Company fined after fatality involving MEWP
July 14, 2022
A manufacturing company that specialises in lifting and handling equipment has been fined after an employee died after falling with a work platform onto the M25. Read More
Construction employee sustains multiple fractures after fall from height
November 18, 2021
A construction firm has been fined after a roof worker fell six metres through a fragile roof sheet whilst working on a barn at a farm. Read More
Farming partnership fined after worker suffered multiple factures
August 9, 2021
W Gibson & Son was sentenced for safety breaches after a self-employed farm worker fell approximately three metres from a 360-excavator vehicle. Read More
8 common forklift truck hazards managers should look out for
April 13, 2021
Forklift training provider Mentor reveals some of the most common areas of bad practice that managers should look out for and promptly stamp out. Read More
Costain fined £1.2m after MEWP collapse
July 30, 2020
Costain has been fined £1.2million after a worker sustained life changing head injuries and a second suffered a leg fracture when their MEWP was struck by a collapsing reinforcement cage during the construction of a road bypass. Read More
BIM: Designing for safe and smart maintenance
November 14, 2018
Nick Bell and Mike Ford use a case study to offer ideas about how and why BIM is being used to support smart and safe maintenance. Read More
£113k fine after worker fell from dangerous MEWP
September 6, 2018
A luxury bedroom furniture company has been fined £113,000 after an employee fell more than 2m from a makeshift mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) that had already been deemed 'unacceptable' in a safety audit report from 2006. Read More
£3.8million in fines after factory worker’s death
October 18, 2017
A manufacturer of large concrete panels and a plant hire company have been sentenced following the death of a worker at a factory. Read More
Maximum jail term for plant hire manager following fatal incident
January 10, 2017
The 57-year-old manager of an access plant hire firm has been sentenced to a maximum penalty of two years’ Read More
Worker fractures skull in MEWP incident
November 4, 2016
A worker suffered serious head injuries when a mobile elevating platform (MEWP) he was working in overturned. Geoffrey Hatton, 49, from Read More
