A Hull company has been fined for safety breaches after a worker suffered severe injuries to his hand when it was trapped in a badly-guarded laminating machine.
Category: Yorkshire press releases
Care home’s safety failures led to elderly woman’s death
Monday, September 10, 2012
The owners of a West Yorkshire care home have been told to pay £183,000 in fines and costs after a frail 93 year-old widow died because established safety measures were neglected.
Death of Bradford worker ‘avoidable’
Thursday, September 6, 2012
A Bradford firm has been ordered to pay £140,000 in fines and costs after admitting safety failures that led to the death of a 61 year-old worker who was crushed beneath an unsecured racking system.
Safety checks for building sites in Yorkshire
Monday, September 3, 2012
Construction sites in Yorkshire are being safety-checked this month as part of an inspection initiative aimed at reducing death, injury and ill health when working at height.
Sheffield landlords put tenant’s life at risk
Monday, August 6, 2012
Two Sheffield landlords have been handed suspended jail sentences after dangerous defects were found on every gas appliance at a house they rented out to a young woman.
West Yorkshire firm prosecuted over unacceptable working conditions
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
A Keighley lighting supplier has been fined for subjecting its staff to ‘appalling’ working conditions and exposing them to risks from defective electrics and welding fumes.
UK Coal sentenced over Kellingley mineworker’s death
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
UK Coal and global machinery supplier Joy Mining Ltd were today ordered to pay a total of £568,000 in fines and costs for serious breaches of safety that led to the death of West Yorkshire pit worker Ian Cameron.
Illegal gas fitter sentenced
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
A Barnsley plumber, who left a householder in danger after posing as a qualified gas engineer and badly fitting a new boiler at their home, has been given a suspended prison sentence.
Worker’s injury leads to court case for firm
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
A North Yorkshire firm has been fined after a worker became trapped by the head and neck in a packaging machine at its factory in Whitley Bridge, near Selby.
Roof fall lands East Yorkshire farm owner in court
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
An East Yorkshire farm owner has been fined for a serious breach of safety law after a 20-year-old worker suffered severe injuries when he fell 4.5 metres through a roof light.
West Yorkshire company failed to safeguard workers
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
A West Yorkshire engineering firm has been fined after a worker was badly injured when he became entangled in a rotating machine tool that caught him by the neck.
Wakefield landlord in court for flouting gas safety
Thursday, May 31, 2012
A Wakefield landlord has been fined after ignoring repeated warnings to have gas appliances at his rented property checked for safety.
TV ‘Rogue Trader’ in court again for botched gas work
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
A convicted plumber who left a series of householders at risk from his illegal gas work was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court today for putting more lives in danger.
Developer in court after shopworkers cheat death following building collapse
Friday, May 25, 2012
A Sheffield property developer has been fined for dangerous safety failings after a building partly collapsed and sent tonnes of rubble through a neighbouring shop roof – just missing two shopworkers.
West Yorkshire company’s safety failure leads to fine
Thursday, May 24, 2012
A Keighley firm has been fined £15,000 for a serious safety breach after a worker severed three fingers in a machine with rotating spikes.
Grimsby firm fined after worker’s warehouse death
Thursday, May 17, 2012
A Grimsby haulage company has been sentenced for safety failings after a worker was killed when a row of steel coils ‘collapsed like dominos’ trapping him under their five-tonne weight.
Bradford worker injured after just weeks in job
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
A Bradford textile firm has been sentenced for safety failures after a worker was left with a long-term hand injury after only a month in the job.
Fine for West Yorkshire firm after printer crushed to death
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A retail marketing company has been ordered to pay £118,500 in fines and costs for serious safety failings after a worker at its Wakefield printing site was crushed to death.
Receptionist’s roof fall puts dental firm in court
Friday, May 11, 2012
The operator of a Sheffield dental practice has been fined for safety failings after a receptionist fell more than three metres through a roof light while spending her lunch break on the flat roof of the surgery.
Man’s life shattered by builder’s safety breach
Monday, April 2, 2012
A Sheffield man is lucky to be alive after suffering multiple injuries in a three metre fall down a flight of stairs at his home.
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