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Posted 7 years ago
HSE issued with Crown Censure over worker injury
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has accepted a Crown Censure after a worker at its laboratory was injured when conducting an experiment at a testing facility. On 4 October 2016 a worker at HSE’s Laboratory in Buxton suffered serious burns while setting up an experimental hydrogen test rig. He has since returned to work. […]
Posted 7 years ago
BBC Studioworks and two others fined after contractor seriously injured
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Three companies have been fined after a contractor to BBC Studioworks Ltd fell more than 10 metres at Elstree Film Studios. Harrow Crown Court heard how Eric Ihoeghinlan, an employee of Gabem Management Ltd, fell through a lighting grid hatch while recovering electrical cables for BBC Studioworks Ltd during a de-rigging operation. He sustained multiple injuries […]
Posted 7 years ago
Company fined after exposing workers to Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS)
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
HSE is reminding companies of the necessity of monitoring workers’ health after a South Wales Housing Association was fined for exposing workers to Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS). Cwmbran Magistrates’ Court heard how Charter Housing Association Ltd. reported six cases of HAVS following a health surveillance programme launched in June 2015. The affected employees were […]
Posted 7 years ago
Company fined after the death of employee
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
South West Highways Limited (SWHL) has today been fined after the death of a 48-year old worker who was struck by a vehicle. Exeter Crown Court heard how the 48-year old employee was working with colleagues to repair roads in Tiverton, Devon on 29 January 2013 when he sustained fatal injuries after being struck by a […]
Posted 7 years ago
Inaugural HSE Energy Conference to explore ‘The Future of Gas’
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), supported by the Institute of Gas Engineers & Managers (IGEM), will host the Safety Excellence in Energy conference on Thursday, 15 February 2018 in Leeds. The energy system in the UK is changing as it pushes to decarbonise and achieve its emission reduction targets to 2050. New innovative technologies […]
Posted 7 years ago
Company fined £3m following death at recycling site
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A principal contractor has been fined a total of £3m following the death of a worker at a site in Wales. Porvi Construcciones y Contratas was sentenced alongside Befesa Salt Slags following the incident on 14 July 2015, at the plant in Fenns Bank, just inside the Welsh border. Befesa was also sentenced £75,000 for […]
Posted 7 years ago
Helping Great Britain Work Well’s call to employers to do more pays dividends
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Employers publicly committing to making positive changes to their firms’ health and safety culture has resulted in an estimated 300,000 workers reaping the benefits of improved health and safety practices. . Earlier this year, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), along with Unions and Industry leaders called for broader ownership of workplace health and safety […]
Posted 7 years ago
New Institute for Risk and Regulatory Research
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the University of Manchester (UoM) have today committed to launching an Institute for Risk and Regulatory Research. The new Thomas Ashton Institute will capitalise on the existing strong international credibility of both the University of Manchester and HSE. It will act as a hub for Risk and Regulatory […]
Posted 7 years ago
Recycling company fined after worker loses arm
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A plastic recycling company director has received a 10 week prison sentence after a worker’s arm was amputated. Wrexham Magistrates’ Court heard how a Clark Technologies Wales Ltd employee was injured whilst he was cleaning out the plastic washing plant at their recycling facility on Deva Industrial Park, Deeside. An investigation by the Health and […]
Posted 7 years ago
Local authority fined after social workers assaulted
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A local authority has been fined after two of its social workers were assaulted on a home visit by the mother of a vulnerable child they were visiting. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 21 July 2015, two social workers employed by London Borough of Brent visited the home of a vulnerable child to carry […]
Posted 7 years ago
Construction firm fined after repeated serious work at height issues
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A London based construction company, Pride Way Development Ltd, has today been fined for repeatedly failing to manage and control fall from height risks. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard how, after concerns were raised by both workers and members of the public, HSE inspectors made a number of visits during 2016/17 to sites where Pride Way […]
Posted 7 years ago
NHS trust fined following falls deaths
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has today been fined following a series of Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigations into the deaths of five elderly patients. Shrewsbury Crown Court heard that the patients, aged between 72 and 92, sustained fatal injuries as result of falling while being cared for in hospitals run by the […]
Posted 7 years ago
Plasterboard recycling company fined for health and safety failures
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Bedfordshire-based plasterboard recycling company has been fined after health and safety concerns were identified during a routine inspection of their premises in Bedfordshire on 22 September 2015. Luton Magistrates’ Court heard that health and safety standards at the site were generally poor. There were no measures on site to prevent pedestrians from coming into […]
Posted 7 years ago
HSE to prosecute three companies following death of five-year-old Alexys Brown
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is prosecuting Synergy Housing Limited, Aster Property Limited, and Orona Limited for breaches of Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. This follows the death of five-year-old Alexys Brown at her family home in Weymouth, Dorset on 13 August 2015. The defendants are next […]
Posted 7 years ago
Company fined after worker suffers electric shock
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A North East company, Green North East Trading Bidco Limited, was sentenced today after a sub-contractor suffered an electric shock when he cut through a live cable. South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 20 March 2016, the injured person was removing an item of industrial equipment at the site in Davy Bank, Wallsend. Believing […]
Posted 7 years ago
Engineering company fined after a welder had two fingers partially amputated from crush injuries
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An engineering company has been fined after a worker suffered injuries to three fingers when they were crushed by a metal frame he was attempting to lift with colleagues. Norwich Magistrates Court heard how, on 14 February 2017, a worker of Dantech Engineering Limited was injured when a metal frame weighing approximately 250 kilograms fell […]
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National kitchen supplier fined after driver fatally crushed
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A national manufacturer and supplier of fitted kitchens, appliances and joinery products has today fined £1.2 million after the death of a visiting HGV driver at one of the company’s premises. Carlisle Crown Court heard how Richard Brown, an agency driver, was delivering kitchen worktops to a Howden Joinery Ltd site in Workington when he […]
Posted 7 years ago
Lancashire bakery fined after worker suffers serious injuries
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Lancashire bakery has been fined after a 32-year-old baker was injured at its premises in Barnoldswick. Preston Magistrates’ Court heard how the baker became trapped in a food-mixing machine, breaking both bones in his left arm, resulting in an operation to remove his ring finger. The incident occurred at Liddell’s Bakery on 16 November […]
Posted 7 years ago
Food manufacturer fined after worker’s fingers severed
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An Essex based food manufacturer has been fined after a worker had four fingers amputated while operating a metal working lathe. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard how Mr Mark Goodge an employee of Marcantonio Foods. Ltd had been using an emery cloth to clean steel shafts on a metal working lathe at the company’s site in […]
Posted 7 years ago
Company fined after employee falls from bonnet of vehicle
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Kendal based construction company that specialises in laying roadways has been fined after one of its employees fell from the bonnet of a tar laying machine. Dumfries Sheriff Court heard that on 7 November 2016, an employee of M & W Tarmacadam Contractors Limited working at the Arkleton Estate, Langholm Dumfriesshire was standing on […]
