A Swindon-based equipment hire company has been fined for continuing unsafe working practices and ignoring safety warnings from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
Category: Press release
Norfolk gas installer may face prison after gas explosion
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A Norwich gas installer has received an eight-month suspended prison sentence and 250 hours of unpaid community service after his inadequate work on domestic gas appliances put the lives of a mother and daughter at risk in their own home.
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.
Central Scotland construction firms encouraged to attend safety event
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Construction companies in the Central Scotland area are being encouraged to attend a free event to get to grips with health and safety in one of Britain’s most dangerous industries.
Aberdeenshire roofing boss fined after worker seriously injured in fall
Monday, May 14, 2012
An Aberdeenshire roofing boss has been fined after one of his workers was seriously injured when he fell five metres from the edge of a flat roof.
Employer fined after electrician injures back in fall
Monday, May 14, 2012
An apprentice electrician sustained serious back injuries after falling through a ceiling while working in the loft space of a Swindon youth centre.
Dumper truck breaks worker’s foot
Monday, May 14, 2012
A Northamptonshire construction company has been fined after a six-tonne dumper truck ran over a worker’s foot.
Recycling firm fined after worker crushed to death
Monday, May 14, 2012
An Ystrad Mynach recycling firm has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a yard foreman was crushed to death.
Construction firm fined over worker’s fall injuries
Friday, May 11, 2012
A construction firm has been sentenced for safety failings after a roofer was badly injured in a fall from scaffolding at a house in Trafford.
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.
Free event to empower young apprentices to avoid death, injury and ill-health at work
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Young construction apprentices in Aberdeen are to receive lifesaving advice at a free event raising awareness of death, injury and ill health in the workplace.
Man jailed for illegal inspections of play equipment
Thursday, May 10, 2012
A Chester man has been jailed for more than 14 months after repeatedly ignoring a legal order preventing him from inspecting inflatable play equipment.
Landlord prosecuted after builder falls to his death
Thursday, May 10, 2012
A landlord has been fined after a self-employed builder died while replacing a roof on a property in Middlesex.
Company fined after worker’s finger severed by saw
Thursday, May 10, 2012
A Stoke-on-Trent timber company has been fined after an employee lost his finger while operating a circular saw.
Print firm fined after flash fire injures two workers
Thursday, May 10, 2012
A printing company based in Waltham Forest has been fined for safety failings after two workers were burned in a flash fire when vapours from a flammable cleaning fluid ignited in a print room.
Construction firms sentenced over Liverpool crane collapse
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Two construction firms have been sentenced after a crane collapsed onto a city centre apartment block in Liverpool, resulting in the crane driver being paralysed from the waist down.
Totton director fined after worker suffers burns
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
The director of a Totton company has been fined after an employee suffered burns while cutting the top off an unused propane gas tank at the director’s home.
Kent farmer prosecuted for pesticide failings
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
A Kent farmer has been prosecuted for storing and using an illegal pesticide that was sprayed on a crop of pears.
Healthcare provider fined after worker injury
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
A private healthcare provider managing a hospital in Ipswich has been fined for safety failings after an employee suffered a fractured kneecap.
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