F1 car maker fined £650k after inspector killed in fall
Supercar manufacturer McLaren has been fined £650,000 after a father-of-five plunged to his death while inspecting a Formula 1 hospitality unit.
By Belinda Liversedge on 04 April 2023
Manufacturing
Common safety pitfalls in manufacturing – what can we learn from recent prosecutions?
Statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that the manufacturing sector directly employs approximately 2.5 million people and accounts for 16 per cent of reported injuries to employees in the UK.
By Hannah Frost, Pinsent Masons on 16 March 2023
Nestlé fined £640,000 after worker dragged into After Eight machine
An operative required major surgery after getting trapped in the ‘in-running nip’ of a machine which was manufacturing After Eight chocolates.
By Belinda Liversedge on 15 January 2021
Supply chain: A safer conversation
A group of experts discuss health and safety across the supply chain in the first of a two-part article. Chaired by Iris Cepero
By Iris Cepero on 09 December 2014
HSE receives 8,666 RIDDOR reports of coronavirus
HSE and local authorities received accounts of 8,666 individual cases of coronavirus in workplaces, according to data it released on 17 August.
By Belinda Liversedge on 27 August 2020
Preventing musculoskeletal disorders in the manufacturing industry
Employers should remind workers of safe manual handling techniques to help prevent musculoskeletal problems such as back pain.
By Mark Fletcher, Physio Med on 02 August 2020
Judge reduces workplace fatality fine for covid-hit firm
A judge has given a £100k discount off the fine a manufacturer was to pay for the death of one of its workers because of financial losses it would incur due to coronavirus, a court heard.
By Belinda Liversedge on 19 June 2020
Yoghurt firm fined for burns incident
A yogurt manufacturer has been fined £600,000 after an acid spill which caused serious injuries at a factory in Telford.
By Belinda Liversedge on 09 April 2020
2 Sisters fined after finger and thumb severed at poultry factory
Food manufacturer Sisters Food Group Ltd has been fined £274,000 after two workers became trapped in moving machinery in two separate incidents.
By Belinda Liversedge on 08 February 2019
Bakkavor fined after forklift ‘nudge' leads to worker fatality
The investigating HSE inspector on the Bakkavor Foods case, in which an employee was killed after being knocked off balance by a toppling stack of food trays, said poor segregation had caused the incident.
By Belinda Liversedge on 09 August 2018
