At a glance – video round-up of the 10 biggest health and safety prosecutions of 2020.
December 3, 2021
A director of a former car salvage company has been jailed for failing to comply with HSE enforcement notices served to protect the health and safety of workers in his workplace and visitors to the site. Read More
December 2, 2021
A construction company has been fined after disturbing asbestos and removing it without adequate precautions at a pub. Read More
December 1, 2021
A waste management and skip hire company has been fined after a worker suffered multiple injuries when he was struck by a reversing vehicle. Read More
November 30, 2021
An engineering company has been sentenced for safety breaches after a worker’s hand became trapped in a stamping machine. Read More
November 29, 2021
A property managing agent has been ordered to pay more than £80,000 for safety failings which “exposed a potentially large number of people to risk of death or serious injury from fire”. Read More
November 26, 2021
A tree surgeon has been fined £10,000 after his 16-year-old employee was left with a life changing injury after being cut in a chainsaw accident. Read More
November 25, 2021
A commercial vehicle servicing and repair company has been fined after two workers suffered serious burns when flammable brake cleaning fluid ignited causing a fire. Read More
November 24, 2021
Hereford Galvanizers Limited, a company that undertakes hot dip galvanizing for the corrosion protection of steelwork, has been fined after an employee was fatally injured. Read More
November 23, 2021
The Holiday Inn Express in Dunstable, Bedfordshire has been fined following a serious health and safety breach. Read More
November 22, 2021
A man has been sentenced to two counts of failure to comply with the keeping of chemicals health and safety regulation, as well as four counts of failure to comply with firearm licenses. Read More