Two colliery managers who were being prosecuted in relation to the death of a mine-worker had the charges against them dropped two weeks into the trial because the HSE did not have sufficient evidence to continue the case.
A director of an asbestos surveying firm failed to identify 1252 square metres of asbestos insulation board (AIB) and lagging while carrying out an asbestos survey.
A surprise visit by HSE inspectors to a Midlands-based glass-making factory identified that staff had been exposed to high levels of lead contamination.
A sheet-metal manufacturing company and its director have appeared in front of magistrates after workers were exposed to high levels of lead at its factory in Norfolk.
A security guard died from carbon monoxide poisoning inside a makeshift office at a construction site in Scotland, which didn’t have adequate ventilation.
A housing provider has pleaded guilty to failing to manage the risks from legionella, a build-up of which was discovered at one of its sheltered-accommodation schemes in Essex.
A construction company failed to identify that lead paint was present during a renovation project, which resulted in two workers being admitted to hospital with acute lead poisoning.
A chemicals company has been fined £60,000 in relation to two separate
incidents, which occurred as a result of inadequate planning and poor
communication, respectively.
A pharmaceutical company has been fined for failing to protect its employees after a highly flammable and toxic chemical overflowed and formed a potentially harmful vapour cloud at its premises in Queenborough, Kent.
South Staffordshire Protective Coatings (SSPC), a company that treats and coats large vessels, pleaded guilty to breaching s2(1) of HSWA 1974 following an incident in which one of its employees sustained 35 per cent burns to his body in a solvent explosion.
