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
Prosecutions
Skiing company fined after boy killed in tobogganing collision
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
Company director jailed for illegal asbestos removal
The director of a company that developed a commercial unit into student accommodation has been jailed for eight months after illegally removing large quantities of asbestos insulating board (AIB) from the building and exposing unqualified workers to health risks.
By Kerry Reals on 09 April 2024
Engineering firm fined after worker injures hand in automatic lathe
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has reiterated warnings about the dangers of applying emery cloth by hand to automatic lathes, after it fined a County Tyrone-based engineering company £25,000 in relation to serious injuries sustained by an employee.
By Kerry Reals on 07 March 2024
Recycling firm fined £1.2 million over collision that left worker with fractured skull
A South Yorkshire-based metal recycling firm has been fined £1.2 million after a skip wagon struck a worker, leaving him with a fractured skull and collar bone.
By Kerry Reals on 03 May 2024
Metal recycling firm fined £200,000 after worker’s arm had to be amputated
A scrap metal recycling firm has been fined £200,000 after an employee’s arm became entangled in a catalytic sampling machine and later had to be amputated.
By Kerry Reals on 07 March 2024
NHS trust fined after employee loses consciousness in manhole and suffers brain injury
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £480,000 after an employee lost consciousness and suffered a brain injury while unblocking a drain.
By Kerry Reals on 12 January 2024
Building firm boss receives suspended prison sentence after worker crushed to death onsite
Building company Stonehurst Estates Ltd has been fined £450,000 and its director has received a suspended prison sentence, following the death of a worker at a development site in Birmingham.
By Kerry Reals on 15 February 2024
Recycling firm fined £2m after worker crushed to death by onsite vehicle
Ward Recycling Limited has been fined £2.15 million and found guilty of corporate manslaughter, after an agency worker was run over and killed by a loading shovel at its site in Hartlepool.
By Kerry Reals on 01 February 2024
Company fined £900,000 after dad crushed to death
A company in Leicestershire has been fined £900,000 after a father-of-two was crushed to death.
By Kerry Reals on 09 January 2024
Shell fined £1m after offshore worker’s feet crushed
Oil giant Shell has been fined more than £1m after an offshore worker's feet were crushed on a gangway.
By Belinda Liversedge on 04 January 2024
Funfair boss jailed after child killed on faulty trampoline
An operations manager at a funfair company has been jailed after a three-year-old girl died playing on a defective trampoline on a Norfolk beach.
By Belinda Liversedge on 30 November 2023
