been fined £100,000 with costs of £45,000 after a disabled teenager was lowered into a bath of scalding water and died from her injuries.
01/02/2010
Aviation company fined £11,500 after work falls from plane
A Southend-based company has been prosecuted after an aircraft painter was severely injured in a fall - leaving him unable to work for more than two years.
27/01/2010
Leicester haulage firm fined £9,900 for illegally storing aerosols
A Leicester haulage company has been prosecuted for creating a massive fire risk by illegally storing huge quantities of highly flammable aerosols.
26/01/2010
Builder fined £10,000 for dangerous scaffolding
A builder whose negligence put his employees and sub-contractors at risk has been fined £8,000 and ordered to pay £2,244 costs for using unsafe scaffolding.
25/01/2010
Construction company fined £4,500 after forklift overturns
A construction company from Gateshead has today been ordered to pay £4,500 after one of its workers was seriously injured when a forklift truck telehandler he was operating overturned.
22/01/2010
Plastics company fined £5,000 after worker loses fingers
A plastics-recycling company in Liverpool has been fined £2,500 after a worker had four fingers cut off by a guillotine.
13/01/2010
Bus firm fined £400,000 after driver dies in overcrowded garage
A bus firm has been fined £400,000 after a driver was crushed to death between two buses in a garage that was housing almost twice as many vehicles as it was designed to accommodate.
12/01/2010
Man paralysed below the waist after accident in an Oil Refinery
Three companies have been fined a total of £280,000 after a man was paralysed below the waist whilst working at an oil refinery in Cheshire.
21/12/2009
Manufacturer fined after employee falls from height
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recently prosecuted a major food manufacturer for breaching Regulation 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005. The company pleaded guilty and was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay costs of £2,500.
20/12/2009
Company prosecuted after a man is pulled into a lathe
Employee's hands become caught while polishing a metal component on a lathe.
19/12/2009
Company fined after man is crushed in scrap yard
The death of a man who was crushed by a scrap yard grab claw has prompted a prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), resulting in a £50,000 fine.
18/12/2009
Sheffield firm fined for breaching scaffolding regulations
Businesses should take proper precautions with scaffolding following the successful prosecution recently of a Sheffield firm that ignored important advice and enforcement action by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
17/12/2009
Garage fined after employee is crushed under a lorry
A vehicle repair centre in Kettering has been fined £40,000 and ordered to pay £25,000 costs after an employee was crushed to death underneath a 24-tonne lorry.
16/12/2009
Company fined for exposing employees to metalworking fluid
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned employers who work with metalworking fluids to ensure they take the appropriate safety precautions after an entire workforce at a Barnsley company were exposed to metalworking fluid mist.
15/12/2009
Company fined after schoolgirl is killed
A company was recently fined after being convicted of failing to provide and maintain a suitable barrier around the boundary of a quarry.
30/11/2009
One dead and two seriously injured after scaffolding collapse
Two construction firms involved in a major scaffolding collapse at Milton Keynes have been ordered to pay a fine of £126,000 for their role in the incident which left one man dead and two others seriously injured.
24/11/2009
Businessman fined £60,000
A Northamptonshire businessman has been fined £60,000 after ordering a worker to clean a moving machine which trapped and mangled the workers arm, requiring it to be amputated.
23/11/2009
Papermill worker loses arm
A papermill worker lost his arm despite a century-old piece of legislation designed to protect factory workers.
22/11/2009
Restaurant owner fined £20,000 after ignoring noise abatement order
A restaurant owner has been fined a total of £15,000 after repeatedly ignoring a noise abatement order.
21/11/2009
Pork company fined £14,400 for polluting watercourse
A Lincolnshire pork company has been fined £10,000 for causing the death of more than 100 fish after ammonia escaped into a stream.
19/11/2009
Failure to protect workers from asbestos lands two companies a fine
Two businesses and a company director have been fined after workers in Manchester were exposed to potentially deadly asbestos fibres.
