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SHP's In Court pages contain information on the latest UK health and safety prosecutions brought by the HSE and local authorities.
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Latest Comments
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Recycling giant fined £300,000 for fatality
In Court - 21 May 2013 - 0comments
A worker at a metal recycling plant was crushed to death when he was pinned against a steel column by a wheeled loading shovel.
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Unplanned excavation led to serious injuries for worker
In Court - 17 May 2013 - 0comments
An employee could have been killed by the collapse of the face of a four-metre-deep excavation that buried him in earth and rubble up to his waist, according to the HSE inspector who investigated...
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Family’s loft contaminated with asbestos fibres by tradesman
In Court - 16 May 2013 - 0comments
A Nottinghamshire plumber who had not been trained in asbestos awareness put his own son and a young family at risk of exposure to the potentially deadly fibres.
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Director and two companies fined after fatal scaffold fall
In Court - 15 May 2013 - 0comments
A director of a concrete structures firm has been fined £20,000 after a scaffolder died in a 19-metre fall at a building site in Swansea.
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Solar-panel firm makes a pig's ear of work at height
In Court - 13 May 2013 - 0comments
An untrained, inexperienced worker who fell through the roof of a pig shed while installing solar panels escaped serious injury because he landed on a soft layer of animal waste.
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Risk of vehicle and pedestrian collision was obvious
In Court - 13 May 2013 - 0comments
A worker at a warehouse in Kent was injured and is yet to return to work after being crushed between a forklift truck and a pallet of paper goods.
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Hose whiplashed tunnel worker and broke his leg
In Court - 13 May 2013 - 0comments
A construction worker sustained a broken leg when an industrial hose, which was being used in a tunnelling project in central London, broke free from its restraint and struck him.
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Risk of vehicle and pedestrian collision was obvious
In Court - 10 May 2013 - 0comments
A worker at a warehouse in Kent was injured and is yet to return to work after being crushed between a forklift truck and a pallet of paper goods.
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Suitable safety gloves could have prevented knife injury
In Court - 8 May 2013 - 0comments
An incident in which an employee at a large butchery sliced his forearm could have been avoided if he had been wearing suitable hand protection.
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Falling load from unsafe machine leaves worker facing leg amputation
In Court - 3 May 2013 - 0comments
A 51-year-old man may have to have his lower right leg amputated after serious injuries he sustained while using an unsafe machine in whose operation he had not been trained.
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Recycling giant fined £300,000 for fatality
In Court - 21 May 2013 - 0comments
A worker at a metal recycling plant was crushed to death when he was pinned against a steel column by a wheeled loading shovel.
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Unplanned excavation led to serious injuries for worker
In Court - 17 May 2013 - 0comments
An employee could have been killed by the collapse of the face of a four-metre-deep excavation that buried him in earth and rubble up to his waist, according to the HSE inspector who investigated...
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Family’s loft contaminated with asbestos fibres by tradesman
In Court - 16 May 2013 - 0comments
A Nottinghamshire plumber who had not been trained in asbestos awareness put his own son and a young family at risk of exposure to the potentially deadly fibres.
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Director and two companies fined after fatal scaffold fall
In Court - 15 May 2013 - 0comments
A director of a concrete structures firm has been fined £20,000 after a scaffolder died in a 19-metre fall at a building site in Swansea.
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Solar-panel firm makes a pig's ear of work at height
In Court - 13 May 2013 - 0comments
An untrained, inexperienced worker who fell through the roof of a pig shed while installing solar panels escaped serious injury because he landed on a soft layer of animal waste.
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Risk of vehicle and pedestrian collision was obvious
In Court - 13 May 2013 - 0comments
A worker at a warehouse in Kent was injured and is yet to return to work after being crushed between a forklift truck and a pallet of paper goods.
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Hose whiplashed tunnel worker and broke his leg
In Court - 13 May 2013 - 0comments
A construction worker sustained a broken leg when an industrial hose, which was being used in a tunnelling project in central London, broke free from its restraint and struck him.
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Risk of vehicle and pedestrian collision was obvious
In Court - 10 May 2013 - 0comments
A worker at a warehouse in Kent was injured and is yet to return to work after being crushed between a forklift truck and a pallet of paper goods.
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Suitable safety gloves could have prevented knife injury
In Court - 8 May 2013 - 0comments
An incident in which an employee at a large butchery sliced his forearm could have been avoided if he had been wearing suitable hand protection.
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Falling load from unsafe machine leaves worker facing leg amputation
In Court - 3 May 2013 - 0comments
A 51-year-old man may have to have his lower right leg amputated after serious injuries he sustained while using an unsafe machine in whose operation he had not been trained.
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