Rogue gas fitters are being warned that they will be taken to task over shoddy jobs that risk lives.
Category: Prosecution
Suspended prison sentence for gas fraud plumber
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
A plumber from Mansfield has been given two suspended prison sentences and 100 hours community service for endangering homeowners’ lives in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
Failings led to drowning of seven-year-old
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
HSE said today that serious management failings led to the death of a young boy, who drowned in a swimming pool at a Dundee leisure centre.
Theme park prosecuted after toddler is injured
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
HSE today (16 November) successfully prosecuted Malton-based theme park, Flamingo Land Ltd, after a toddler fell eight feet through a simulator ride last year.
Property developer fined for putting workers at risk
Monday, November 16, 2009
A London property developer and landlord was yesterday fined £10,000 at City of London Magistrates Court after workers on two of his developments were put at risk.
Employer without compulsory insurance fined
Monday, November 16, 2009
A Cambridgeshire retailer has been fined £1,000 for failing to have compulsory insurance to protect his employees.
Safer movement of heavy goods - HSE drive to lift standards in Scotland
Monday, November 16, 2009
HSE Inspectors will be carrying out a series of inspections at harbours, marine bases and pipe yard sites throughout the North East and Highlands of Scotland
Ship repair company fined £85,000 after crane platform crush fatality
Friday, November 13, 2009
HSE highlighted the importance of having sufficient information, training and supervision for lifting operations, following a successful prosecution of a Cornwall ship repair company.
Company fined after wall collapses on Wigan worker
Friday, November 13, 2009
A construction company in Leigh has been ordered to pay £11,517 after one of its workers was seriously injured when a wall collapsed on him in Wigan.
HSE warns firms to better protect employees who work at height
Friday, November 13, 2009
HSE has delivered a stark warning to companies who fail to protect employees working at height - they will be held to account.
Director fined for repeated negligent safety practices
Friday, November 13, 2009
A businessman from Northamptonshire has been fined £60,000 after ordering a worker to clean a moving machine that trapped and mangled his arm, requiring it to be amputated.
Worker loses arm despite century-old protective law
Friday, November 13, 2009
A court today heard how an Inverurie papermill worker lost his arm despite a century-old piece of legislation designed to protect factory workers.
Edinburgh council fined £14,000 for asbestos failures that put workers at risk
Friday, November 13, 2009
Edinburgh Council has today (11 November) been fined £14,000 after 14 of its employees, were potentially exposed to asbestos while carrying out refurbishment work.
Pet food company fined after three injured in explosion
Thursday, November 12, 2009
A pet food manufacturer has been ordered to pay £29,271 today after three workers were seriously injured by an offal cooker explosion in Cumbria.
HSE warns of dangers of using unregistered gas fitters
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
The HSE has warned of the dangers of using unregistered gas fitters after a Lincolnshire plumber carried out work which posed a risk to public safety.
Companies fined after fatal concrete collapse at Heathrow Terminal 5
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Two construction companies have today been fined £105,000 after one man died and another was seriously injured when a concrete slab collapsed at Heathrow Airport in 2005,
HSE warns illegal gas fitters will be punished in court
Monday, November 9, 2009
HSE is warning illegal gas fitters that their dangerous and potentially life threatening behaviour will not be tolerated.
Fine after driver’s arm amputated during Kent delivery
Friday, November 6, 2009
A stone company has been fined after a delivery driver had to have his left arm amputated when slabs, weighing 220 kilograms each, fell on him.
Packaging firm fined £1,000 after worker injured
Friday, November 6, 2009
HSE is highlighting the importance of managing health and safety risks effectively after a worker suffered a fractured wrist at a Gateshead packaging firm.
Rice company fined £140,000 after employee is killed by machine
Friday, November 6, 2009
A rice manufacturing company has been fined £140,000 for health and safety breaches after one of its employees died when his leg became entangled in a machine.
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