18/11/2009
£5,500 fine after window cleaner falls from roof
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a Lincoln firm after one of its workers fell from a roof, breaking eight ribs and sustaining a back injury.
17/11/2009
Labourer struck on head by steel joist, employer fined £13,230
A plumber has been fined following the death of a labourer in Essex.
16/11/2009
Lifeguard prosecuted after swimmer drowns
A lifeguard who did not notice a father-of-three lifeless at the bottom of a West Midlands swimming pool was recently convicted at Wolverhampton Crown Court.
13/11/2009
Supermarket fined for ignoring staff training - Food safety news item from LRB
The company behind a Sussex supermarket has received an £11,000 fine after ignoring Environmental Health Officers’ (EHO) pleas to provide staff with essential food hygiene training.
12/11/2009
Takeaway owner fined £13,000 for not cleaning up his act
The owner of a takeaway has been fined for trying to clean a kebab grill with the meat still in position. The owner had been warned numerous times by Leeds City Council to improve conditions at the takeaway.
11/11/2009
Mice infestation closes Middlesbrough food store, owner fined £6,000
A food store owner has been fined £6,000 for allowing an infestation of mice to overrun his premises.
04/11/2009
A Midhurst store has been fined £11,000 and made to pay costs of nearly £4000 following breaches of food hygiene legislation.
During a routine food hygiene inspection, Officers of Environmental Health Services found mouldy food for sale within the store.
01/11/2009
£10k fine and banned from operating a food business for rotten food
A Southend restaurant owner has been banned from operating a food business after being caught stocking of out-of-date and rotten food.
01/11/2009
Company directors fined £6,000 for rodent infestation
Two company directors have been fined £3,000 each after Environmental Health Officers discovered a dangerous mice infestation at an Essex pizza restaurant.
30/10/2009
Corn refiner fined £360,000 after worker falls during a crane lifting exercise
A corn refiner has been fined more than a quarter of a million pounds following the death of a contractor working on one of its ships.
30/10/2009
Hand nailed to pallet, builders’ merchant fined £12,000
A builders' merchant based in Herefordshire has been prosecuted after a worker had his hand nailed to a pallet after it was pulled into a machine.
30/10/2009
Forklift driver provided false details and gave a banksman a broken back
A young forklift driver, who falsified details of his training and experience, has received a £500 fine after a banksman suffered a broken back and ankle in an accident at a construction site in October 2007.
30/10/2009
Chicken with maggots? Not a good combination in a butchery
A London butcher’s shop was closed down by Environmental Health Officers (EHO) after a customer found maggots in a piece of chicken.
30/10/2009
Bakery lands in hot water - food safety and hygiene news
A bakery has been fined for failing to ensure it had a hot water supply for washing utensils. When Environmental Health Officers inspected the bakery in Hendon
29/10/2009
Workers loses three fingers, company fined - company guilty of 3 health and safety charges
Machinery workings must be guarded to prevent operatives contacting dangerous parts the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has said.
29/10/2009
Man injured by forklift truck, company fined £7,000
Employee run over and dragged by Forklift Truck without the driver noticing.
28/10/2009
Builder shakes hands with 66,000 volts – Fines of almost £30k for companies and director
The Health and Safety Executive has issued a warning to builders advising them to be extra vigilant when working around overhead power cables after a scaffolder was seriously injured after an accident occurred on a site in Worcestershire.
27/10/2009
Company fined after worker falls from racking at a warehouse in Tipton
A Tipton-based firm has been fined £10,000 for breaching health and safety laws following a worker's fall at a warehouse.
27/10/2009
Teenagers suffer electric shock - £48,000 fine for the farm
Two teenagers suffered electric shocks whilst working on a farm; one had to have his little toe and part of his big toe amputated from his left foot.
26/10/2009
Corn refiner fined £360,000 after worker falls during a crane lifting exercise
A corn refiner has been fined more than a quarter of a million pounds following the death of a contractor working on one of its ships.
