At a glance – video round-up of the 10 biggest health and safety prosecutions of 2021.
August 17, 2022
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC), was found liable for the effects of the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire on nine people, including four deaths, in a judgement passed by the High Court on 28 July 2022. Read More
August 16, 2022
A plumber who was suspected of having undertaken dangerous gas work while unqualified to do so, was fined for failing to answer questions put to him by a Health and Safety Executive Inspector. Read More
August 15, 2022
A bus company has been fined £380,000 after one of its employees was crushed between a reversing bus and a stationary vehicle. Read More
August 12, 2022
Technology firm Dyson has been fined £1.2m after an employee sustained head and chest injuries when he was struck by a 1.5 tonne milling machine. Read More
August 10, 2022
A civil engineering firm has been fined £600K for safety breaches after a seven-year-old child became trapped and suffocated on a construction site. Read More
August 8, 2022
A mining company has been fined after two electricians suffered severe burns in separate incidents. Read More
August 4, 2022
A building owner has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after an employee was left paralysed when a hoist platform he was working from plummeted from the third floor to ground level. Read More
August 3, 2022
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is investigating an incident at a theme park in Cornwall after three people suffered injuries on a ride and attended hospital. Read More
August 2, 2022
A retail company and an electrical contracting company have been fined after an electrician suffered serious burns to 15 per cent of his body when he was caught in an explosion at a warehouse in Liverpool. Read More
August 1, 2022
The uncle of a four-year-old boy killed on a farm has urged everyone in agriculture to do more to keep children safe. Read More