Grocery wholesaler fined £1 million after worker killed by reversing HGV
A London-based grocery supplier has been fined £1 million after a worker was killed by a reversing HGV during a delivery in Manchester.
By Belinda Liversedge on 29 July 2025
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Textile firm fined £300,000 after worker struck by vehicle
A company in the West Midlands that reclaims and processes textiles has been fined £300,000 after one of its workers was hit by a telehandler.
By Belinda Liversedge on 23 July 2025
Updated sentencing guidelines could see fines ‘significantly increase’ for health and safety offences
Very large organisations (VLOs) could face higher fines for health and safety offences under amended guidelines published by the Sentencing Council.
By Belinda Liversedge on 13 June 2025
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
Waste firm fined £3m after two workers killed in ‘avoidable incidents’
Valencia Waste Management Limited, formerly known as Viridor Waste Management Limited, has been fined £3 million after two workers died in separate incidents.
By Belinda Liversedge on 26 September 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
