Firm fined £115,000 after worker’s hand was cut off in machine
A man’s hand was cut off while he was repairing a factory machine. Christopher Wright, 59, from Oswestry in Shropshire, had his hand cut...
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Young worker’s death due to ‘multitude of failures’ by companies and individuals involved
Two companies and two people have been sentenced after an 18-year-old construction worker was fatally injured while working on a...
Landlord’s £24,000 penalty after Barnet Council prosecution
A landlord has been ordered to pay £24,000 in a fine and costs after Barnet Council inspectors found he had been housing five tenants in...
Waste management company fined £190,000 after fatal fall
A waste management company has been fined £190,000 after a contractor died when he fell seven metres while carrying out maintenance work....
Unregistered gas installer fined after failing to answer questions from HSE inspector
A plumber who was suspected of having undertaken dangerous gas work while unqualified to do so, has been fined for failing to answer...
Portico Shipping fined for health and safety breaches over port death
A cargo handling company has been fined after an employee was fatally crushed between shipping containers whilst working in a container...
Retailer and electrical contracting company fined after electrician sustains serious burns
A retail company and an electrical contracting company have been fined after an electrician suffered serious burns to 15% of his body...
Fine after worker loses part of hand in machinery
West Yorkshire manufacturing company, Laxtons Limited, has been fined for safety breaches after a worker lost part of their hand in a...
Norwich care home fined £100,000 after resident fell
A care home has been fined £100,000 after a resident climbed out of a window and fell. The 70-year-old “overcame” a safety restrictor at...
Director convicted following work from height death
(Scotland) Kevin Bowie, sole director of Denny based Precision Decorating Services (Scotland) Ltd, has been given a Community Payback...
Construction employers sentenced following death of roofer
(Northern Ireland) The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has led a prosecution against two local construction...
Health Board fined after patient death and Improvement Notice non-compliance
A Health Board has been fined following the death of a vulnerable patient who left a hospital ward unnoticed through an unsecured door....
Fines after delivery driver injured by falling pallets
Two West Yorkshire businesses, Brighouse Pallet Services Ltd and Seal It Services Ltd, have been fined for safety breaches after an HGV...
Guilty verdicts over Lincolnshire groundworker killed on site
Two individuals and a company have been found guilty of health and safety breaches following the death of a teenage construction worker....
Network Rail fined £1.4m following life-changing injuries to employee
Network Rail has been fined £1.4 million for a health and safety breach after an investigation by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). ORR...
Lancashire County Council fined over hand arm vibration issues
Lancashire County Council has been fined after several employees carrying out work in the highways department developed a debilitating...
Restaurant fined over boy's hand trapped in mincer
The director of a north-east London Turkish restaurant has been fined £70,000 after an eight-year-old boy's hand was trapped in a mincing...
Company fined £400,000 after employee suffered life-changing injuries
An incident in August 2021 involved members of staff at Jewson Builders Merchants Yard in Margate. One employee received life-changing...
Construction company fined after child struck by wall collapse
Gurmit Properties Limited was fined for safety breaches after a substantial part of a wall at a construction site at Barnsley Road, South...
Chemical company fined after worker suffered burns
Robert McBride Ltd was sentenced today for safety breaches after a 31-year-old worker suffered 13 per cent superficial burns to his right...