Siemens fined £1.4m after ORR prosecution following death of contractor
Siemens PLC has been fined £1.4m after pleading guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, which followed an...
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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...
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...
Amey Rail fined £600,000 for health and safety failings
A rail infrastructure and engineering company carrying out modifications to the track layout during the reconstruction of Market...
£25k fine for engineering firm after employee suffered serious injuries
An engineering company was fined after one of its employees, a blacksmith, sustained life-changing injuries whilst welding an industrial...
Fine following years of employees raising safety concerns
Care provider, The Action Group, has been fined after an employee was abducted, assaulted, sexually assaulted and raped in the course of...
Safety must be a priority after series of serious incidents
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has said more must be done to improve farm safety after being notified of four fatalities on farms...
Electrical Safety
This British Safety guide provides some basic, introductory advice on some of the key precautions for working with, on or near...
£6.5m fine after death of 11-year-old boy at freight terminal
WH Malcolm Limited, operators of Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal near Rugby, has been fined £6.5m after being found guilty...
Roofer and scaffolder sentenced following fatal fall from height
A roofer and a scaffolder have been sentenced following a fatal fall from height at a two-storey terraced house on Rosevine Road,...
Worker burned following contact with power line
A vertical farming, glasshouses and energy company has been sentenced after a worker came into contact with an 11kV overhead power line....
Construction company fined after worker falls
A construction company has been fined for failing to comply with work at height regulations after a worker fell from a garage roof in...
Company fined after worker has arm amputated following entanglement in machine
Agricultural machines manufacturer Superior Machines Ltd was fined for safety breaches, after a 68-year-old worker suffered life...
Runaway of a mobile elevated work platform
On 16 May 2021, at around 03:40 hrs, a mobile elevated work platform (MEWP) ran away while being on-tracked at a road-rail access point...
Mining firm guilty of breaching safety rules
(Wales) A mining company has been found guilty of breaching health and safety laws after an employee was seriously injured. A miner was...
School fined after worker injured in fall from ladder
Southend High School for Boys Academy Trust has been sentenced after a worker fell from a ladder. The incident happened on 19 February...
Construction company fined after excavation collapse
Harlands Builders Limited has been fined for safety breaches after a ground worker was trapped having entered a two-metre-deep...
New guidance published to prevent use of vehicles as weapons in terror attacks
New guidance designed to prevent commercial vehicles, including vans, lorries, buses, coaches and even cranes, from being used as weapons...
Two construction companies fined after worker seriously injured in excavation collapse
Auberne Homes Limited and groundworks contractor W and E Lammie have been fined after an employee of W and E Lammie was crushed and...
Hotel group fined after guest injured falling through rusted railings
Sefton Council has successfully prosecuted Britannia Hotels after a guest at its Prince of Wales Hotel in Southport sustained...
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