At a glance – video round-up of the 10 biggest health and safety prosecutions of 2019.
October 21, 2020
A transport company has been fined after a worker was fatally injured when the pallet of stone tiles which he was attempting to deliver fell onto him. Read More
October 19, 2020
Luton Borough Council has been sentenced after a teacher was assaulted by a pupil. Read More
October 15, 2020
Hemel Food Centre in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, has been fined £30,000 after pleading guilty to breaching health and safety laws. Read More
October 13, 2020
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has issued its report into a fatal accident at Tyseley depot on 14 December Read More
October 12, 2020
Discover the most-read health and safety prosecution stories from September 2020. Read More
October 2, 2020
Emtelle UK Limited, a manufacturer of plastic tubing and blown fibre tubing for telecoms and water piping, has been fined after an employee suffered serious injuries to his left hand when it came into contact with the exposed clamp of a socket machine. Read More
October 1, 2020
An animal feed processing company has been fined following an incident where part of an employee’s arm was severed by a moving conveyor. Read More
September 21, 2020
A mechanic and landlord based in Kent has been sentenced after refusing to comply with enforcement notices issued by the HSE and Kent Fire and Rescue Service to protect workers and tenants from injury. Read More
September 18, 2020
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has notified AWE plc that it will be prosecuted under Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act (1974). Read More
September 17, 2020
'It is not good enough for companies to assume they are doing all they can to control the risk just because there have been no previous incidents,' says HSE, after a specialist industrial services company worker suffered a fatal injury. Read More