Company fined after joiner crushed to death by 20-tonne excavator
A construction company has been fined £146k after a joiner was crushed and killed by a 20-tonne excavator. Philip McDonald had been hired...
A construction company has been fined £146k after a joiner was crushed and killed by a 20-tonne excavator. Philip McDonald had been hired...
A new survey from Acas has found that 1 in 4 employers have seen an increase in staff being off sick compared to a year ago. Acas...
(Northern Ireland) The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has successfully prosecuted an Enniskillen based roofing...
An NHS worker who had a lucky escape after an engineer carried out unsafe work on his house has urged everyone to get a proper gas safety...
A construction company and two workers have been sentenced after a worker suffered an electric shock whilst working on a farm. On 30...
A building contractor has been fined £600,000 and its director has been ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid work and fined £4,200...
An electric motors and gearbox manufacturer has been prosecuted after an employee’s little finger was severed from her right hand. On 16...
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...
Two companies and two people have been sentenced after an 18-year-old construction worker was fatally injured while working on a...
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...
A waste management company has been fined £190,000 after a contractor died when he fell seven metres while carrying out maintenance work....
A plumber who was suspected of having undertaken dangerous gas work while unqualified to do so, has been fined for failing to answer...
A cargo handling company has been fined after an employee was fatally crushed between shipping containers whilst working in a container...
A retail company and an electrical contracting company have been fined after an electrician suffered serious burns to 15% of his body...
West Yorkshire manufacturing company, Laxtons Limited, has been fined for safety breaches after a worker lost part of their hand in a...
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...
(Scotland) Kevin Bowie, sole director of Denny based Precision Decorating Services (Scotland) Ltd, has been given a Community Payback...
(Northern Ireland) The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has led a prosecution against two local construction...
A Health Board has been fined following the death of a vulnerable patient who left a hospital ward unnoticed through an unsecured door....
Two West Yorkshire businesses, Brighouse Pallet Services Ltd and Seal It Services Ltd, have been fined for safety breaches after an HGV...