The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 is a landmark in UK law. Companies and organisations can be found guilty of corporate manslaughter as a result of serious management failures resulting in a gross breach of a duty of care.
The Act, which came into force on 6 April 2008, clarifies the criminal liabilities of companies including large organisations where serious failures in the management of health and safety result in a fatality.
December 11, 2018
A local authority, Tendring District Council, has been fined after a member of public contracted Legionnaires’ Disease following regular use Read More
December 6, 2018
A concrete pumping company and its sole Director have been fined after an employee was struck and killed by concrete. Read More
December 4, 2018
The biggest health and safety prosecutions over the past month, measured by readers’ interest on SHP. This month’s video highlights six prosecutions. Read More
November 23, 2018
A construction company has been fined after a chauffeur fell to his death at a concealed basement void in a domestic property that was undergoing building work. Read More
November 12, 2018
Council fined following the death of one pupil and injury to another after they were involved in a collision with the school minibus. Read More
November 1, 2018
Worker was knocked over by a moving tractor in the farmyard as he stepped out a door from the calf shed. Read More
October 25, 2018
HSE: “This was a tragic and wholly avoidable incident, caused by the failure of the company to implement the findings of their own transport plan.” Read More
September 20, 2018
Yorkshire Water Services Ltd has been sentenced after a fitter suffered fatal burns when his clothing was ignited by sparks. HSE found that the company’s risk assessment and permit to work procedures had been inadequate and there were no site-specific procedures in place. Read More
August 28, 2018
Two companies have pleaded guilty following a HSE investigation into the death of a five-year-old girl, who became trapped while using a lift at her home in Weymouth. Read More
August 21, 2018
Abbey Forged Products Ltd, a hot metal forging company, has been sentenced for safety breaches following the death of a worker. Read More