Two Black Country construction firms have been fined after a worker was severely injured by falling timber.
Category: Prosecution
Three companies fined after man suffers serious leg injuries
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Three companies have been fined a total of £24,500 after an electrician suffered serious leg injuries when he became trapped under a prefabricated wall.
Nitrogen knocks out employee inside machine
Monday, November 8, 2010
HSE has prosecuted a Black Country recycling firm after nitrogen gas, used to stop explosions, made a worker pass out.
Worker injured by thirteen foot electrical flame
Monday, November 8, 2010
A Teesside worker suffered burns when he hit an 11,000 volt underground electricity cable while planting trees, magistrates heard today.
Cement company fined after worker set on fire
Friday, November 5, 2010
An international cement company has been prosecuted by HSE after a worker was set alight in an explosion.
North Tyneside boss fined for asbestos failings
Friday, November 5, 2010
The boss of a refurbishment company has been fined for failing to provide adequate information, instruction and training to workers in the proper procedures when dealing with asbestos.
Foam firm fined after worker injured
Friday, November 5, 2010
A Derbyshire foam manufacturer has been sentenced after a lorry driver’s back was broken when a pile of insulating board fell on him at the firm’s premises in Stoke on Trent.
Aeroplane firm in court over Lancashire worker’s injuries
Thursday, November 4, 2010
A Lancashire company, which manufactures parts for aeroplanes, has been sentenced after a worker’s left hand was badly injured by a machine.
Tyre firm fined after worker suffers head injury
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Wolverhampton tyre company, Goodyear Dunlop, was in court on 1 November after a teenage employee fractured his skull whilst maintaining machinery.
Company fined after death of Doncaster worker at Immingham
Friday, October 29, 2010
A Durham company has been fined £120,000 at Grimsby Crown Court after safety failings led to the death of a man at its coal processing plant in Immingham.
Four-metre-long girder plummets through estate agents
Friday, October 29, 2010
A steel company has been fined £15,000 after a four-metre-long metal girder crashed through the roof of a Preston estate agents, narrowly missing two office workers.
Worker snaps wrist after glove tangled in drill
Friday, October 29, 2010
A Cardiff manufacturing firm has been fined after a worker broke his wrist when his glove became entangled in an unguarded drill.
Merseyside head fined after pupil suffers permanent injuries
Friday, October 29, 2010
A Merseyside headteacher has been fined £20,000 after one of his students suffered permanent injuries when he fell through the school roof.
Printing firm fined after employees injure hands
Thursday, October 28, 2010
An Essex company has been fined after two employees had their hands crushed by printing presses within months of each other.
Roofing firm prosecuted after workers’ lives put at risk
Thursday, October 28, 2010
A Merseyside roofing firm has been sentenced after it allowed two employees to work dangerously on the roof of a detached house in Wirral.
Roofer sentenced after workers’ lives put at risk
Monday, October 25, 2010
A roofer has appeared in court after four of his employees were spotted balancing dangerously on a barn roof in Cheshire.
North Yorkshire farmer prosecuted after worker loses limb
Monday, October 25, 2010
A hired farm worker’s leg had to be amputated after he attempted to clear a blockage on a harvesting machine while the blades were still rotating.
Construction firms fined over Lancashire worker’s death
Monday, October 25, 2010
Two Lancashire companies have been sentenced following the death of a construction worker in Altham near Accrington.
Burnley firm sentenced after workers’ hearing put at risk
Friday, October 22, 2010
A Burnley manufacturing company has been sentenced after it ignored a formal warning about noise levels at its factory.
Company fined for endangering workers
Friday, October 22, 2010
A pizza manufacturer in Hounslow has been prosecuted for endangering workers after ignoring calls to make safe an unprotected and dangerous first floor doorway.
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