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Posted 8 years ago
Farm fined for unlawful use of dangerous poison
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Norfolk farming firm T Long and Company Limited has been prosecuted for putting workers and members of the public at risk from a dangerous poison being used to control rabbits. Norfolk Crown Court heard how a resident in the village of Bracon Ash, near Wymondham in Norfolk, saw two men trespassing in her garden on […]
Posted 8 years ago
Somerset manufacturer prosecuted for workers death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company in Somerset has been fined after the death of a worker who fell through a factory roof skylight. Taunton Crown Court heard Samuel Wright Maxwell, 46, of Wells Somerset was employed by Cooper B Line (CBL) factory in Highbridge, Somerset. As a maintenance worker, Mr Maxwell had permission to go onto the roofs […]
Posted 8 years ago
Hemel Hampstead manufacturer fined £1m following worker’s death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A manufacturing company based in Hemel Hampstead has been fined £1million after a worker was crushed to death by falling machinery. Colin Reddish, 48, from Lincolnshire was involved in moving a large CNC milling machine within the company’s Grantham factory on 30th April 2015 when it overturned and killed him. The machine had been lifted […]
Posted 8 years ago
Hemel Hempstead manufacturer fined £1m following worker’s death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A manufacturing company based in Hemel Hempstead has been fined £1million after a worker was crushed to death by falling machinery. Colin Reddish, 48, from Lincolnshire was involved in moving a large CNC milling machine within the company’s Grantham factory on 30th April 2015 when it overturned and killed him. The machine had been lifted […]
Posted 8 years ago
Construction company fined £800,000 after worker injured
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Surrey construction company has been fined after a contractor was run over on a large site in Wokingham. David Cole was a site foreman on the large housing development project, which started in April 2013 and has a completion date of April 2017. He was struck by and pulled under a large bulk powder […]
Posted 8 years ago
Two scaffolders receive suspended prison sentence following workers death
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Two scaffolders from St Austell, Cornwall have received suspended prison sentences following a death of a worker who fell 7m to his death. Roger Stoddern, 47, was dismantling scaffolding on 24 June 2013, when he fell from a flat roof of a property in St Mawes. He was taken to Derriford Hospital but died three […]
Posted 8 years ago
West Midlands welding firm fined over worker injury
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Bilston engineering company has been sentenced after a worker was injured while operating a drilling machine. Wolverhampton Magistrates’ Court heard that Mr Deimantas Beinoras, a 23-year-old Lithuanian national was injured while working for KV Welding Limited, which manufactures equipment for the material handling and logistics sector. Mr Beinoras was operating a pedestal drilling machine […]
Posted 8 years ago
Manufacturing company fined for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A manufacturing company based in Somerset has been fined for safety failings Somerset Magistrates’ Court heard how employees at LJH Group Limited were identified as being at increased risk from working with vibrating tools following a fitness for work assessment. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the company failed to […]
Posted 8 years ago
Illegal Newquay gas fitter sentenced for undertaking unregistered gaswork
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An unregistered gas fitter has been order to complete 250 hours of community service for illegally installing a LPG gas boiler and hob at a Newquay home as well as producing fraudulent documentation. Dean Marshall, aged 47, of Dukes Way, Newquay, installed the gas boiler and gas hob at a property on Chynowen Lane, Newquay […]
Posted 8 years ago
Worker suffers life threatening injuries after drum explodes
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Kent company who supplies road safety products has been fined after a worker suffered life threatening injuries when a drum he was working on exploded. Maidstone Crown Court heard how 41 year old Andrew Foster, an employee of Highway Care Limited was using a plasma cutter to cut up a drum that had previously […]
Posted 8 years ago
School fined for safety failings at summer camp
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A School in Canterbury, has been fined for safety failings at a summer activity camp. Canterbury Crown Court heard a seven year old boy was at a summer activity camp run by St Edmunds School. Whilst taking part in a scheduled swim he got into difficulties and struggled for over three minutes before becoming motionless […]
Posted 8 years ago
Edinburgh charitable company sentenced over injury to service user
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A limited company providing housing support services for vulnerable adults and children has been sentenced after a service user was burnt at one of its properties. The Action Group, has a variety of residential properties that it operates or leases. One of those properties is at Greenbank Grove, in the Morningside area of Edinburgh. Edinburgh […]
Posted 8 years ago
Refinery firm fined £400,000 after gangway fall
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Valero Energy UK Limited has been fined £400, 000 following a serious accident at its Pembroke Refinery. Judge Peter Heywood sitting at Swansea Crown Court heard the Berth 6 access tower walkway that provided gangway access to a stationary tanker vessel on 5 March 2012 had dropped 3.5 metres, causing operator David Thomas to be trapped by […]
Posted 8 years ago
Bakery company fined for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A bakery company based in Hertfordshire has been fined for safety failings. Stevenage Magistrates’ Court heard how Arnaouti Pitta Bread Bakery Ltd was inspected in April 2015 by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and four Improvement notices were issued. HSE found the electrical network was not operated or maintained in a safe condition, guarding […]
Posted 8 years ago
Manufacturing firm fined after worker’s arm injured in roller
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Wirral based company has been fined £170,000 after a worker’s arm was injured in machinery. Warwick Crown Court heard how an installation engineer of Sovex Limited suffered a broken arm when it was pulled into machinery at the UK Mail site in Coventry, where he was commissioning a new conveyor belt system. An investigation by the […]
Posted 8 years ago
Suspended Sentences and compensation Order for Non Gas Safe Self-employed Gas Engineer
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Peter Read, Stubbington Avenue, North End, Portsmouth, has received two suspended prison sentences, for not being Gas Safe Registered and for making out he was Gas Safe Registered when he was not. Mr Read’s offences came to light when his work was checked by a registered Gas Safe engineer who found his work immediately dangerous […]
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Construction firm in court after worker fractures spine in roof fall
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Construction firm Montway Ltd has been fined £144,000 after a worker was seriously injured when he fell off a roof during demolition work. Southwark Crown Court heard that on 25 February 2013 two workers were working on the roof of a two storey detached house at 17 Basing Hill, Golders Green in London. Romanian labourer Mr. […]
Posted 8 years ago
Engineering firm fined after worker suffers severe leg injuries
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A company based in Milton Keynes has been fined for safety failings after a worker suffered serious injuries to his leg. Aylesbury Crown Court heard how workers at GEA Mechanical Engineering Limited (GEA) were attempting to lift a 900kg decanter scroll back into its mobile trailer, following a service in the workshop. Struggling to manoeuver […]
Posted 8 years ago
Textile factory owner fined for insurance failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The owner of a textiles firm has been prosecuted after failing to demonstrate that up-to-date insurance was in place. Merthyr Magistrates’ Court heard that William Cuthbert trading as BC Shirts, failed to provide evidence of Employer’s Liability Compulsory Insurance (ELCI) to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) over a period of six months. William Cuthbert, […]
Posted 8 years ago
Engineering Company in court over fork lift incident
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An engineering company in Knowsley has been fined after an employee was badly injured when he was struck by a metal structure during a lifting process. The 46 year old worker from Skelmersdale sustained serious flesh wounds and a fractured arm in the incident on the 30th June 2014. Knowsley Engineering Services Ltd was prosecuted today by the […]
