HSE summer inspections to target dust in construction
By Belinda Liversedge on 15 May 2023
Prosecutions
Vape manufacturer fined £180k after worker severs three fingers
By Belinda Liversedge on 30 June 2023
Plymouth City Council fined £200,000 for HAVs failures
By Belinda Liversedge on 10 July 2023
Network Rail fined £1.2m after man crushed inside machine
Network Rail has been fined £1.2 million after its failure to implement a safe system of work caused a long-standing employee and grandfather to be killed.
By Belinda Liversedge on 01 September 2023
Plymouth City Council fined £200,000 for HAVs failures
Plymouth City Council has been fined £200,000 after employees who were exposed to vibrations in roles, including grass cutting, developed hand and wrist conditions.
By Belinda Liversedge on 10 July 2023
Vape manufacturer fined £180k after worker severs three fingers
A company which makes vape liquid has been fined after a worker lost two fingers and a thumb while clearing a blockage in a packaging machine.
By Belinda Liversedge on 30 June 2023
Directors jailed for Birmingham wall collapse that killed five men
A seven-year investigation into the deaths of five men has concluded with two company directors jailed and their companies fined a combined £1.6 million.
By Belinda Liversedge on 01 June 2023
Worker crushed after untrained worker allowed to drive forklift
A mechanic was killed after a forklift truck he was trying to fix reversed into and crushed him, Crewe Magistrates Court heard.
By Belinda Liversedge on 02 May 2023
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
Farmer guilty after walker trampled by cow
A farmer has been ordered to pay £3,555 after a dog walker was thrown eight feet into the air and trampled by a cow.
By Belinda Liversedge on 24 March 2023
Morrisons fined £3.5m after worker falls to death on stairs
Morrisons supermarket missed opportunities to prevent the death of an employee with epilepsy, a court heard.
By Belinda Liversedge on 21 March 2023
BA subsidiary fined after worker suffers brain injury in fall
A subsidiary company of British Airways has been fined £230k after a man was left in a coma after a fall at work.
By Belinda Livrsedge on 12 January 2023
Carlsberg fined £3m after worker dies in gas leak at brewery
Carlsberg has been fined £3 million after a man died and another was seriously injured following an ammonia gas leak at one of its breweries.
By Belinda Liversedge on 29 July 2022
