A petrochemical company failed to implement vital safety changes following an oil spill at its refinery in Scotland, which would have prevented a second spill a year later.
A North Devon decorating supplies company has appeared in court for failing to provide adequate washing facilities for employees who were at risk of contracting dermatitis.
A man with learning difficulties died and five others with disabilities suffered horrific internal injuries after a carer confused dishwasher fluid with orange squash and gave it to a group to drink on a council-organised trip.
Three agency workers were taken to hospital with breathing difficulties after a toxic gas was released inside a vegetable packaging factory following a chemical incident.
An HSE inspector has criticised a Sheffield care home, claiming it had no excuse for failing to prevent elderly patients from being able to access dangerous chemicals.
Chemical manufacturer Scott Bader has been prosecuted by the Environment Agency after a hydrocarbon leaked into a sewer at its facility in Northamptonshire.
A West-Midlands company has admitted to failing to protect its employees after two young workers suffered chemical burns while cleaning an air-conditioning system.
The death of a worker, who was overcome by poisonous gas fumes during the delivery of chemicals to a well-known food manufacturer, has culminated in fines totalling £350,000.
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has been fined £25,000 for exposing its employees to the risk of infection from the potentially deadly E.coli O157 bacteria.
The Ukrainian master of a chemical tanker has been sent to prison for two months after pleading guilty to being three times over the alcohol limit while in charge of the vessel as it headed up the River Thames towards London.
Global pharmaceutical and health-care giant GlaxoSmithKline has been fined £50,000 following an explosion at a chemical plant in Irvine, Ayrshire, in which two workers suffered serious burns.
An Oxfordshire-based building company has appeared in the dock after a 16-year-old employee received severe chemical burns to his legs due to wet concrete in his boots.
In a case that emphasises that the adequate protection of those carrying out non-routine work must not be overlooked, a court heard how a part-time hospital worker was repeatedly exposed to a hazardous chemical during cleaning of an X-ray film processor.
A mobile photo-processing firm whose staff were regularly exposed to hazardous chemicals, and which failed to report the ill-effects of this exposure to the HSE, was fined a total of £100,000 and ordered to pay £30,000 costs at Bristol Crown Court on 28 September.
