Company and director fined after HSE inspectors find unusable toilet
A construction company and its director have been fined after they failed to provide suitable welfare facilities at a construction site...
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Plumber jailed after illegal gas work
A plumber has been jailed for 16 months after carrying out illegal gas work that cost an elderly woman over £1,000. Christopher Roland...
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...
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...
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...
Norwich care home fined £100,000 after resident fell
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...
Director convicted following work from height death
(Scotland) Kevin Bowie, sole director of Denny based Precision Decorating Services (Scotland) Ltd, has been given a Community Payback...
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...
Health Board fined after patient death and Improvement Notice non-compliance
A Health Board has been fined following the death of a vulnerable patient who left a hospital ward unnoticed through an unsecured door....
Fines after delivery driver injured by falling pallets
Two West Yorkshire businesses, Brighouse Pallet Services Ltd and Seal It Services Ltd, have been fined for safety breaches after an HGV...
Company fined £400,000 after employee suffered life-changing injuries
An incident in August 2021 involved members of staff at Jewson Builders Merchants Yard in Margate. One employee received life-changing...
Construction company fined after child struck by wall collapse
Gurmit Properties Limited was fined for safety breaches after a substantial part of a wall at a construction site at Barnsley Road, South...
Fines after fatal fall from scaffolding
A 54-year-old man has been fined £4,000 after being convicted of breaking health and safety laws after his father fell and died in South...
£5m fine after fatal gas explosion
Northern Gas Networks Ltd has been sentenced for safety breaches after a fire and gas explosion at residential premises in Mirfield...
Suspended sentence for owner of Merseyside roofing firm
A roofing company owner has been given a suspended sentence after a member of the public reported a concern regarding unsafe work at...
Scaffolding contractor fined after worker sustains multiple injuries in fall
A scaffolding contractor has been fined after a worker fell from height and was seriously injured. Darren Barnett was dismantling...
Construction worker dies after falling from towerA construction company has been fined after an emp
A construction company has been fined after an employee died as a result of falling from a mobile tower. Cambridge Magistrates Court...
Waste treatment company fined after employee crushed by forklift
A hazardous waste treatment company has been fined after an employee died when a forklift truck he was driving overturned and crushed...
Council prosecuted after member of the public killed by falling tree
Staffordshire County Council has been prosecuted for failing to inspect and maintain trees on a public footpath, following the death of a...
Construction company in court over inadequate health and safety standards
A national construction company has been fined after an unannounced inspection by HSE inspectors found poor welfare standards, dangerous...
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