Property firm fined £63k after ignoring repeated warnings about dust exposure
Exposure to large amounts of silica dust was among a “catalogue of failures” at an east London construction site, a court heard.
By Belinda Liversedge on 19 March 2025
Exposure to large amounts of silica dust was among a “catalogue of failures” at an east London construction site, a court heard.
By Belinda Liversedge on 19 March 2025
An indoor skiing company has been fined £100,000 after a schoolboy at a tobogganing party was killed when he ploughed into a member of staff.
By Belinda Liversedge on 12 March 2025
Retailer John Lewis has been fined £1.2 million after a warehouse worker fell from steps that did not have a handrail and suffered serious injuries.
By Kerry Reals on 09 December 2024
The owner of well-known food brands including Ginsters pasties and Soreen malt loaf has been fined more than £1 million over the death of an employee who was struck by a lorry that was delivering supplies to one of its bakeries.
By Kerry Reals on 13 November 2024
Construction firm Balfour Beatty has been fined £285,000 after a worker fell and died when a scissor lift was knocked over by a crane during building works at the University of Birmingham.
By Kerry Reals on 18 September 2024
The National Grid has been fined £3.2 million after a worker suffered “life-changing” burns from a 33,000-volt shock while working on a pylon, to which the electricity had not been switched off.
By Kerry Reals on 09 September 2024
A Nottingham-based wood recycling company has been fined £22,500 and ordered to pay costs of more than £44,000 after an employee was struck by a wheel loader and killed.
By Kerry Reals on 27 August 2024
A recycling company has been fined £3 million in relation to the death of one worker and the serious injury of another when part of a gas rig fell on them while they were carrying out decommissioning work.
By Kerry Reals on 30 July 2024
A company has been fined £75,000 after a cow broke free from Whitland Livestock Market in Wales and killed a 75-year-old man who was crossing a nearby street.
By Kerry Reals on 21 June 2024
A construction firm has been fined more than £2 million after a worker drowned in a river when the boat that he was using to help remove debris from the bottom of a weir capsized.
By Kerry Reals on 13 June 2024
Telecoms company Openreach has been fined £1.34 million in relation to the death of one of its workers, who was swept away by a flooded river while attempting to repair a telephone line in Wales.
By Kerry Reals on 06 June 2024
A recycling company that specialises in supplying biomass fuel derived from waste wood has been fined £160,000 for endangering the long-term health of its workers by exposing them to excessive wood dust.
By Kerry Reals on 05 June 2024