Health & safety in court

All the latest news from court, including health and safety prosecutions, fines for health and safety breaches and other penalties.

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Company fined £360k after trapped worker loses life

A manufacturing company in Hull has been fined after one of its employees was crushed to death at a factory. Read More

Armorer sentenced in fatal shooting incident on film set

Armorer who passed live gun to Alec Baldwin that fired and killed a cinematographer sentenced to 18 months. Read More

Company fined after worker crushed to death

A company in Kent has been fined £175,000 following the death of an employee. Read More

Horticulture company fined after lorry driver suffers life changing injuries

A horticulture company has been fined £3,000 after a lorry driver suffered third degree burns on his body while making a delivery to a site in Essex. Read More

Director jailed for failing to protect workers from asbestos exposure

A company director has been jailed for eight months after failing to protect workers from exposure to asbestos at a student development project in Winchester. Read More

Company fined after worker fractures skull

A solar panel installation company has been fined after a worker fell and sustained life-changing injuries. Read More

Metal processing firm fined after man suffers life changing injuries

A metal processing company has been fined £12,000 after an employee sustained life changing injuries at a premises in Oldbury, West Midlands. Read More

Engineering firm fined following worker’s death

An engineering and services company has been fined following the death of a worker. Read More

Investigation launched after Gogglebox star George Gilbey dies from fall from height

George Gilbey, a self-employed electrician who appeared on Channel 4’s Gogglebox TV show, died after falling from height at work. Read More

Bakery company fined £400k after employee has left leg amputated

A food manufacturing company on the Wirral has been fined £400,000 after one of its employees had to have her leg amputated. Read More



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