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Posted 8 years ago
Company fined £250,000 for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A coach company in Wrexham has been fined £250,000 after it repeatedly failed to comply with legal notices to get its lifting equipment examined. Wrexham Magistrates’ Court heard that, between 4 April 2014 and 28 August 2015, GHA Coaches Limited failed to have its lifting equipment thoroughly examined within the required timescales to ensure that […]
Posted 8 years ago
Roofer fined for unsafe roof work
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Bracknell based roofer has been fined for safety failings after a complaint was made to HSE regarding unsafe roof work. No-one was injured in the incident at Sabine Gates, Old Bracknell Lane, Bracknell on 27 August 2014, however members of the public were endangered by the potential for falling objects. Reading Magistrates’ Court heard […]
Posted 8 years ago
Farm labourer struck by falling tree
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A self-employed furniture maker from Hampshire was fined after felling a tree which struck a farm labourer. Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court heard how Colin Norgate, a sole trader and designer, making high gloss furniture, had rented a unit at Manor Farm in Petersfield, Hampshire. He was cutting down a tree on farm land which struck farm […]
Posted 8 years ago
Firm fines £1million after young worker killed by exploding tyre
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Kent tyre company has been sentenced for safety failings after 21-year-old Matthew Hoare, from Canterbury was killed when a tyre exploded. Canterbury Crown Court heard how Matthew, an employee of Watling Tyre Service Limited of Kent, was repairing a puncture to the tyre of a ‘dresser loading shovel’ when it exploded. An investigation by […]
Posted 8 years ago
Christmas eve tragedy after man crushed by hydraulic ramp
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A general haulage company from Dumfries has been fined after the tragic death of a man who was crushed by a failed hydraulic ramp on Christmas Eve. Ayr Sheriff Court heard how J. & J. Currie Limited was delivering and offloading a vehicle from a trailer at Arnimean, Galloway Forest. One of the trailer hydraulic […]
Posted 8 years ago
Firms fined after worker loses fingers in power press
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A London-based metal packaging company has been fined after a worker trapped his hand in a power press and lost two fingers. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard how an employee of Roberts Metal Packaging Limited suffered severe damage to his left hand after getting his hand trapped underneath the punch on a mechanical power-press. An investigation […]
Posted 8 years ago
Worker crushed between two vehicles
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A waste management and plant hire company in Derbyshire has been fined after a worker was fatally crushed between two vehicles while refuelling. Derby Crown Court heard how 39-year-old Matthew Lambert was refuelling his road sweeper at the yard of Leedale Limited. The refuelling point on the vehicle was at the rear, and it was […]
Posted 8 years ago
ScottishPower fined £1.75m after worker seriously scalded
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
Scottish Power was fined after a worker was seriously scalded at Longannet Power Station in Alloa. Dunfermline Sheriff Court heard how a plant controller working for ScottishPower Regeneration Limited (SPGL) was injured when he opened a faulty valve which emitted high pressure, high temperature steam. He sustained serious burns to his chest and legs. An […]
Posted 8 years ago
Scottish power firm fined £1.75m after worker seriously scalded
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Scottish energy company was fined after a worker was seriously scalded at Longannet Power Station in Alloa. Dunfermline Sheriff Court heard how a plant controller working for ScottishPower Generation Limited (SPGL) was injured when he opened a faulty valve which emitted high pressure, high temperature steam. He sustained serious burns to his chest and legs. An […]
Posted 9 years ago
British Telecommunications PLC fined £600,000 after workers injured
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
British Telecommunications PLC has been fined after two of its employees were seriously injured in falls from height. Teesside Crown Court heard how two British Telecommunications (BT) Open Reach engineers had been given a job at BT’s Darlington Automatic Telephone Exchange. One of the engineers was installing a cable through a hole on the first […]
Posted 9 years ago
NHS Foundation Trust fined £200,000 for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An NHS Foundation Trust has been fined for safety failings in its management of the use and maintenance of Anetic Aid QA3 trolleys. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) followed an incident that happened in March 2011 when a patient at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, 90-year-old Major Fyfe, suffered a broken […]
Posted 9 years ago
BUPA Care Homes fined £400,000 over bedrail failures
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
BUPA Care Homes (CFC Homes) Ltd has been fined over the inappropriate management of bedrails at one of its care homes. Following an earlier guilty plea in Carlisle Magistrates’ Court the District Judge referred the case to Carlisle Crown Court for sentencing. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) told the court that at Beacon Edge […]
Posted 9 years ago
Recycling company fined after worker was injured in machinery
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A recycling company in Nantwich has been fined after a 24 year old worker was seriously injured when he was dragged into machinery. Chester Crown Court heard how a worker for Nick Brookes Recycling Limited was dragged into the unguarded conveyor resulting in his right arm having to be amputated up to his shoulder. An […]
Posted 9 years ago
Firm fined after two workers suffer severe electrical burns
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
An engineering company based in Birmingham has been fined after two workers suffered severe electrical burns Walsall Magistrates’ Court heard how CISM Limited of Birmingham were contracted to dismantle and remove redundant electrical cable and equipment at the former McKecknie Brass site, Middlemore Lane, Aldridge, Walsall. An employee and a sub-contract electrician began work at […]
Posted 9 years ago
Company fined for safety failings
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Bedford company that produces shower trays has been fined for safety failings following an inspection. Luton Magistrates’ Court heard how The Shower Tray Company Limited was using a ‘mezzanine floor’ above some ground floor rooms as storage. This area was not fitted with handrails. The company had stored packaging materials in this area, which […]
Posted 9 years ago
Death of road worker prompts HSE warning to HGV drivers
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
HGV drivers are frequently putting lives at risk by not following basic safety procedures when coupling and uncoupling vehicles, the Health and Safety Executive warned today. The workplace health and safety regulator urged drivers to apply parking brakes and use (or retrofit) warning alarms to avoid a repeat of an incident in January 2015 when […]
Posted 9 years ago
Company fined for release of natural gas and crude oil
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A Hampshire-based energy company has been fined for releasing natural gas and crude oil. Humbly Grove Energy Limited is a top tier COMAH operator whose main activity is the injection of natural gas into depleted underground oil reservoir for storage. Winchester Crown Court heard how on 26 February 2014, an incident occurred during a maintenance […]
Posted 9 years ago
Royal Mail fined after worker suffered injuries
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
The Royal Mail Group Limited has been fined £100,000 after a worker’s foot was run over by a reach truck in a bundling warehouse. Medway Magistrates Court heard how an incident happened at the Royal Mail Group Limited (RMG) bundling centre in Rochester where a worker stepped out into an aisle and another worker, who […]
Posted 9 years ago
Two Companies fined after worker falls three metres from ledge of building
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A window fitting company and the principal contractor at a construction site have been fined for safety failings after a worker fell a total of three metres while installing glazed units Bournemouth Magistrates’ Court heard how on 4 November 2014 an employee of GFT Frames Limited (GFT), was installing glazed units in a block of […]
Posted 9 years ago
Ban on throwing mortar boards is a tired health and safety myth
Health and Safety Executive Press Releases 2015
A number of media outlets have reported today (Wednesday 18 May 2016) that a university plans to ban their students from throwing mortar boards in the air on graduation day for health and safety reasons. HSE has provided a response to this age-old myth: Geoff Cox, who heads the Health and Safety Executive public sector team, said: “You’d think […]