26/10/2009
Hand nailed to pallet, builders’ merchant fined £12,000
A builders' merchant based in Herefordshire has been prosecuted after a worker had his hand nailed to a pallet after it was pulled into a machine.
25/10/2009
Companies fined after exposing employees and the general public to Asbestos
Two companies have been prosecuted recently after workers and members of the public were exposed to high levels of asbestos during a removal project.
24/10/2009
Man fractures skull in fall from roof
The HSE recently prosecuted 1st a roofing company, based in West Yorkshire, for three safety breaches over an incident in January this year. A worker fell over 4 metres and sustained serious head injuries.
24/10/2009
Man falls from ride on mower, council fined £35,530
A council employee fell from a ride-on mower in May 2008; he broke two ribs and suffered a compressed lung. His injuries forced to stay off work for 11 weeks and the HSE have prosecuted his employer, Cheltenham Borough Council.
23/10/2009
Fines totalling £191,000 after diver dies in lock.
Following a prosecution that arose from a diving fatality in Gloucestershire in October 2004, the HSE has warned that planning and identifying known risks as well as managing diving when undertaking construction works are all vital.
22/10/2009
Motorcyclist in intensive care after incident at road works
An infrastructure company based in Basingstoke was recently fined £15,000 and ordered to pay costs of £31,139.30, after pleading guilty to a breach of Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
22/10/2009
Inadequate training leads to tower crane collapsing on Hotel - Croydon Park Hotel
A plant hire company based in Kent has recently been prosecuted and fined £100,000 with £33,196.45 costs for breaching regulation 9(2) (b); regulation 9(2) of the Provision and use of work Equipment Regulations 1998 and; section 3(1) of the Health & Safety
21/10/2009
Worker Falls from roof after electric shock - charge under Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
Worker falls from roof after electric shock. Three companies fined a total of £57,500. Three employers were prosecuted recently after a worker received an electric shock and fell from the roof upon which we was working.
06/10/2009
Safety – From below the ground, up.
HSE is warning building contractors involved in constructing basements to make sure that they plan the work properly and install sufficient temporary supports when excavating the foundations of houses
06/10/2009
Takeaway closed and fined after cockroaches set up camp
A takeaway owner has been fined £13,792 for food safety violations and the business was closed down by environmental health officers...
10/08/2009
Record fine of £345,000 for major oil company
An international oil company has been fined £300,000 and ordered to pay £45,000 costs.
10/08/2009
Director fined for fire safety breaches
A director of a high street fashion chain has been ordered to pay £5,500 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to breaches of fire safety legislation.
10/08/2009
£365,000 fine for a company and contractor after worker killed by forklift truck
Two companies have been prosecuted in relation to an incident at a water treatment works in September 2003. The two companies were sentenced at Manchester Crown Court late June 2009.
10/08/2009
Dairy fined £12,900 after forklift collision
Dairy Firm breaches Regulation 12(1) and Regulation 17(1) of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992.
10/08/2009
Firm fined £16,000 for ignoring Health and Safety for eight years
Engineering Company prosecuted by HSE.
10/08/2009
Man loses three fingers in machine, company fined £30,000
Man loses fingers when attempting to repair machine.
10/08/2009
Fife Council and contractor fined £13,700 for failing to manage asbestos properly
Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 breached.
24/07/2009
Manslaughter builder and contractor jailed following death of a young worker
Two men have been jailed following the death of a 15-year-old labourer (Mr AG) who was crushed to death by a wall in Hadley Wood.
21/06/2009
Director Fined £10,000 - Health & Safety Housekeeping Accident
Poor storage kills apprentice, Director fined £10,000
21/06/2009
Business found guilty of multiple H&S Breaches - fined £53,000
Crushed finger costs £53,000 in fines
18/06/2009
Industrial Manufacturer fined £12,000 after worker injured
A container manufacturer in South Wirral, was fined a total of £7,000 and ordered to pay costs of £5,735 at a Magistrates’ Court recently.