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Collective failures led to death of worker

HSE — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:36 +0000

A County Durham man has been jailed and a Tyneside firm and one of its directors fined after a demolition worker fell to his death from a cherry picker that was knocked over by a falling roof beam.

Firm in court after worker’s life-changing injuries

HSE — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:00:18 +0000

Wienerberger Limited has been fined for safety failings after a worker suffered multiple injuries when he fell from the roof of an industrial brick oven at a site in Bishop Auckland.

East of England firms in court for employee fall

HSE — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:00:00 +0000

Two companies have been fined for safety failings after a worker suffered life-changing injuries when he plunged ten metres through a perspex rooflightonto a concrete floor at a Hertfordshire farm.

Firms in court after worker fell from unguarded scaffolding

HSE — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:00:35 +0000

Two firms have been prosecuted after a labourer suffered multiple injuries in a fall from unguarded scaffolding.

Companies and director sentenced after worker’s fatal fall

HSE — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:30:51 +0000

The director of a concrete structures firm has been ordered to pay a total of £25,000 in fines and costs after a worker died following a fall from height at a Swansea building site.

Roofing company in court for ignoring safety risks

HSE — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:00:13 +0000

A roofing company has been fined for exposing workers to serious risk of injury at a site in Deeside, Flintshire. The work involved replacing fragile asbestos cement roof sheets with metal roof cladding, no safeguards had been put in place to prevent a fall from height while this hazardous work was being carried out.

Worker fell through pig shed roof after firm ignored safety warnings

HSE — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:00:15 +0000

A York firm that fits solar panels has been prosecuted after an employee fell four metres through the fragile roof of a pig shed at an East Yorkshire farm.

Gloucester Manufacturer in court for worker fall

HSE — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:00:01 +0000

A Gloucester electrical products manufacturer has been fined for breaking safety legislation after an employee was injured in a fall at work.

Company fined for worker’s injuries

HSE — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:00:41 +0000

A self-employed roofer has been fined after an employee suffered major injuries falling through a skylight at a Nuneaton industrial estate.

Foundry firm fined after worker’s narrow escape

HSE — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:00:22 +0000

A West Midlands’ iron foundry has been fined after an employee narrowly escaped falling into a stream of molten metal when he fell from a collapsing overhead platform.

Company fined for scissor lift training failures

HSE — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:00:19 +0000

A Merseyside company has been sentenced for failing to properly train staff on how to use equipment that enables them to work at height.

Seasonal illuminations company fined for employee fall

HSE — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:00:35 +0000

A seasonal illuminations company in Chesham has been fined for safety failings after an employee broke his arm and lost several teeth when he fell from a ladder.

Builder in court over life-threatening roof fall

HSE — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:00:03 +0000

A Merseyside builder has appeared in court after an employee suffered life-threatening injuries when he fell from the roof of a terraced house.

Building firm sentenced after employee falls to death

HSE — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:41:37 +0000

A building firm and one of its directors have been sentenced after an employee fell 15 metres to his death in an empty water storage tank in Macclesfield.

Ignoring known risks ends in fine for farm manager

HSE — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:00:36 +0000

A Hampshire farm manager has been prosecuted after he was caught on camera putting two workers at risk by using the grain bucket on a telehandler to lift them up to a barn roof.

Worker’s tree fall lands farmer in court

HSE — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:00:23 +0000

An east Hampshire farm owner has been prosecuted after an untrained worker plunged over four metres from a tree as he was using a chainsaw to prune branches.

Building owner and sub-contractor in court for safety failings at former Brewery

HSE — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:00:48 +0000

The owner of a former Burton upon Trent brewery and the sub-contractor on a project to refurbish it have been prosecuted after a catalogue of safety failings was uncovered surrounding the unsafe removal of asbestos.

County Durham construction firm fined for dangerous site in Aberdeen

HSE — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:15:45 +0000

A County Durham construction firm has been fined for dangerous practices on a building site in Aberdeen.

Housing association fined for worker’s fall

HSE — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:30:36 +0000

A Coventry housing association has been fined for safety failings after an employee fell almost four metres from his ladder while inspecting a gutter.

West Midlands firm in court after teenage worker’s fall

HSE — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:00:55 +0000

A Halesowen scaffolding company has been fined after an inexperienced 18-year-old apprentice broke his back when he fell more than three metres.